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Hi everybody.
I really don't have much time to write, but I just witnessed one of the
most dramatic courtroom events.  The judge in the Steve Jackson Games trial
just spent 15 minutes straight reprimanding Agent Timothy Foley of the
United States Secret Service for the behavior of the United States
regarding the raid and subsequent investigation of Steve Jackson Games.  He
asked Foley,  in random order (some of this is quotes, some is paraphrasing
because I couldn't write fast enough):

How long would it have taken you to find out what type of business Steve
Jackson Games does?  One hour?  In any investigation prior to March 1st
(the day of the raid) was there any evidence that implicated Steve Jackson
or Steve Jackson Games, other than Blankenship's presence?  You had a
request from the owner to give the computers and disks back.  You knew a
lawyer was called.  Why couldn't a copy of the information contained on the
disks be given within a matter of days?  How long would it have taken to
copy all disks?  24 hours?  Who indicated that Steve Jackson was running
some kind of illegal activity?  Since the equipment was not accessed at the
Secret Service office in Chicago after March 27, 1990, why wasn't the
equipment released on March 28th?  Did you or anyone else do any
investigation after March 1st into the nature of Mr. Jackson and his
business?  You say that Coutorie told you it was a game company.  You had
the owner standing right in front of you on March 2nd.  Is it your
testimony that the first time that you realized that he was a publisher and
had business records on the machine was when this suit was filed?

The government was so shaken, they rested their case, never even calling
Barbara Golden or any of their other witnesses to the stand.  Closing
arguments are set for this afternoon.  It truly was a day that every lawyer
dreams about.  The judge told the Secret Service that they had been very
wrong.  I'll try to give a full report later.
Shari