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RAIN 04/19: "a subpoena can ask for the moon..."



Find out what happened at the White House with their computerized records
that were under subpoena. All urls/links have been checked and were working
this a.m.

Washington Post 4/18/00
White House Data Unsearched
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32641-2000Apr17.html

by George Lardner
The White House has a huge trove of computerized records that have never
been searched during the criminal and congressional investigations of the
Clinton administration.
The records appear to be covered by various subpoenas that called on the
White House to turn over relevant records contained on computer disks,
computer entries and tapes. The White House says much--though not all--of
the material is likely to be duplicative of the hundreds of thousands of
paper pages it has already produced in response to an avalanche of
subpoenas.


And then read about the search warrant in the Los Alamos case
Albuquerque Journal 4/18/00
Search Warrant Attacked
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/9084news04-18-00.htm

by Ian Hoffman
When FBI agents searched the home of former Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee
in April 1999, their warrant targeted evidence so broadly that agents
carried off the Los Alamos phone book, the plays of Tennessee Williams and
the short stories of a 19th century Frenchman.
On Monday, Lee's defense argued the search was so loosely controlled as to
be illegal and all evidence taken should be barred from prosecution use at
trial.
"The agents might as well not have had a warrant for all the direction this
warrant gave them," said Lee attorney Nancy Hollander, a federal criminal
defense lawyer for 20 years.
"This is one of the worst warrants I've ever seen," she said.


And what about attorney-client confidentiality -- a topic rarely considered
when one discusses confidentiality of records
Honolulu Star Bulletin 4/12/00
Experts: Chevron ruling unusual
One law professor says the state must have made 'a pretty good case' for a
judge to pierce attorney-client privilege.
http://starbulletin.com/2000/04/12/business/story1.html

by Rob Perez
A federal judge's decision to review confidential communications between
Chevron Corp. and its lawyers has given the state an unusual pre-trial
victory in its gasoline price-fixing lawsuit, several mainland antitrust
experts say.


and finally two small stories for your enjoyment

South China Morning Post 4/19/00
'Loyalty files' to be destroyed
http://www.scmp.com/News/China/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-20000419032130
861.asp

by Jason Blatt
Top-secret government files gauging citizens' loyalty during the Cold War
were illegal and would be destroyed, said justice minister-designate Chen
Ding-nan.


Cincinnati Enquirer 4/18/00
Newspaper appeals privacy ruling
http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/04/18/loc_newspaper_appeals.html

by Ben L. Kaufman
A newspaper that sought student disciplinary records from two Ohio
universities is appealing a federal judge's ruling that the files must be
closed again.

almost forgot

Be sure to check out this story from today's New York Times concerning
photographs of the Vietnam War from the other side
http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/041900vietnam-photos.html

Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Woodside Summit Group, Inc
Richmond, Virginia
Tel: 804-744-1247 extension 23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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