Posted on 12/25/2003 8:15:38 PM PST by hope
ACLU Offers Help to Limbaugh The director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Florida says he wants to help number one talk radio host Rush Limbaugh keep his medical records away from the prying eyes of Democratic Party prosecutors. ''I don't know if Rush Limbaugh wants the help of the ACLU, but I intend to call his attorney on Friday,'' ACLU executive director Howard L. Simon told the Miami Herald on Thursday. Simon said he was prompted to join the case based on what looks like a blatant invasion of privacy by prosecutors who are looking to substantiate claims that the top talker was "doctor shopping" to obtain prescription painkillers. ''Medical records are a lot different than looking at your office or searching your automobile,'' he told the Herald. "There is nothing that is more intrusive to your privacy.'' On Wednesday a Florida judge ordered the records resealed pending an appeal by Limbaugh's attorneys, after ruling two days earlier that State's Attorney Barry Krischer could review them. Krischer is a Democrat who strongly backed former Attorney General Janet Reno when she was tapped by Hillary Clinton in 1993. Find out the real story about Rush in NewsMax's special report, "Rush Is Back" – Click Here.
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