Politechnicals may remember that Attorney General Ashcroft personally approved my subpoena in the Jim Bell case. Federal prosecutor Robb London threatened to subpoena other reporters writing about developments in U.S. v. Bell (such as interviewing the defendant) in an apparent and reprehensible attempt to dissuade them from covering the trial. Background: http://www.mccullagh.org/subpoena/ Other coverage of this case: http://www.rcfp.org/news/2001/0725inregr.html Excerpt from USA Today article:

The hearing was closed to the public at the government's request. The transcript remains sealed. Even the name of the judge who sentenced her for contempt of court has not been made public.

--- Declan, I thought that the politech mailing list would be interested in this. If you have already discussed please disregard. Also please keep this mailbox anon if you post it. Thanks for your great work! http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/july01/2001-07-27-ashcroft-journalists-u... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----