Comment on [6/17/11 UPDATE] Two administrators, one biology professor, and one board member resign by David Bee.
Penalties under federal law for recording conversation without consent
by Lewis Gainor on November 23, 2010
Secretly recording a conversation can constitute a criminal offense under federal law. Under Title 18, Section 2511 of the United States Code, it is a felony to record a conversation unless at least one party to the conversation consents. The crime is called eavesdropping, and a person found guilty can be sentenced to 5 years in prison and fined $250,000.
The statute reaches beyond conversations. It is against the law to use any device to intercept wire, oral, or electronic communications, as well. For example, recording a phone conversation or copying computer data such as email is eavesdropping, and subject to criminal penalties.
18 USC 2511 applies to face-to-face conversations, telephone conversations (including cell phones), email, instant messaging, text messages, phone records, voicemail, data saved on a server, and any other electronic communication.
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[6/17/11 UPDATE] Two administrators, one biology professor, and one board member resign
@David Read:
Distributing a feloniously acquired recording may constitute abetting a crime making the distributor chargable under the statute.
[6/17/11 UPDATE] Two administrators, one biology professor, and one board member resign
What ethics let to the use of an illegally (felony) obtained recording to discipline faculty?
[6/17/11 UPDATE] Two administrators, one biology professor, and one board member resign
To read the entire text of the “terminated” La Sierra faculty lawsuit against the church leaders go to the website of the law firm.
www.mccunewright.com
The press release is there as well as the complete text of the filed complaint.
I was unaware till I read it that they had formally withdrawn their resignations prior to the board meeting to discuss the “firings”.
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@Bill Sorensen:
One should be careful about comparisons to the first century church; there was wide variance in belief and practice. Thomas, Paul and Peter varied in their teachings. It took 300 years for the Bishops to cosolidate canon, practice and belief while excluding Christian sects which failed to conform. A few of these sects persist in the middle East. Arians, who deny the divinity of Christ, come to mind.
Unfortunately we do not teach church history widely in our colleges. EGW touches on this in Great Controversy.
