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Originally Posted by Scratch33
While a gag order bars government officials from commenting publically concerning a pending case, that has no effect on the ability of the media to make inquiries and at least report on the results of their attempts to obtain information. And while the kid himself may be denied formal legal representation at this point in the process, that has no effect on interested legal persons (or groups) from taking up the matter to the authorities; or the media; or elected officials at the state or Federal level.
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Agreed, the problem is authorities are not permitted to speak on the matter. The media can inquire about the topic, but so far it looks like nobody is willing to relieve any information. Which in all honesty, is a bunch of horse shit. They already have a bi-partisan bill trying to pass, in order to water down the patriot act (honestly that isn't enough, but it's a start).
H.R. 1800: National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 (GovTrack.us)
I'm not sure if this bill is a result of the issue at hand, or unrelated.