Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:09 PM 11/26/1999 -0000, B. D. Colen wrote: >I knew that you are a former Marine, world-class authority on the history of >the German optical industry, and an attorney: I didn't know you were a First >Amendment expert or an expert on either journalism practices or journalistic >dealings with law enforcement authorities. But then I seem to learn >something new every day. <sigh> BD, you prove every day that you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make them drink. I have no connexion at all with the US Marine Corps, or any other Marine Corps, other than that my secretary's Dad is a retired Marine. Allow me to refresh your mind: I am a general-practice attorney. I deal with First Amendment rights at least every week and with police efforts to interview reporters and to examine their files at least a couple of times every year, as well as with media-access-to-the-Courtroom issues. (Thank heavens, the Feds do not allow cameras in the courtroom, and Virginia only very limited access. In 18 years of practicing law, I have only once had to deal with a trial being taped by the media and, even there, they were required to remain outside the courtroom and to use remotes.) Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!