In Child Porn Case, a Digital Dilemma

The federal government is asking a U.S. District Court in Vermont to order a man to type a password that would unlock files on his computer, despite his claim that doing so would constitute self-incrimination.
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Ellen Nakashima

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Sebastien Boucher

United States

Jerome Niedermeier

Mark Curtis

Vermont

Orin Kerr

Federal Bureau of Investigation

U.S. Department of Justice

FTI Consulting Inc.

Boston

John Miller

Marc Rotenberg

Lee Tien

Mark Rasch

James Boudreau

Canada

U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. District Court

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Vermont Department of Corrections

Electronic Privacy Information Center

The George Washington University

New England States

North America

Sexual Offenses

Crime

Information Privacy

Computer Encryption

Technology

Science and Technology

Computer Technology

Computer Security

Software

Political Policy

Human Rights Policy

Politics

Law

Civil Rights

Constitutional Law

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