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When I received a subpoena from Ashcroft's Justice Department, the Feds also violated their own policy (so don't be surprised at the below): http://www.mccullagh.org/subpoena/ The DOJ regulations: http://www.mccullagh.org/subpoena/doj.regulations.txt -Declan --- From: Anonymous User <anonymous@remailer.havenco.com> To: declan@well.com Subject: DOJ May Have Violated Its Own Guidelines By Subpoenaing MSNBC X-Invalid: in Hacker Probe Message-ID: <1b155ac6fdd201e5d4862e0193e360be@remailer.havenco.com> Though this AP article doesn't explicitly identify Adrian Lamo as the hacker in question, the facts seem to fit his story: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50811,00.html http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2002/nf2002035_9312.htm --- >From The Associated Press, available online at: http://webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com/aolns_display.adp?key=200206041845000135629_aolns.src Reporter Subpoenaed in Hacking Probe June 4, 2002 WASHINGTON (AP) - Without required approval, U.S. prosecutors sent a subpoena to MSNBC demanding a reporter's notes, e-mails and other information as part of an investigation into a nomadic young hacker who acknowledged breaking into computers at The New York Times earlier this year. The subpoena, which was withdrawn weeks later, also demanded any similar material from MSNBC involving another journalist who contacted The New York Times on behalf of the newspaper hacker after the break-in, then wrote about it for an online publication. Under guidelines from the Justice Department, Attorney General John Ashcroft or his deputy must personally approve any subpoenas sent to journalists, and Barbara Comstock, director of the Office of Public Affairs, must review such requests. But senior Justice officials on Ashcroft's staff at headquarters said they were unfamiliar with the MSNBC subpoena, and Ms. Comstock said she did not review it. [...] Ishizuka said the subpoena, withdrawn in mid-May, demanded from MSNBC reporter Bob Sullivan any e-mails or notes about conversations about the newspaper's computer break-in with hacker Adrian Lamo and Kevin Poulsen, now an online journalist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------