Scientologists may subpoena anonymous remailer records

[Jim Byrd]

The complete deposition may be found in RealAudio format at
http://www.northcoast.com/~grady/depo

At 07:02 PM 4/9/96 -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
>I thought that most or all of the cypherpunk anonymous remailers don't
>keep records.  Not even on backup tapes.  The whole idea is that there
>aren't logs.  But maybe they have found some remailers that are
>non-cypherpunk.  And I haven't verified the truth of what's in the msg
>below.  If anyone hears anything, please let me (or eff at eff.org) know.
>
>	John Gilmore
>
>Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 18:27:02 -0700
>To: fight-censorship+ at andrew.cmu.edu, eric at remailer.net,
>        farber at cis.upenn.edu (Dave Farber)
>From: jwarren at well.com (Jim Warren)
>Subject: (fwd fyi - NOT verified!!)  very urgent news
>
>Seems like it's just a tad overbroad, if true.  Another example of, "all
>the 'justice' that one can buy"?
>
>--jim
>
>>Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 15:44:52 -0700 (PDT)
>>From: shelley thomson <sthomson at netcom.com>
>>Subject: very urgent news
>>To: jwarren at well.com
>>
>>Hello, Jim Warren:
>>
>>        The church of scientology plans to subpoena the records of every
>>anonymous remailer in the USA.
>>
>>        I publish a news/black humor magazine on the net called **Biased
>>Journalism**.  As a journalist I have covered the collision between the
>>church of scientology and the net.  My last three issues have focused on
>>legal action by the church against Grady Ward and Keith Henson.
>>
>>        Today I had a note from Grady Ward, whose deposition was finished
>>today.  He said that they asked him a lot of questions about me, and
>>warned me that they may issue a subpoena for me and a demand for my
>>email.
>>
>>        The church presumably intends to claim that I am not a real
>>journalist because I only publish on the net.  I need to prepare a legal
>>defense, and needless to say, can't afford a lawyer.  If you can direct
>>me to any resources, I would appreciate it very much.
>>
>>        On the basis of events today, Ward believes the church will
>>issue subpoenas for the records of every anonymous remailer in the USA.
>>
>>        If these records are delivered to the church, our First Amendment
>>rights go with them.
>>
>>        Shelley Thomson
>>
>>        publisher, **Biased Journalism**
>>        800-731-0717 voice message
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