Winter: The Winter 2001-2002 cover was something completely different: a blurred close-up of a "Do Not Enter Except Authorized Vehicles" sign with text overlaid onto it.
The text in quotes read:
"A person who, without permission of lawful authority, while the United States is at war or threatened with war, makes or attempts to make, or has in his possession or attempts to obtain, or aids another to obtain, any map, drawing, plan, model, description, or picture of any military camp, fort, armory, arsenal or building in which munitions of war are stored, or of any bridge, road, canal, dockyard, telephone or telegraph line or equipment, wireless station or equipment, railway or property of any corporation subject to the supervision of the public service board, or of any municipality or part thereof, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years."
Further text explained:
"Statutes like this exist through the country so we thought it would be best to play it safe and not risk printing something sensitive that could put us all at risk. After all, anything we print would somehow be definable in the above. This is just a temporary measure that will only last as long as we're in a war. As soon as terrorism surrenders, we will be back to normal."
After September 11th, instances of photographers being detained were on the rise and suspicion reigned supreme.
The statute quoted came from Vermont (Title 13, Section 3481: Obtaining Maps and Plans).