[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [ALACOUN:8583] Patriot Act subpoena

[Alfred Kagan]

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>Subject: [ALACOUN:8583] Patriot Act subpoena
>Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 08:53:52 -0800
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>This is an interesting development in a story about the 
>investigation that ensued when Mr. Omholt acquired a flight manual. 
>(He is a pilot.)
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>Buy a Flight Manual, Get a Grand Jury Subpoena
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>I  just received a call from the local U.S. Attorney's Office asking 
>if I had received the federal grand jury subpoena concerning the 
>B-737 CD-ROM affair. (I had not received it, but I thanked them for 
>the warning.)
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>In this brave new post-9/11 world - thanks to section 501 (d) of the 
>"USA Patriot Act" passed by Congress on Oct. 25, 2001, once someone 
>receives such a subpoena - if it is served in concert with a 
>terrorist investigation - he or she is not allowed to tell anyone 
>about receiving the subpoena.
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>This is not funny. This goes far beyond the apparent idiocy of FBI 
>agents trying to round up every aircraft flight manual in existence. 
>It appears that in the name of fighting terrorism, the federal 
>government is working to cancel the First Amendment.
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>Now I must press the "send" key before the subpoena arrives.
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>And if you don't hear anything more from me on this subject, draw 
>your own conclusion.
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>Ralph Omholt is a Contributing Editor of DefenseWatch. He can be 
>reached at <mailto:skydrifter at attbi.com>skydrifter at attbi.com.
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>Editor's Note: Omholt received a federal grand jury subpoena late Tuesday.


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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
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University of Illinois Library
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