Ernest Miller: A New Pentagon Papers Case – Newspapers, Blogs and the Diebold/Jones Day Memos
On April 20th, the Oakland Tribune published a story regarding Diebold’s alleged use of uncertified voting software in violation of California state law (Diebold knew of legal risks). The article cited and focused on internal legal memos from the Jones Day law firm showing that Diebold’s own lawyers had warned of some of the possible illegalities. Online, the Oakland Tribune posted the documents in addition to the article. That afternoon, the Trib’s parent company and the reporter were sued by Jones Day to have the documents returned. The judge ordered the documents returned, except for those already published on the internet
It is worthwhile to pay attention to the importance of these documents.
