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Subpoena baffles owner of online message board discussing McAlester politics

 
By Tony Thornton | Published: August 13, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

McALESTER — An online message board operator said Tuesday he won't comply with a subpoena ordering him to supply identities of people who issued critical posts about McAlester officials.

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Harold King said two McAlester police detectives delivered the subpoena to him Tuesday.

The subpoena orders him to provide details by Saturday on 35 bloggers posting under pseudonyms on King's site, www.mccooler.net.

He said he researched posts under those pseudonyms and found one common denominator: All had written critically about Pittsburg County District Attorney Jim Miller.

Miller said by telephone: "I can't comment on any investigation, and whether one's going on or not.”

The subpoena doesn't say who issued it. A legal expert contacted by The Oklahoman said only two authorities — a prosecutor and a judge — can issue a subpoena in a criminal matter.

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