On the former - hmm. "Initial reports" say they wanted tapes of a conversation between the journalist and a man who is now dead. Not such a big deal. But if they want _all_ her notes, that's a different matter. Does the US legal system not have some built-in safeguards for this, so that information admitted may not be used to convict the ppl concerned?

On the latter, I'll strongly disagree. The US seems to have a fear of cameras for some reason, and ppl caught behaving illegally (speeding/jumping red lights, etc) shout "unconstitutional" when they're caught. And get away with it as well, which amazes me - never mind that they may have been endangering lives... In the UK, cameras in city centres have had a major effect in cutting down crime. Burglaries, ram-raiding, muggings, etc - all are down in areas where cameras are deployed, and more ppl committing these crimes are captured. Suits me.

Graham.