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In <TED.92Oct31161542@lole.nmsu.edu> ted@nmsu.edu (Classic Ted) writes:


>In article <1cjrskINNd2@gap.caltech.edu> hal@cco.caltech.edu (Hal
>Finney) writes:

>   I fail to see what right the government has to force users to give
>   up the privacy of their communications.  These measures are what I
>   would expect from Orwell's _1984_ rather than a modern Western
>   government.



>under subpoena by a grand jury, you can be forced to testify about any
>knowledge you have of activities being considered by the grand jury.
>similarly, refusing to cooperate with law enforcement authorities can
>be construed to be withholding of evidence in later criminal
>proceedings.

Not exactly.  You can still refuse to talk.  According to what I have read,
you must refuse to talk with them AT ALL, including agreeing to your name,
in order to protect your 5th Amendment rights....but you do have them. 
Grand Juries cannot offer immunity, and the DA usually cannot offer
sufficient immunity for their usual fishing expeditions to be allowed to
override your 1st and 5th Amendment rights.

I could be wrong.
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