Arizona Republic | Slate
The Maricopa County Attorney dropped all charges against Phoenix New Times less than 24 hours after the paper's owners were arrested for publishing details of a grand-jury subpoena that demanded the Internet records of everyone who has visited the paper's website since 2004. Also, the special prosecutor has been removed from the case. ||
Jack Shafer's
comments. ||
New York Times: A Goldwater Institute lawyer calls the subpoena "the most sweeping deprivation of privacy and First Amendment rights I've ever seen." ||
Phoenix New Times: "In your face! Furious public backlash forces county attorney to drop case."
