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...staff fears that this decision will set a precedent of judicial restraint of American media. If CNN is prevented from airing tapes on the grounds that Noriega's right to a fair trial has been abridged, as this opinion reasons, then it is foreseeable that federal marshalls will march into America's newsrooms and pull stories with only the weakest of possibilities that it could damage right to a fair trial...
...been suggested that Noriega forgot to tell prison officials that these phone calls were to his attorney. The staff has assumed prosecutors would have access to the tapes. There is no evidence that this is what happened...
...case of the CNN tapes of conversations between Manuel Noriega and his lawyers, we feel that the Supreme Court was justified in its decision...
...broadcast would directly violate Noriega's rights. Any release of confidential client-lawyer information would be automatic cause for a mistrial. This makes CNN's wish to air the tapes more than just a desire to inform the public of governmental wrongdoing...
They are putting themselves into conflict with Manuel Noriega's right to free speech and a fair trial...