Los Angeles Times
A coalition of media organizations has asked a judge in California’s San Mateo Superior Court to unseal records surrounding the investigation into Gizmodo’s acquisition of a lost iPhone prototype.
A coalition of media organizations has asked a judge in California’s San Mateo Superior Court to unseal records surrounding the investigation into Gizmodo’s acquisition of a lost iPhone prototype.
CNET, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, the Los Angeles Times, Wired.com and the First Amendment Coalition have signed onto the legal brief, which seeks to make public the justification for the search and seizure of evidence from Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s home on April 23.
Jessica Guynn reports that a hearing on the brief is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Jessica Guynn reports that a hearing on the brief is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
“Making those documents public would reveal whether prosecutors and Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan considered shield laws protecting journalists before raiding Chen’s home. It would also shed light on what crime was being investigated and what evidence investigators had that such a crime had occurred.”
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