federal crime

[Joseph Moorman]

>>Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 05:52:22 -0800
>>From: Jack King <gjk at well.sf.ca.us>
>>
>>In Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, it is now a federal crime to state
>>orally or in writing to any federal administrative or law enforcement
>>officer, during the course of an official investigation that you don't know
>>what they are talking about if in fact you do.

>How can something be a federal crime in only 3 states?

I think he probably meant "felony" not "federal crime."