tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post8856390963885935904..comments2024-03-29T05:11:44.999-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: Let Me Get this Straight--Vixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-15779762839646920642013-05-14T21:56:20.140-04:002013-05-14T21:56:20.140-04:00If you're saying the Obama Administration has ...If you're saying the Obama Administration has done far worse already, so what's the big deal...I agree.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RueKvAKxC8U/TrCIP0wVZwI/AAAAAAAAH1c/XSJ9VrJzZ0g/s1600/baush+obama+mask+at+aforever.jpg" rel="nofollow">But that's not exactly an endorsement</a>.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-52568748551122791572013-05-14T16:13:59.778-04:002013-05-14T16:13:59.778-04:00my thoughts are along the same line. because the r...my thoughts are along the same line. because the records were produced in response to a subpoena, that changes everything. as a lawyer i personally have subpoenaed phone records for some of my cases. it's really not that big of a deal. (of course, none of the people whose records i am subpoenaed were journalists. but it's not clear to me why journalists' phone records should be immune from subpoena when no one else's are)<br /><br />on the other hand, i have read that AP was not given proper notice that its phone records were being subpoenaed. that is a procedural mishap. in my cases, the purpose of notice is to give the opposing party the chance to file a motion to quash the subpoena if there is reason to believe it is improper. but from what i read the feds get to give notice 90 days after-the-fact, when the records are probably already disclosed and it would have been too late to stop it with any motion. so it sounds like the procedural fault didn't actually harm AP in any substantive way. they wouldn't have been able to stop the subpoena even if the right notice was given.<br /><br />nevertheless, this "scandal" will probably get some play. privacy issues that affect reporters are important issues to reporters.upyernozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13468075957480441353noreply@blogger.com