Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Main Justice: Magistrate Judge Alan Kay Approved Fox Reporter's Government Surveillance

http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/21/james-rosen-criminal-leak-investigation-was-disclosed-18-months-ago-hidden-in-court-records/print/ According to Mary Jacoby's Main Justice article, Judge Royce Lambreth ruled that the government did not have to notify Rosen or Fox that a search warrant had been issued... Judge Kay's online biography:
Magistrate Judge Kay was appointed a United States Magistrate Judge in September 1991. He is a graduate of George Washington University, receiving a B.A. in 1957 and a J.D. from its National Law Center in 1959. Magistrate Judge Kay clerked for U.S. District Court Judges Alexander Holtzoff and William B. Jones. He was an attorney with the Public Defender Service and served in the U.S. Attorney's Office. From 1967 until his appointment, he was in private practice in the District of Columbia.
(Source: http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/dcd/kay)