Slashdot's felony reportage (Score 1)

You posted a report, and cite it again above, about a Mr. Gannon arrested in New Hampshire for recording police abuse without their permission, being apparently unaware of the law against it at the time--which is, of course, no excuse. But first the Nashua Telegraph in its article http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic le?AID=/20060629/NEWS01/106290121 and then /. also committed felonies under that same statute by publishing and republishing that article. Specifically, 570-A:2, 1(c) states that a person is guilty of a class B felony who:

"(c) Wilfully discloses, or endeavors to disclose, to any other person the contents of any telecommunication or oral communication, knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a telecommunication or oral communication in violation of this paragraph" --See http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/RSA/html/LVIII/570 -A/570-A-2.htm Such is our national descent into a police state. I hope you have better resources to deal with the fallout than the unfortunate Mr. Gannon.