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I want to bring in CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson with more
on this. First of all, I feel like we're going way back in time. It's amazing how
Senator Rand Paul got the legal authority to obtain Dr. Fauci's personal journal. Your thoughts on that?
>> So, obviously this it does feel like it's from the way back machine. We know that Senator Rand Paul is looking into the origins of the coronavirus as we just heard.
Paul does have subpoena authority when it comes to subpoenaing people or information if there is a legitimate legislative purpose for that subpoena.
In addition, there's reporting that these diaries or parts of them were actually found on government databases.
And so that it was federal government agency, specifically HHS, that provided this information to Senator Rand Paul.
And so I think that's how you see that we've come to having this discussion now
and how uh Anthony Fauci's private diaries move from obviously just being his to now being in the public square.
>> Sure. Can anyone's personal diary or journal be subpoenaed? And is there anything that is just off-limits?
>> So, absolutely. There are tons of reasons why, you know, rest assured everybody at home, it is not the case
that the Senate can wake up one morning and say, "You know who I'm really curious about?"
So, as we mentioned before, when it comes to congressional subpoenas, both the House of Representatives and the Senate, you need to have a legitimate legislative purpose for that subpoena.
You need to have a good reason behind saying, "We want information or testimony from you."
In addition, um when it comes to private diaries, that might be different from what we're talking about here, where reporting indicates that at least many of these entries were on government servers.
So, if you want to keep your information private, you know, don't log it on your workplace computer or your workplace internet systems. Um, and then finally, of course, there are privileges that people can assert and there are general privacy concerns.
So, it is not just the case that you write something down and it could at some point be subject to a conversation that you and I have.
>> All right, and just lastly, are we confusing diaries with just medical information that he was noting if it wasn't in his own personal diary at home type of thing?
>> So, that's a great question and I think my answer would be I don't think there's a legal definition of privacy. So, what there is a difference, of course, excuse me, of diary. What there is, of course,
me, of diary. What there is, of course,
a difference between is something that maybe I write at home about my personal impressions of people at work versus what I write during the course of my job.
job. Those [snorts] two things obviously are different. In what we're talking about with respect to the information that's been released, um, with Anthony Fauci's journals or diaries, I think is a mix between personal and professional.
We see both of those.
>> Yeah, fascinating. All right, Jessica Levinson, appreciate the information.
Thank you.
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