FC: We've filed a motion to quash my subpoena from the DoJ

[Declan McCullagh]

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,42735,00.html
   
   When Reporting Becomes Testifying
   by Farhad Manjoo
   2:00 a.m. Mar. 30, 2001 PST
   
   Declan McCullagh -- the Wired News reporter who on March 8 was
   subpoenaed by the Justice Department to testify in the case against
   cypherpunk Jim Bell -- filed a motion on Thursday with the U.S.
   District Court to quash the subpoena, claiming it would violate the
   First Amendment protections accorded to journalists.
   
   Bell, who is famous for popularizing "Assassination Politics," a site
   that incorporated digital cash and encryption in a scheme to
   anonymously off political figures, has been charged with two counts of
   violating federal stalking laws. The trial is set to begin on Tuesday
   in Tacoma, Washington.
   
   McCullagh has covered the Bell saga for Wired News, and the government
   says it only needs him to verify the statements attributed to Bell in
   two of McCullagh's stories, according to an e-mail sent to McCullagh
   from Assistant U.S. Attorney Robb London.
   
   But "that would leave a lot of leeway for the defense to ask me
   questions -- and that's where it starts to get really messy really
   quickly," McCullagh said on Thursday from his home in Washington, D.C.

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