Re: Reporter's shield laws

2001-08-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 09:55:05AM -0700, Tim May wrote: > Except that all it takes is for the judge to grant the witness > transactional or use immunity. Or even full immunity (less common, from > what I hear). > > "Mr. McCullagh, the court hereby grants you transactional immunity for > your tes

Re: CDR: Re: Reporter's shield laws

2001-08-26 Thread Jim Choate
On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Tim May wrote: > Except that all it takes is for the judge to grant the witness > transactional or use immunity. Or even full immunity (less common, from > what I hear). > Much on the Net. Here's just a flavoring: > > "Title 18 U.S.C. ' 6002 provides use immunity instead o

Re: Reporter's shield laws

2001-08-26 Thread Tim May
On Sunday, August 26, 2001, at 09:02 AM, David Honig wrote: > At 06:12 PM 8/25/01 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >> I agree that John Young should be considered a reporter. And also a > ... > >> Still, I think it's possible to differentiate between people involved >> or >> suspected of being invo

Re: Reporter's shield laws

2001-08-26 Thread David Honig
At 06:12 PM 8/25/01 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >I agree that John Young should be considered a reporter. And also a ... >Still, I think it's possible to differentiate between people involved or >suspected of being involved in a criminal act (Clinton, Tripp, Condit, >perhaps Vinnie, in your

Reporter's shield laws

2001-08-25 Thread Tim May
On Saturday, August 25, 2001, at 01:45 PM, Declan McCullagh wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 04:37:37PM -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >> Just because the "homeland war" -- which you seem overly fixated on -- >> will likely lead to an erosion of some liberties, it does not >> logically follow tha