-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- patrick finerty wrote: <snips>

it would be nice if someone (c2??) would offer dialup access for any members of the grand jury who wanted it.

and Professor Froomkin responded:

sounds like jury tampering to me. a good way to go to jail quickly.

A. Michael Froomkin | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) Associate Professor of Law | U. Miami School of Law | froomkin@law.miami.edu P.O. Box 248087 | http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | It's warm here.

I agree with the Professor (although as a native Floridian, I dispute his .sig about it being warm here!:)) but AFAIK, and unless there are court orders to the contrary, members of the jury may speak freely *after* dismissal from grand jury duty. Our problem is finding them (which shouldn't be *too* hard, given the technology we have). IMO, after the jury is dismissed we must _not_ contact them directly, but rather make it clear that we would be happy if they were to contact us. Hopefully, one of our journalist-types could manage this without yet-another article giving out the <cypherpunks@toad.com> address. Presumably, grand-jurors who have carefully followed the court's instructions would have a bit of catch-up reading on the subject to do, thus giving us an opportunity for indirect contact with them. I don't think that this would be illegal, but best to check with a real-lawyer, and perhaps research the issue a bit, since PRZ's case (supposedly) has "national security" overtones which could possibly cause a court to want to hush things. JMR -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Freedom isn't Freeh. iQCVAwUBMPb+uG1lp8bpvW01AQHB4wP+MMFkH9sWknEksRmEDEYQTldnFIvZGoH0 R4oQeQiZhUOj9TNNpgLSldVHN0KqKtbs0oUS5n5tT+eNDgm7vguZVik/3pWvhQwQ ERUi/Bp2E0l7DPZ/lploUdqqmxJmSwO4MFaJtoHMiabH20S0cmcqDqkwiV+LCQkv u/CaLagzGi4= =E5Wl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----