FOLK, LE asked:

However is it illegal to merely look where you are not ment to be, even if the door was open (or blank security paswords used?

You have, of course, blindly taken as true McKinnon's statement about "no security". Personally, I'd want to hear the other side of that, and preferably see/hear some evidence on one or the other side.

Stated as generally as you asked it, probably not. For instance, if the householder left a door wide open and you looked into his living room, I think that's not criminal. If you walked in the door and looked around, though, you would be trespassing at the very least. And if you, say, opened a drawer (subdirectory, file folder) to see what was in it, that's another level of intrusion.

BUT, I'm sure in this scenario there is/are specific statutes about unauthorized entry into ANYONE'S computer (yours and mine), let alone governmental facilities.

You and some others here seem to be taking as true the allegation interpretation or allegation that's most antiestablishment possible, or in some cases most antiAmerican possible.

Dave Oesterreich