Blogging All the Way to Jail

Glyn writes "Time magazine is reporting on Josh Wolf the 'first blogger to be targeted by federal authorities for not cooperating with a grand jury.' Josh would have normally been protected from government coercion by California state shield laws but the prosecutors have argued its a federal matter, using quite shaky logic. Josh's blog is being updated by his mother, providing updates on what is happening. From the article: '"Not only does this logic seem silly," Wolf told TIME in June after receiving his final subpoena, "but if unchallenged it will have a deleterious effect on the state protections afforded to many journalists, both independent and those that are part of the established media." Judge William Alsup of Federal District Court rejected Wolf's arguments, and declared him in contempt of court. So he is now being held in a detention center in Dublin, Calif, where he could remain until next July.'"

Comments

Re:Well

[cowboy76Spain]

It is called "voting"

Re:Well

[dangerz]

I'm sorry, I live in the United States. What exactly is this "voting" thing that you're talking about and does it actually work?

Re:why not hand the tape over

[Anonymous Coward]

People who really want to stand up for some cause, as long as nobody finds out it was them?

Quoth the AC.

Re:Gateway

[skoaldipper]

I believe Oliver Stone is currently in post production of "Biatch, I Shrunk my Cellmate", starring Josh with Rick Moranis as his prison poon. Josh slips through the bars and later blogs his video adventures of red and black ants fighting over dead camels in Iraq. I've seen the trailer, and the worst part is when a black ant straps some cream of wheat to his belly and charges a red mound yelling "lu lu lu lu lu lu"...