[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR59.2]

[Page 142]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 59--GUIDELINES ON METHODS OF OBTAINING DOCUMENTARY MATERIALS HELD BY THIRD PARTIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 59.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part--
    (a) The term attorney for the government shall have the same meaning 
as is given that term in Rule 54(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal 
Procedure;
    (b) The term disinterested third party means a person or 
organization not reasonably believed to be--
    (1) A suspect in the criminal offense to which the materials sought 
under these guidelines relate; or
    (2) Related by blood or marriage to such a suspect;
    (c) The term documentary materials means any materials upon which 
information is recorded, and includes, but is not limited to, written or 
printed materials, photographs, films or negatives, audio or video 
tapes, or materials upon which information is electronically or 
magnetically recorded, but does not include materials which constitute 
contraband, the fruits or instrumentalities of a crime, or things 
otherwise criminally possessed;
    (d) The term law enforcement officer shall have the same meaning as 
the term ``federal law enforcement officer'' as defined in Rule 41(h) of 
the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; and
    (e) The term supervisory official of the Department of Justice means 
the supervising attorney for the section, office, or branch within the 
Department of Justice which is responsible for the investigation or 
prosecution of the offense at issue, or any of his superiors.