Is This A Fishing Expedition ?
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 16:10
in Biology & Nature
Is This A Fishing Expedition ?In legal circles, a 'fishing expedition' is an illegal attempt to discover unspecified information which may, perhaps, be prejudicial to one party in a legal case. It is illegal because just about everybody has things in their possession which might be evidence of breach of some law or other - however trivial, archaic or obscure.Currently in the news1 is the fact that wildlife biologist Charles Monnett is under investigation by the office of the inspector general at the US department of the interior. News stories have reported that the investigation concerns a study2 of polar bear deaths.The Sacramento Bee now reports as follows:read more