FPS director "sorry" for courthouse photo difficulties

In an article in yesterday's (01/18/04) Portland Oregonian:

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<a href=http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/

1074258241122040.xml?oregonian?ylvcmb>Oregonian Story</a>

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Ken Spitzer, regional director of the Federal Protective Service of

Homeland Security--the people who, among other things, supply

courthouse guards--said, of guards who detained Jeffery Thorns and told

him he couldn't take pictures of a Federal courthouse "They misspoke.

It's certainly not illegal." and "I'm sorry to hear this person had

that kind of difficulty." plus "as a result of this inquiry, I want to

follow up with our people."

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Many thanks to Oregonian columnist Margie Boulé for chasing down the

people who could provide real answers (if I had a nickel for every

unqualified "yes it is"--"no it isn't" exchange on this subject...).

Sorry, forgot that photo.net sometimes break long links in half--

maybe this'll work:

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<a href= http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/1074258241122040.xml?oregonian?ylvcmb>Oregonian</a>

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or paste into your browsers address line:

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http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/1074258241122040.xml?oregonian?ylvcmb

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Or just use the search on the page that the truncated link brings up, using Source="Oregonian", Time Frame="Last 14 Days", Keywords="Photographer Courthouse" and then give them the zipcode, year of birth and gender that they want on the next page.

Roger, thanks for alerting everyone on this. I just signed in to post the same link. Incidentally, everyone, here's an easier way to get there:

http://tinyurl.com/3fv25

Good friend Margie Boulé has the bit between her teeth on this story.

http://tinyurl.com/2qbrm