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Raisethefist.com Raided

Posted by michael on from the poking-the-anthill dept.

mfb and others wrote in about a raid on the operator of raisethefist.com last week. It was first reported on Indymedia.org here and here, followed by an LA Weekly article. By far the best news piece so far is this one from Newsbytes.

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  1. Internet Wayback Machine by Zach+Garner · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thanks to Archive.org, we can use the Internet Wayback Machine to view the site: Jan 23 or other days

  2. There is no such thing as overkill. by Jack_of_Hearts · · Score: 3, Informative

    Law enforcement agencies will always bring an incredible excess of force down on a potentially hostile target in order to apprehend him. This is done to ensure the safety of both the target and the officers involved. If the target thinks that he has no chance to defend himself, then he will usually give up without a fight. Personally, I think that this, and anything else that protects our officers, is a damn good idea.

  3. HE HACKED OUR SITE! by tcd004 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, i've got his troop.cgi program tucked away on my hard drive. On december 26th of 1999 he hacked our website ( http://www.foreignpolicy.com) and posted this page:

    http://www.foreignpolicy.com/12HOME.HTML

    I imagine that troop.cgi progam is sitting on more than 3 webservers out there.

  4. Re:Dumbass. by Detritus · · Score: 3, Informative

    Speech calling for the violent overthrow of the government of the United States is in a gray area. The current Supreme Court doctrine (Brandenburg v. Ohio) appears to be that it is protected speech as long as it not "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action." So you can speak in an abstract way about "the revolution", just avoid saying that it is scheduled for Monday at City Hall.

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    Mea navis aericumbens anguillis abundat
  5. What the FBI Doesn't Want You to See at RaisetheFi by nstrom · · Score: 3, Informative

    Professor Dave Touretzky at CMU (the guy that runs the well-known DECSS gallery, has a mirror of the previous contents of the raisethefist website here. The content for which the site was raided was apparantly the Reclaim Guide, which contains detailed instructions on defensive and offensive tactics for rioters faced with riot police.