my point on the objects thing was that ‘list of items to be seized’ isn't at all the same as ‘list of items to be taken as sufficient evidence of wrongdoing’ - this somewhat reduces the relevance of the fact that you and i both have a lot of those items in our residences.
as for the other bit, lawyers and journalists can engage in illegal conspiracies as well as anybody else, and if they are in fact at the location of conspiratorial activities it is at least understandable that they might spend a few hours swept up in a general raid. of course, this is based on the police claims that all the locations were (or were reasonably believed to be) involved in the relevant evil schemes, and those claims should be regarded with extreme suspicion, but being a journalist or a lawyer by itself shouldn't be some magic exemption (especially not if one isn't held for much longer than it would take to double-check the veracity of one's claims to be there for legitimate journalist or lawyer reasons).
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Date: 2008-09-01 01:30 am (UTC)as for the other bit, lawyers and journalists can engage in illegal conspiracies as well as anybody else, and if they are in fact at the location of conspiratorial activities it is at least understandable that they might spend a few hours swept up in a general raid. of course, this is based on the police claims that all the locations were (or were reasonably believed to be) involved in the relevant evil schemes, and those claims should be regarded with extreme suspicion, but being a journalist or a lawyer by itself shouldn't be some magic exemption (especially not if one isn't held for much longer than it would take to double-check the veracity of one's claims to be there for legitimate journalist or lawyer reasons).