From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 07:40:57 PST
To: werner@mc.ab.com
Subject: Re: cfp '94 transcript
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> >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 05:52:22 -0800
> >From: Jack King <gjk@well.sf.ca.us>
> >
> >In Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, it is now a federal crime to state
> >orally or in writing to any federal administrative or law enforcement
> >officer, during the course of an official investigation that you don't know
> >what they are talking about if in fact you do. 
> 
> How can something be a federal crime in only 3 states?
 
18 USC 1001 is a crime in every state, but interpretations of the law
may vary by circuit. We're talking about the Fifth Circuit here, looks
like.


--Mike