From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sun Sep 16 2001 - 09:52:32 MDT
Anders Sandberg wrote:
>
> Also, there is another factor here. If the US really considers itself at
> war with Bin Laden, then the laws of war apply. And one decision that
> was made a few years ago when various fake Milosovic statements began to
> circulate on the net was to make forging capitulation statements,
> pictures or videos of enemy leaders and similar stuff a war crime. So
> making a fake picture of Bin Laden might actually be a serious offence
> for the moment in the US! Of course, a lot depends on whether the US is
> formally at war or not, something everybody seems to be confused about.
I've never heard of this. Please explain.
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