Need Evidence For Trial? Google It

From Andrew Coyne’s live-blog of the BCHRT/Maclean’s hearing:

Joseph is now asking [Habib] about the Free Republic blog. How did he come across it. Well, shorttly after reading the Steyn article in October 2006, which he found “concerning,” he went on the internet to “look for any impact,” ie he Googled it. He found what he was looking for on the Free Republic: the Steyn article, with comments from readers underneath, to the effect that Muslims should be “eradicated,” that they should not be here, etc.

We’re working off a printout of a Google search performed today [June 5, 2008]. Porter [counsel for Maclean’s] is up, pointing out that Google searches produce different results at different times. [Habib] can’t say with certainty that what he saw in October 2006 is the same as it is now.

The rest.

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