FC: We've filed a motion to quash my subpoena from the DoJ
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Fri Mar 30 06:30:53 PST 2001
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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