Michael Riconosciuto

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Michael James Riconosciuto (born 1947 or 1948) is an American electronics and computer expert who was arrested in early 1991, shortly after providing Inslaw, Inc. with an affidavit in support of their lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice. Riconosciuto professed a defense centered on the Inslaw Affair (a legal case in which the U.S. government was charged with illegal use of computer software). Riconosciuto claimed to have reprogrammed Inslaw's case-management program (PROMIS) with a secret "back-door" to allow clandestine tracking of individuals. Riconosciuto stated that he had been threatened with prosecution by a Justice Department official. Riconosciuto provided an affidavit detailing threats to a House Select Committee investigating the Inslaw Affair.

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