cfp '94 transcript

[Mike Godwin]

> >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?
 
18 USC 1001 is a crime in every state, but interpretations of the law
may vary by circuit. We're talking about the Fifth Circuit here, looks
like.


--Mike