If he was even using a deterministic wallet. Apparently the FBI have seized
some private keys though and funds have been moved.
On 4 Oct 2013 17:07, "Mark Lamb" <markdavidlamb@???> wrote:
> Financially it shouldn't be out of reach for him if he can remember 12
> very important words.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Mike Gogulski <mike@???> wrote:
>
>> You're reading my mind.
>>
>> My guess is that he's going to be denied bail, or that it will be
>> financially out of reach for friends and family. It's going to be a
>> while before we find out what really went on.
>>
>> On 10/04/2013 05:54 PM, Caleb James DeLisle wrote:
>> > Lets play a little 'what if' game. I know next to nothing about
>> silkroad so
>> > I'm probably going to get something wrong but bare with me.
>> >
>> > What if Ross is as innocent as he could be while still being the
>> operator
>> > of silkroad. Just a sort of craigslist with escrow. Now what if the FBI
>> got
>> > a message from an anonymous TOR person that said "Hi, I'm Ross
>> Ulbricht, I run
>> > silkroad and I would like you to murder someone". In court this is not
>> going
>> > to stand up for one moment but they entered the information in their
>> criminal
>> > complaint so he is already convicted of murder in the minds of many.
>> >
>> > Maybe the FBI agents heard this and they "saw what they wanted to see"
>> in it,
>> > maybe they intentionally added this to the complaint to foil attempts
>> at raising
>> > money in his defense, we don't know.
>> >
>> > What if they ammend their complain removing any word of murder for hire
>> and
>> > direct drug dealing and charge him only for his role in operating SR?
>> What if
>> > they encounter very little legal defense because those who might have
>> donated
>> > have already written him off as a murderer?
>> >
>> >
>> > All I have to say is please lets not rush to judgement, if he is guilty
>> of
>> > murder then he will probably be found guilty, hopefully to be humainly
>> confined
>> > as is the norm among civil societies. If he was only a peaceful
>> operator of a
>> > forum, another Aaron Swartz, a person who only broke the law to change
>> things,
>> > then his sentencing should reflect not just his actions but his
>> *intent*,
>> > something which is unlikely if he cannot mount an effective defense.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Caleb
>> >
>> >
>> > On 10/04/2013 11:19 AM, Robert Williamson wrote:
>> >> I bet last week they would also have said zero chance of being an
>> online drug lord.
>> >>
>> >> Sure the FBI entrapped him. But are his parents saying that entrapment
>> never happened and the chat/ message logs are faked?
>> >>
>> >> On 4 Oct 2013 16:12, "Mike Gogulski" <mike@??? <mailto:
>> mike@???>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I spoke with his parents for two hours:
>> >>
>> >>
>> https://www.rossulbricht.org/ross-ulbrichts-parents-say-zero-chance-of-murder-for-hire/
>> >>
>> >> On 10/04/2013 12:41 PM, Juraj Bednar wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> >> The Maryland document clearly states it was an undercover FBI
>> agent.
>> >> >>
>> >> > Yet it clearly says that the undercover agent arranged the
>> delivery, but
>> >> > the first person to suggest
>> >> > torture and then execution was DPR. I still want to believe that
>> that's
>> >> > not the whole story, on the
>> >> > other hand, it's a great PR move for influencing the jury.
>> >> >
>> >> > >From the state point of view, the FBI did their job and after
>> they've
>> >> > done it, DPR suggested violence.
>> >> > (of course we view the acts of the FBI as violence, but that's
>> not what
>> >> > the general public believes
>> >> > and it serves their narrative pretty well :(.
>> >> >
>> >> >> In most countries in the world, entrapment is thrown out of
>> court. You
>> >> >> cannot prosecute someone for a crime which the police entrap
>> you into.
>> >> > Yet there is nothing to suggest so. In Maryland document, there
>> was even
>> >> > no indication of threats
>> >> > from the "victim" about releasing documents. DPR was pissed that
>> they
>> >> > stole some money and that
>> >> > they could "sing".
>> >> >
>> >> > Sort-of prisoner's dilemma, but clearly no direct reaction to any
>> >> > particular threat.
>> >> >> They aren't basing their case on attempted murder. So what was
>> the
>> >> >> purpose of engineering this situation with DPR?
>> >> > Influence of jury decision and public opinion of course.
>> >> >> Go and research what DPR is like as a person. Watch his
>> interview
>> >> >> online where he is talking about true love and his hopes for the
>> >> >> future of the world. Read some his writings.
>> >> > His writings are writings of an idealist. We all read it and
>> believed
>> >> > that it says what we
>> >> > think. There is always a difference between what someone writes
>> and what
>> >> > he or she
>> >> > does. This is not to blame or to praise Ross as a person. DPR
>> was and is
>> >> > an act.
>> >> > It may root from his beliefs, but he will be judged as a person
>> based on
>> >> > his actions,
>> >> > not based on his beliefs.
>> >> >
>> >> > We can discuss if the trial is unbiased and serves justice and
>> not only
>> >> > the state. It will
>> >> > almost certainly be biased on the state side, because the state
>> sees
>> >> > drug trade as
>> >> > something bad and some people including me, most of the vendors
>> and
>> >> > customers
>> >> > and himself see it otherwise.
>> >> >
>> >> > Ross was a real person and they are basing their
>> >> > case on real person and his mistakes. They are winning the public
>> >> > opinion part pretty
>> >> > well. :(
>> >> >> Interview with DPR (left):
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33fxHA-FEYg
>> >> >>
>> >> > This is an interview with Ross and I believe these are different
>> >> > entities. We may discuss
>> >> > if DPR or Ross was an act, but one of them was.
>> >> >> By judging DPR, you are buying the picture that has been
>> painted for
>> >> >> you to slant the public discourse. Remove yourself from that
>> game.
>> >> >> This moral dilemma is false.
>> >> > The dilemma is not false.
>> >> >
>> >> > But I agree we cannot judge DPR because we have no unbiased
>> information
>> >> > regarding the
>> >> > case and we don't have any moral authority to judge him.
>> >> >
>> >> > Where are the victims? Let them speak or show that they are
>> missing.
>> >> > Otherwise, it's a witch-hunt.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > J.
>> >> >
>> >> >
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