FLDS Leader Seeks Return Of Seized Records

Arrested leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), Warren Jeffs, is asking a federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada to order a return of papers, laptops and recording devices seized from his vehicle, claiming that they are protected by the First Amendment's Free Exercise clause. Today's Salt Lake (UT) Tribune reports that Jeffs' attorney, Richard Wright, says the items are confidential religious writings and teachings of the FLDS, as well as privileged communications with FLDS members. FBI agents say that among the items found when Jeffs was arrested were names of people who had sheltered the leader of the polygamous sect while he was a fugitive on the FBI's "most wanted" list.