Reply #162: I'll go along with that

[primavera]

DU is a public venue, posts to it enjoy no inviolable privilege of the attorney-client, doctor-patient, or priestly sort. That doesn't mean that the Secret Service is entitled to the private information of DUers merely to satisfy their curiosity or on a whim - and I applaud DU for requiring the Secret Service to go through channels as the law requires - but if they're able to convince a judge that they have sufficient probable cause to justify issuing a subpoena, then that is due process. It's not perfect, but still, it is the due process we have in this country; it wouldn't be like corners were being cut.