I believe that many regulations, nominally based on statutory authority, are enforced by criminal procedures, even though no statute spells out the nature of the specific offense. This is the way the FAA, FCC, SEC, IRS, INS and so on work. > For something to be a crime, there has to be a law against it. I wonder, is > there some law that the FAA can point to in support of this threat, or are > they just blowing steam about something that they're upset about? I suspect > it's the latter, which is a depressing thought. > > Evan McElravy > emcelr@po-box.mcgill.ca > http://users.penn.com/~cpa1/ > > > > > "Oh No, the FAA sent a letter to > > Dallas saying that is not going to be allowed and they were very serious > > about it. In fact, we just got a letter a couple weeks ago that if any > > employee is caught having them in their possession, taking them or giving > > them out, it will be a federal crime". Gerry K8EF http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley/ http://www.geocities.com/gerryf.geo/eclipseindex.html http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html