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- From: ssteele@eff.org (Shari Steele)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: Re: More Info To Come on EFF Shortly
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.161923.24266@eff.org>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 16:19:23 GMT
- References: <1993Jan16.124344.1438@eff.org>
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- Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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- Hi everyone.
- As many of you already know, on the evening of November 6, 1992,
- approximately 30 computer enthusiasts :), who had gathered for a meeting
- of 2600 magazine readers at the food court at Pentagon City Mall in
- Arlington, VA, were detained and searched and had some of their
- possessions seized by about half a dozen mall security guards acting under
- the directions of the Secret Service. Somewhere between two and five
- officers from the Arlington County Police were there, as well, having
- responded to a call about fraud.
-
- Several of the attendees are interested in suing the mall, police and
- Secret Service, and EFF and CPSR have done some preliminary research into
- the case to determine what, if any civil liberties violations were
- involved. After interviewing about a dozen people who were there, we have
- determined that the Secret Service does seem to have been involved (a
- county police officer on the scene confirmed that), and we are ready to
- proceed with the case.
-
- We contacted the Virginia ACLU, which has found a litigator in Northern
- Virginia who wants to litigate the case. EFF, the ACLU and CPSR are
- currently doing research on the legal theories we will need to pursue.
- EFF is very committed to standing up for the civil liberties of those who
- attended this open, publicized and nondisruptive meeting.
-
- Shari Steele, Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
-