[StJacques]

The Times-Picayune only wants access to that information so they can put pressure on Jefferson to step aside to get his scandal out of the public eye quickly. I hope they don't get access to the information myself. I'm quite content to wait out the 45 day period just to keep this story in the public eye.

[Ole Okie]

The Times-Picayune only wants access to that information so they can put pressure on Jefferson to step aside to get his scandal out of the public eye quickly.

That's my take on this also. Bears repeating.

[CFC__VRWC]

The Times-Picayune only wants access to that information so they can put pressure on Jefferson to step aside to get his scandal out of the public eye quickly.

Another possibility that occured to me is that the media wants access to the information so they can look for ways to pick apart the FBI's case and attempt to spin it as the government (i.e. the Bushitler regime) conducting a political witch hunt against a poor innocent black Congressman to try and take attention away from their own "culture of corruption." They probably figure if they play their hand right, they'll be able to pressure the judge into ruling the Jefferson videotape as inadmissible, and therefore fatally wound the government's case against him. It may even work.

One thing is certain - the media sure as hell isn't doing this to get at the truth.