[pygmyhipo]

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I suspect the statement "to access 3rd party computers" is in response to hard evidence that the home computer of Scott Tom was involved or perhaps they are referring to their host computers as a 3rd party computer from the point of view of the guilty party.

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Right. I think AP's intent with the wording of their statement was:
1st party = Absolute
2nd party = The Cheater
3rd party = Scott Tom, whose home IP address was implicated, and whom AP wants to leave blameless for some reason