-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's always awkward, and usually unwelcome, for a journalist to become part of an story he's covering. It just happened to me in a case I wrote about last year: A criminal prosecution of a member of the cypherpunks list for allegedly posting threatening email that mentioned federal officials. The Department of Justice today subpoenaed me to testify next Monday in the trial, which is in US District Court in Tacoma, Washington. (Feel free to show up if you're in the area. I should be one of the first witnesses that morning.) I wrote a three-part Time Digital Daily article on the case, which is pretty interesting: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,593,00.html http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,595,00.html http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,610,00.html The DoJ wants me to testify about my research and information about the case I collected. At least I made the government work hard for this. My lawyer made sure Janet Reno personally approved this particular subpoena, which is required under DoJ rules when a journalist receives one. - -Declan PS: In other news, the post-CFP party was a blast. About 150 people showed up, and the most ardent partygoers didn't leave until 4 am. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.0.2i iQA/AwUBNw3o5T4oIjNdPtYXEQIunQCg9JTC+frJVdhibcOGUHFXcV+5J20An0IV n59B1wsYiEP62CNxXZUBGsWB =U0nG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
