From: believer@telepath.com Subject: IP: Feds Assault the Free Press Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:34:40 -0600 To: believer@telepath.com Source: Insight Magazine (published by Washington Times) Feds Assault the Free Press By Kelly Patricia O'Meara A journalist and his wife have drawn the wrath of federal law enforcement. Their 'crime': allegedly removing a tiny piece of TWA Flight 800 wreckage for independent study. It was FBI Special Agent James Kinsley who insisted the accused subjects be handcuffed and driven in separate FBI vehicles to U.S. District Court in Uniondale, N.Y. Secured by heavy manacles, the prisoners were paraded before media eager to get a look at the husband and wife team charged with the alleged crime of stealing evidence from the hangar where the wreckage of doomed TWA Flight 800 is being assembled. . . . . But something was very wrong. The prisoners were Jim Sanders, author of nonfiction books including The Downing of TWA Flight 800, and his petite, soft-spoken wife Liz, a retired flight-attendant trainer for TWA. The two spent hours in holding cells under the court house not far from where the 747 exploded in a deadly fireball on July 17, l996, before being allowed to plead not guilty to the government's charges. If convicted, this couple, who just celebrated their silver wedding anniversary, face up to 10 years in prison. TO ACCESS COMPLETE ARTICLE: http://www.insightmag.com/articles/story3.html ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- **************************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address or (un)subscribe ignition-point-digest email@address **************************************************** www.telepath.com/believer ****************************************************