A quote from this link:

http://www.redstate.com/aglanon/2011/08/25/doj-raids-gibson-guitars-looking-for-illegal-wood/

"In an affidavit, agent John Rayfield of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said U.S. Customs agents in June detained a shipment of sawn ebony logs from India.

The paperwork accompanying the shipment identified it fraudulently as Indian ebony fingerboards for guitars and it did not say it was going to Gibson, the affidavit said."

Ok, if this is the real affidavit then the issue is clear and should be pretty easy to prove or disprove. First, sawn logs are obviously simple unfinished logs (illegal) compared to finished fingerboards (legal). Second, does the paperwork say it's going to Gibson or not? If the import docs don't show Gibson yet Gibson is in possession of them that's bad. Those two points if true, means Gibson is busted simple as that. Unless this case is settled out of court those pictures of the logs and the paperwork will be published by the court and available for all to see.

Bob

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