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I am suprised that they did not leave the three military academies alone.
1. The student population is small, (4,000)per academy (or there about).
2. The honor code is brutal.
Each academy has an honor code that is administered by the cadets (not the service and does not come under the UCMJ). If the Academy administration acts (and they have), and files that are deemed to be illegal (stolen) are found on the machines, the honor committee will have no option but to act.
The honor code at the USAF Academs is:
"We will not lie, cheat, or steal; nor tolerate among us those who do."
It is the toleration clause that can be so brutal. Remember, no rules of evidence or assumption of innocence applies here.
If the possession of an MP3 files is judged to be stealing (and not fair-use) then any cadet who has one on his computer, knew that another cadet had one on that cadets computer, or is in a position were he probably known that something illegal was going on, WILL BE DISMISSED.
The honor committee does not need proof, and there is no appeal.
When I was an Instructor at the Air Force Academy (1973-1976) we had to be very careful of what we said in class, and never put a cadet in a position were he might accidently (without thinking) say something that could be interpreted as not the absolute truth.
Honor investigations tended to get out of hand very quickly, and the innocent could very quickly get roped in with the guilty.
How do you prove that you had no knowledge of your roommates activities (downloading MP3 files), when he played the music periodically. The argument that you should have suspected, and did not report your suspicions, will hold up -- dismissal.
TOM
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