[free-sklyarov] New stuff up on EFF

[mike castleman]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 08:10:20PM +0400, Ilya V. Vasilyev wrote:
> Hmm...  But "conspiracy" is nothing more, than secret talks.
> 
> Does this all means, that in US there isn't freedom to talk, even privately?
> 
> If Mr.X and Mr.Y doesn't like the law Z and want to change it,
> they must tell Big Brother (DoJ) about it, or it would be "conspiracy"?

No, there is (in most instances) still freedom to talk privately in the
US. To be charged with conspiracy, you must be planning something illegal.
For example, if X and Y make plans to murder A, then X can be charged with
conspiracy to commit murder, even if Y actually pulls the trigger.

[Like almost everyone else, i'm not a lawyer. But i think i've got this
right.]

mike

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