Reply #12: James, you may have wanted to call me first... [View All]

[jmowreader]

Title 18, Chapter 65 (Malicious Mischief), Section 1362: Communication lines, stations or systems

Whoever willfully or maliciously injures or destroys any of the works, property, or material of any radio, telegraph, telephone or cable, line, station, or system, or other means of communication, operated or controlled by the United States, or used or intended to be used for military or civil defense functions of the United States, whether constructed or in process of construction, or willfully or maliciously interferes in any way with the working or use of any such line, or system, or willfully or maliciously obstructs, hinders, or delays the transmission of any communication over any such line, or system, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

In the case of any works, property, or material, not operated or controlled by the United States, this section shall not apply to any lawful strike activity, or other lawful concerted activities for the purposes of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection which do not injure or destroy any line or system used or intended to be used for the military or civil defense functions of the United States.

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Throwing Jimbo in jail for disrupting Senator Landrieu's telephone system might not be as rewarding as throwing him in jail for wiretapping, but fuck it, man--whatever gets him put in the prison kitchen for the next ten years is fine by me.