Battling for his book deal

Jet, May 5, 2003

Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose (pictured at a press conference last year) recently filed a constitutional challenge to a ruling blocking him from writing a book about the Washington-area sniper shootings (JET, Nov. 11). Moose, who led federal investigators to capture the alleged killers, claims the county's ethics commission violated his free speech rights.

The police chief signed a deal in January to write an insider account of the sniper probe. He was to receive a reported $100,000 advance for the book and consult on the movie.