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From: edp@ipl31.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.))
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Subject: Re: Evidence (was Re: Musing on Constitutionality)
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Date: 20 Sep 90 11:34:47 GMT
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In article <4572@qip.UUCP>, john@qip.UUCP (John Moore) writes:

>][Suppose you were to publish the same information in an advertisement in
>][a national newspaper. When that advertisement would be distributed
>][throughout the world, would the Secret Service be able to confiscate
>][each newspaper in which that particular advertisement resides?

>The newspaper would not publish the list in the first place. Electronic media
>is special in that frequently there is no editor.

First, that's just begging the question.  You haven't answered it, just avoided
it.

Second, it well might happen.  Most newspapers probably wouldn't publish if they
knew what the list was.  But suppose you just took out an ad and supplied a
bunch of numbers to print -- some newspapers might print it.

Supposing they did, what's the answer to the question?


				-- edp