@agraham999 I'm not defending Chen or Gawker. I'm trying to defend the rights of journalists and the First Amendment.
If there was a concern that Chen might also try to destroy evidence, I would think that the detective would have said as much in the warrant request to further convince the judge to sign it. He didn't.
They should have issued a subpoena and let the lawyers work it out. That would have been the right way to handle it.
@matthew - sorry I didn't meet your standards. For what it's worth, I've been around the block a few times as it relates to media law. Thanks for the talkback.
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