Grand Jury Subpoena for ACLU

Last October, the American Civil Liberties Union received an unsolicited, leaked government document. It's three and one-half pages long, marked "Secret" classification, and was issued in December 2005. The U.S. Attorney wants the document returned since it was released without authorization. A grand jury issued a subpoena to the ACLU for its return.

The ACLU is balking and has asked a federal judge to quash the subpoena. It's claimed that the government is trampling on First Amendment rights.

This is nuts. The ACLU has no automatic right to classified information that obviously was purloined. Freedom of speech doesn't give anyone the right to steal nor the right to receive stolen property.

More discussion and links at STACLU.

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