<story><title>The Door To The FISA Court Doesn&apos;t Even Have A Sign On It</title><url>http://konklone.com/post/the-door-to-the-fisa-court</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>speeder</author><text>Kinda off-topic:&lt;p&gt;Why cameras are banned on courtrooms? I remember the last US trial news all of them had sketches like this instead of photos and videos...&lt;p&gt;EDIT about the argument below about google: I always search Google first, but I found lots of random answers, and I don&amp;#x27;t have enough domain knowledge to know what one (or ones) are correct or resemble how things really are, asking here usually spark people to post very interesting information, that sometimes are obscure even, and hard to find on Google.&lt;p&gt;Instead of telling people to use Google, why not wonder: If the person CAN have that information, and is asking anyway, what the person wants to know, that is not easy to find on Google?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Zikes</author><text>I would have loved to have a device to record the pre-trial banter in a state court prior to a recent case involving a family member.  The prosecutor was going on at length about a recent event where they had driven to Florida for a vacation and got pulled over for speeding, but was soon let go after they told them who they were and who they worked for.&lt;p&gt;I wanted very much to stand and ask what other laws did not apply to them, if they were free to ignore those pertaining to automobiles, or even if they felt they should be held responsible if they were to break the same law they were charging my family member for.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Door To The FISA Court Doesn&apos;t Even Have A Sign On It</title><url>http://konklone.com/post/the-door-to-the-fisa-court</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>speeder</author><text>Kinda off-topic:&lt;p&gt;Why cameras are banned on courtrooms? I remember the last US trial news all of them had sketches like this instead of photos and videos...&lt;p&gt;EDIT about the argument below about google: I always search Google first, but I found lots of random answers, and I don&amp;#x27;t have enough domain knowledge to know what one (or ones) are correct or resemble how things really are, asking here usually spark people to post very interesting information, that sometimes are obscure even, and hard to find on Google.&lt;p&gt;Instead of telling people to use Google, why not wonder: If the person CAN have that information, and is asking anyway, what the person wants to know, that is not easy to find on Google?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stonemetal</author><text>The standard reason given is privacy for the victim and jury, less jury poisoning if there needs to be a retrial, people can be a little more or at ease, etc.&lt;p&gt;It definitely depends on the court,  OJ&amp;#x27;s trial was on TV.</text></comment>