NODE 6c41976bRe: cfp '94 transcript
werner@mc.ab.comTue, 29 Mar 94 06:52:25 PST
>Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 05:52:22 -0800
>From: Jack King <gjk@well.sf.ca.us>
>
>In Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, it is now a federal crime to state
>orally or in writing to any federal administrative or law enforcement
>officer, during the course of an official investigation that you don't know
>what they are talking about if in fact you do.
How can something be a federal crime in only 3 states?
NODE eb26fe8cRe: cfp '94 transcript
Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>Tue, 29 Mar 94 07:38:09 PST
On Tue, 29 Mar 1994 werner@mc.ab.com wrote:
> > How can something be a federal crime in only 3 states?
If the (Fifth?) local circuit Court of Appeals has established a
particular legal interpretation.
DCF
NODE bc21e7f2Re: cfp '94 transcript
Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>Tue, 29 Mar 94 07:40:57 PST
> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 05:52:22 -0800
> >From: Jack King <gjk@well.sf.ca.us>
> >
> >In Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, it is now a federal crime to state
> >orally or in writing to any federal administrative or law enforcement
> >officer, during the course of an official investigation that you don't know
> >what they are talking about if in fact you do.
>
> How can something be a federal crime in only 3 states?
18 USC 1001 is a crime in every state, but interpretations of the law
may vary by circuit. We're talking about the Fifth Circuit here, looks
like.
--Mike