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NYT Op-Ed: A Justice's Sense of Privilege
by Rattle at 4:01 am EDT, Apr 13, 2004

] Ms. Konz and a reporter for The Associated Press, Denise
] Grones, were seated in the front row. They began to take
] notes. And when Justice Scalia began speaking, they
] clicked on their tape recorders.

The irony here is the kind that makes you feel sick inside.

] But this is the United States in the 21st century where
] the power brokers have gone mad. They've deluded
] themselves into thinking they're royalty, not public
] servants charged with protecting the rights and interests
] of the people. Both recordings were erased. Only then was
] the reporters' property returned.

This was a public speaking engagement. It was at a High School. Its not like this was someone recording a gathering among friends, or some clear gray area where there might have been some ability to exercise "privacy rights".

] When agents acting on behalf of a Supreme Court justice
] can just snatch and destroy information collected by
] reporters, we haven't just thumbed our nose at the
] Constitution, we've taken a very dangerous step in a very
] ugly direction. The depot at the end of that dark road is
] totalitarianism.

The above quote saves me having to come up with and type something to express similar sentiment. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to know if Justice Scalia does the same, he would prefer I not pass it along..

] "It protects journalists not just from newsroom searches,"
] she said, "but from the seizure of their work product
] material, things like notes and drafts, and also what's
] called documentary materials, which are things like these
] tapes, or digital recordings."

I guess the lesson here is that if you have a recording device on site, make sure its storage is located in a place fully within your control, several blocks away. The lesson is noted, the spectrum and services are there to do it several ways "legally". In that shitty future we keep hearing bits and pieces about, when public officials engage in public speaking engagements, will we have to square off SIGINT and IA chops with the Senior Services on hand?

] Ms. Konz told me: "All I was doing with that tape recorder
] was making sure that I was not going to misquote the
] justice. My only intention was to report his words accurately."

I'd really like to hear Scalia's justification for not allowing people to record him at large gatherings.


 
RE: NYT Op-Ed: A Justice's Sense of Privilege
by Dagmar at 9:12 pm EDT, Apr 13, 2004

Rattle wrote:
] I'd really like to hear Scalia's justification for not
] allowing people to record him at large gatherings.

I'd like to see him address how he and his staff are somehow exempt from the same laws he's supposed to be upholding.

This sort of abusive sh*t is not a good sign.


A Justice's Sense of Privilege
by Jeremy at 9:05 am EDT, Apr 13, 2004

Antoinette Konz, a young education reporter for The Hattiesburg American, considered it a big deal when she was invited by a local high school to cover a speech last Wednesday by Antonin Scalia.

Ms. Konz and an AP reporter, seated in the front row, began to take notes. And when Justice Scalia began speaking, they clicked on their tape recorders.

Justice Scalia, the big shot, does not like reporters to turn tape recorders on when he's talking. He doesn't like it. And he doesn't permit it.

The AP reporter tried to explain that she had a digital recording device, so there was no tape to give up. Ms. Konz said the deputy seemed baffled by that.

You do not like green eggs and ham /
I do not like them, Sam I Am.

I see a tape recorder and I grab it /
No, you can’t have it back, silly rabbit


A Justice's Sense of Privilege
by Shannon at 10:01 am EDT, Apr 13, 2004

Antoinette Konz, a young education reporter for The Hattiesburg American, considered it a big deal when she was invited by a local high school to cover a speech last Wednesday by Antonin Scalia.

Ms. Konz and an AP reporter, seated in the front row, began to take notes. And when Justice Scalia began speaking, they clicked on their tape recorders.

Justice Scalia, the big shot, does not like reporters to turn tape recorders on when he's talking. He doesn't like it. And he doesn't permit it.

The AP reporter tried to explain that she had a digital recording device, so there was no tape to give up. Ms. Konz said the deputy seemed baffled by that.

You do not like green eggs and ham /
I do not like them, Sam I Am.

I see a tape recorder and I grab it /
No, you can’t have it back, silly rabbit

She needs to sue.


A Justice's Sense of Privilege
by BridgetAG at 12:34 pm EDT, Apr 13, 2004

Antoinette Konz, a young education reporter for The Hattiesburg American, considered it a big deal when she was invited by a local high school to cover a speech last Wednesday by Antonin Scalia.

Ms. Konz and an AP reporter, seated in the front row, began to take notes. And when Justice Scalia began speaking, they clicked on their tape recorders.

Justice Scalia, the big shot, does not like reporters to turn tape recorders on when he's talking. He doesn't like it. And he doesn't permit it.

The AP reporter tried to explain that she had a digital recording device, so there was no tape to give up. Ms. Konz said the deputy seemed baffled by that.

The marshall then proceeded to erase the recordings.

This is an action far beyond the pale. In such a benign setting, with such a small incident, are great changes wrought.


 
 
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