Unseal iPhone warrant, media ask

[Darkroom]

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/06/tech-iphone-warrant-media.html

 

[AppleFan1984]

Interesting, from the article:

Court documents spelling out the legal reasons for a search are usually made public within 10 days, but the affidavit supporting the April 23 raid remains sealed.

Chen's lawyer, Thomas Burke of Davis Wright Tremaine in San Francisco, said in a recent interview with The Associated Press that a search warrant should never have been issued because Chen is a journalist and his home is his newsroom. California law protects journalists from such searches.

Why is it still sealed so much longer than the law allows?

 

[pdjudd]

Interesting, from the article:


Why is it still sealed so much longer than the law allows?

The request has been rejected. According to the article:

The prosecutors argued that they have the right to "maintain the security of an ongoing investigation, which may well be compromised by the disclosure of the search warrant affidavit.”

The reason for the sealing is that the documents contain the names of two individuals of interest, whom police do not want to alert, an attorney for the media coalition said after talking to Stephen Wagstaffe, chief deputy district attorney.

Prosecutors also said the sealed affidavit is "not a public record and thus is not subject to requests under any public-records act."