Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
For the life of me I don't understand how this information would benefit DHS/TSA in its efforts to defend against your claims.
Nor I. But I'm not the one who wrote it.
Have we reached the point where peacefully speaking out against a government agency is a crime in the United States?
They're not suggesting they'd put you in
jail. Only that they
might want to depose you, get records from you, force you to appear as a witness at trial, etc. And everyone else, too. That's totally not an imposition, right, citizen?
More pragmatically: my impression is that this was written by a contractor paralegal, who did not even bother to consider the chilling effect and absurd overreach of their demand. They probably used a form letter they reuse all the time, and did not take into account the fact that combining one with the other meant the net effect is that they are asking for the identity of everyone who's ever read anything I wrote about the TSA or my disabilities. The AUSA signed it but also failed to consider of those things. Despite
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fr...e_26#rule_26_g
They of course didn't bother conferring with me at all before sending this demand. If they had, maybe we'd have been able to agree on a more sensible request. But they've shown no interest in cooperating, though that's legally required of them.