PA paper fights gov order requiring computer hand-over

Previously on BoingBoing:

As part of a state grand-jury investigation over press leaks, the office of Pennsylvania's Attorney General has seized four hard drives from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal. At issue is whether reporters at that paper were given access to a password-protected law enforcement website with nonpublic information on local crime incidents. The paper is accused of having used some of that information in news reports. Reporters may be charged with felony "computer hacking" if they accessed the website without permission from authorities.

Link to archived post (March 14, 2006).

Lancaster Newspapers did hand over the initial four hard drives. But today, there's news they've filed an emergency petition to block an order to turn over two more computers. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will soon decide whether the news organization must sumbit the additional hard drives, as part of the ongoing probe of alleged illicit access to that restricted law enforcement website. Snip:

Lancaster Newspapers surrendered four of its computer hard drives in March after an earlier court battle, but balked at a more recent court order demanding two more computers. It was given a deadline of Aug. 25 to turn over the computers or face a fine of $1,000 a day, according to court documents.

Link (via Romenesko)