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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (5074)	2/7/1998 1:30:00 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

Lisa, First things first! By what twist of skulduggery did you purloin post #5000? I can promise you, you will have the devil to pay for this post-napping! <vbg> Now to your questions/inferences: First, freedom from self-incrimination is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. When I used the term "at least," I was alluding to the fact that attorneys, physicians, priests, and clergypersons can be forced to disclose so-called privileged information, which obviously speaks to the fact that these relationships are not completely sacrosanct and inviolate, at all. Somewhere back on this thread today I posted re the new rules in California with respect to discovery proceedings. Again, a secretary/employer relationship, by virtue of its inherent sharing of sensitive personal information, should be AT LEAST as sacrosanct as those above-mentioned accepted relationships. In the case as presented so far, I think at best it is dirty pool to subpoena Betty Currie's testimony and smacks of a blatantly blind fishing expedition. Whether or not I would be comfortable in concealing an employer's actual crimes as defined by the various Codes, is beside the point. I believe we all are discussing these issues hypothetically, or at least I am. That said, I am aware of the punishable crimes of misprision of felony, accessory before, during, and after the fact, and others which I am sure I could learn of on the most cursory review of the California Penal and other Codes. To answer your question specifically, my answer is that I value my freedom. Holly