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(Attached is a letter from Reporters Committee executive director Lucy Dalglish to the Attorney General. A news story on this subpoena can be found at http://www.rcfp.org/news/2001/0828ashcro.html)
August 28, 2001
VIA U.S. Mail and E-Mail Attorney...
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