IP: The U.S. Department of Justice has served Declan with a subpoena

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 16:55:41 -0500
> To: politech () politechbot com
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> Subject: FC: The U.S. Department of Justice has served me with a subpoena
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> The U.S. Department of Justice served me with a subpoena about 15
> minutes ago.
>
> Two Treasury Department agents walked into the main Computers,
> Freedom, and Privacy conference hall here in Cambridge and handed me a
> one-page subponea to testify in the April criminal trial of
> _U.S. v. James Dalton Bell_. I have written about the case in a series
> of news articles.
>
> Bell is a former subscriber to the cypherpunks mailing list who has
> been charged with two counts of violating federal stalking laws while
> apparently researching information on government agents. Bell, who
> was 42 years old at the time of his arrest last year, is best known
> for his "Assassination Politics" idea that involves using digital cash
> and anonymous messages to eliminate miscreant federal officials.
>
> The subpoena says I must appear in the U.S. Courthouse in Tacoma,
> Washington on April 2: "You are commanded to appear in the United
> States District Court at the place, date, and time specified below, or
> any subsequent place, date and time set by the court, to testify in
> the above referenced case." The trial is schedled to begin April 1.
>
> It also orders me to bring with me two Wired News articles I wrote in
> the last year about Bell:
>
>    Crypto-Convict Won't Recant / April 14, 2000
>    http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35620,00.html
>
>    IRS Raids Cypherpunk's House / November 11, 2000
>    http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35620,00.html
>
> Two agents, who said they were from the Treasury Department, walked up
> to me after the CFP Carnivore panel ended and I was in the front of
> the room talking with the panelists. The agents identified themselves
> as Kim McDowell and Tom Caldwell.
>
> I will discuss my options with my editors, and, I presume, our legal
> counsel. But as a general rule, I do not believe it is desirable for
> journalists to disclose information or interviews that were gathered
> or performed for news purposes. I'd welcome advice from those
> knowlegeable about the relevant laws.
>
> - -Declan
> Cambridge, Mass.
> March 8, 2001
> declan () well com
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