Re: READ THIS! Steve Jackson Games vs. Secret Service

[foegelle@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Michael Foegelle)]

In article <C25nwt.Ct4@well.sf.ca.us> joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn) writes:
>
>Me? Against the government?
>
>For the first time ever, everyone I voted for won, and for the first time
>ever, I'm overjoyed with our country's leadership.
>
>But, maybe I did mis-read it, as I was under the impression that it was
>Steve Jackson who was being prosecuted. When I used the words "thrown out",
>I was meaning that I hope the US Govt's prosecution of a BBS operator would
>be thrown out of court.

It's a civil suit by Steve Jackson (with the support of EFF) against the CIA 
for their illegal search and seizure of his materials.  As was pointed out in
the testimony, not only did the IRS break the first ammendment in their 
activities, but they never had any REAL evidence that anyone did anything 
wrong, and they never indicted anyone, so the question was, what the heck 
WERE they doing, and why did it take them so long to return the seized 
(stolen?) property to Steve Jackson Games..?  
>
>Any lawyers here that want to explain what this case is about?
>
I'm no lawyer, but I DO know Steve (acquaintance only, but..).

>Joe Kohn

Michael Foegelle
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