FC: Judicial bureaucrats retreat, say judges won't be spied on

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Inside.com articles have an unfortunate habit of retreating behind a 
pay-firewall eventually, but the below article is currently available at no 
charge with no registration required.

Judge Alex Kozinski's splendid open letter to federal judges:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=95001063

-Declan

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From: "Noam Cohen" <ncohen () inside com>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: Kozinski Screed Pays Dividends
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 20:11:11 -0400

Declan - don't know if you saw the latest twist in the federal judges'
privacy fight:
Government Appears to Back Down After Judges Protest Monitoring of Their
Computers
Policy was meant to prevent abuse of equipment, but jurists say it
threatened their independence. Dispute turned ugly in recent days as
appellate judge used Op-Ed piece to assail 'bureaucrat' he accused of
devising the rule.
At this link:
http://www.inside.com/product/product.asp?entity=&pf_ID=774A1EA4-B8BB-458A-8C05-C8613405BA5F
Noam Cohen




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