Ruling Criticizes Detectives for Obtaining AOL Subscriber Information

A federal ruling castigating two police detectives for using an unsigned warrant to obtain AOL subscriber information is thought to be only the fourth decision where such information was improperly obtained by government officials. The ruling involves a former Fairfield Board of Education member who sent anonymous e-mails last March to members of a rival Republican faction after they lost in their elections complaint against local Republican Town Committee leaders.