Federal Grand Jury Subpoenas Commenters' Info from Newspaper
By AAN Staff
june 15, 2009 12:22 pm
The grand jury is asking for the names, phone numbers, IP addresses and other identifying information about every person who commented on a May 26
Las Vegas Review-Journal story on the tax evasion trial of a local resident. The paper's editor, calling the subpoena "tantamount to killing a gnat with an A-bomb," says
Review-Journal lawyers are negotiating with the feds to limit the scope of information sought.
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