Sarbanes-Oxley versus the Free Press

Thanks to John Berlau for revealing how Patrick Fitzgerald may have used Section 802 of Sarbanes-Oxley, which gives the government powers to punish business which shred or otherwise “conceal” internal corporate documents deemed relevant to an investigation(even if there was no criminal intent), to pressure Time-Warner to turn over confidential notes relating to the Plame case. Those libertarians who are cheering on Fitzgerald should consider if allowing prosecutors to use Sarbox to force a media company to divulge confidential information is in the long-term interest of peace and liberty.

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8:59 pm on January 18, 2006