, "Think like a cop"..is often misinterpreted advice since very few people on this board know how cops really think in the current legal/ political environment...you would have to talk to a few first...find out what they have been instructed to do, what will stick and not stick in court, what ect.
2ndly like Shiek said, you are getting totally paranoid by thinking of all possbilities (legal, and via technology). Sure big brother could track all our posts, pm's, our every move if they wanted to but they don't. The budget, manpower, and desire are not there. Level 5 surveillance is incredibly expensive.
Just use common sense. Before I entered law school, I had already talked to quite a few mpa's, 2 mp owners, a strip joint owner, a vice cop, 3 sargents, and enough lawyers ( who I interact with socially)...talk to the owners, ect...do a little field research. Paul at IT seems to make himself very available.
You and friendly greek, going by strictly theoretical parameters of law are somewhat correct at theoretical possibilities ( that WE CAN ALL be busted), but that isn't the current legal/political environment. You have to go out to the field and see how the law is being practiced. This holds true for all law...parameters are set...but open to the current interpretations set by THE COURTS..it is how they are enforced.
I read your previous post on another topic about the Criminal Code (to Sheik), and what to do in a bust ( to friendly greek). SHEIK was correct on both a theoretical and practical level. The CC is what ultimately decides it all. Your advice to GREEK about identifying himself and asking for a lawyer will get him a bad tongue lashing. This isn't a murder case. Cops hate it when you go over their head. They have what you call a ASSHOLE test. Be cooperative, they might get so pissed off, they may OVERCHARGE and trust me you don't want that. It is their ace up their sleeves. Just answer questions without incriminating yourself, be respectful, and do what you gotta do.
I may only be in 3rd year law, but have legal aid experience, and had many lunches with lawyers and studied these cases...if "I don't know shit..." your words.... then what do you know? What you see on t.v from the states??Do I go into 7-11 and tell you how to punch up the cash register???(this is a joke, please don't get peaved).
There is a reason I mainly stick to Alphacare. They have a locked door at the bottom floor, a buzzer, and cameras, I believe. The place would be alerted well before the cops ever showed up on the forth floor.
All in all I agree with you Dud, that we should be discrete when possible and use common sense, but there has to be a happy medium. My point of being on this board ( and yours might be different) is to avoid crappy mpa and find the good ones, because it is expensive. No need for a bad session. So we have to keep the information alive if possible. The whole mp thing should be about stress relief, not stress creation.
cheers,
booty