there is an intent involved there, criminal intent in both these instances. and a newspaper it is the intent of the newspaper to report matters of public interest. and to make matters worse there was nothing even reported. all the information that came out about this, the trigger for that information was a public meeting in the city of marion in front of the city commission at which the restaurant owner herself is, disclosed information about this. until thenit information about this. until then it was not a public matter. it is hard to imagine how the paper could be involved in disseminating information under these circumstances in that would have violated the law. ,, ., , ., law. on sunday there were more than 30 major law. on sunday there were more than 30 major news than 30 major news organisations including the new york times and the washington post who signed an open letter
for this raid. they say they believe that their actions were justified. what is your response to that? for one thing we do not have, the authorities have not disclosed the affidavit in support of the probable cause statement that would havejustified the issue of a search warrant. what we do have is the warrant itself and we can see two kansas laws that are alleged to have been broken. and, you know, the problem with both of those statutes is that, number one, there is an intent involved there, criminal intent in both these instances. and a newspaper, it s the intent of the newspaper to report matters of public interest. and to make matters worse there was nothing even reported. all of the information that came out about this, the trigger for that information was a public meeting in the city of marion in front of the city commission