Didn't Naomi Wolf mention arresting reporters as a chilling effect as one of the Ten Steps to Fascism?
"Charges against Arizona news executives dropped in subpoena controversy"
"Maricopa Attorney Andrew Thomas said... he still believes the Phoenix New Times "arguably" broke the law.
Joseph A. Russomanno, an associate professor of journalism at Arizona State University who co-wrote a recently published text on journalism law: "This in some ways strikes at the heart of a free press and creates what we call a chilling effect."
"Sheriff’s Fight With Paper Flares Up Again"
"The subpoena, reproduced on The New Times Web site, sought the names and Internet addresses of all people who have viewed the site since Jan. 1, 2004, whether or not they had read about the sheriff’s real-estate holdings.
The subpoena also demanded information on readers’ “cookies,” which would show what other Web sites they had visited."
[And, what with all the spying programs we don't know about... ]
