Re: Missing Information
"The implication (which has to be carefully couched for fear of all sorts of consequences) is that the person in question came over here with foreknowledge that he would be compelled to hand over any documents he just happened to have on his person."
This is what it looks like to me.
In the US, it isn't that rare for someone who has access to data that is of interest to the government to tell the government that they have access to it, and that they would be happy to provide it -- but they need to be presented with a subpoena anyway, because it gives them legal cover. This smells a bit like the British version of the same sort of deal.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
