The costs of justice

I find it frustrating when criminals get away with things for political reasons. In The Cuckoos Egg Clifford Stoll retells his events tracking a hacker. As Cliff continued to chase the hacker, he often went to federal agencies to receive help and collaboration with catching the hacker. For varying reasons, each agency said they couldn't help. There were many times where Cliff was close to finding out more about the hacker, but couldn't quite get there due to bureaucratic reasons, such as not having a warrant in the right state. Just like state police officers do not have authority to write tickets in other states, agencies such as the CIA, do not have permission to do things out of their jurisdiction. While Cliff was dealing with these struggles he made a comment that these jurisdiction rules are intended to protect us. 

It is often the case however, that such laws can also limit justice. How often is justice thrown by the wayside because the crime fits between two separate boundaries? Don't get me wrong, I understand why such boundaries exist. I understand that power corrupts and such laws limit corruption and Tyranny. However, far too often criminals are allowed to walk, or are never even hunted. 

I myself have been a victim of cyber crime. I have found that no matter how much information you are able to collect about the perpetrator, no one is willing to help you bring them to justice. If we want to reduce cyber crime, we need to have a system set up to discourage such crimes. People don't bother robbing banks because they know that banks are highly secured and nearly impossible to get away with. Cyber crime however is encouraged by the law more then discouraged. If jurisdictions and bureaucracy is going to remain how it is, cyber crime will just get worse. We need a more defined law or agency if we are going to keep up with the criminals.