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GOP Chairwoman Subpoenas SR

Attorneys on behalf of Kootenai County GOP Chairwoman Tina Jacobson have subpoenaed the Spokesman-Review to produce documents establishing the identities of three anonymous Huckleberries Online bloggers: "almostinnocentbystander," "Phaedrus" and "OutofStatertater." The three commented in a thread in which "almostinnocentbystander" made a comment about Jacobson at the rally for GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum in Coeur d'Alene Feb. 14. Story here. Jacobson's law firm of Winston & Cashatt has asked the SR to produce these documents and others to its Coeur d'Alene office by 10 a.m. Friday, May 4. You can read the subpoena here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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