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The Subpoenas are Coming!
Mark Rasch, 2003-09-29

Citing a provision of the Patriot Act, the FBI is sending letters to journalists telling them to secretly prepare to turn over their notes, e-mails and sources to the bureau. Should we throw out the First Amendment to nail a hacker?

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Err, when you get done running the bullhorn... 2003-10-07
Terry Karney

If the recipient cannot discuss the supoena, who is going to draft the motion to quash?

More to the point, I will argue that FBI policy, and practice, in the past indicates against so broad an attempt to gather information from the press.

The nature of shield laws, the attitude of repo...

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