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Secret Service Seeks Indymedia Logs
sunbird writes "The Justice Department has issued a subpoena seeking IP logs from Calyx, the ISP for nyc.indymedia.org, after individuals posted [1 | 2 | 3] the names, addresses, and phone numbers of some of the RNC delegates. The subpoena was issued as part of an ongoing investigation of voter intimidation. As reported earlier in this Slashdot article, the Justice Department tried this before. Calyx, represented by the ACLU, responded, claiming that '[t]he only intimidation taking place here is the Secret Service intimidating people who speak out against the government.' [Full text of the letter available here] Read more: Indymedia.org | NYT"
Only the ACLU would try to pretend that posting a bunch of personal information is the same as making a political statement against the government. No wonder they're looked upon as extremist idiots.
How can we continue to believe in a just universe and freedom to eat crackers if we have no ale?
It is violation of their covenant of privacey with their members. It is harasment of people because of their beliefs.
Guess what? They're just as fair game as me.
There is no such thing as privacy anymore. Forget it. You will never have it, not even under your own bed. It's gone. This administration has used the Bill of Rights to wipe it's ass.
So, fuck the delegates. Post their personal data wherever, as often as possible.
Why should they be treated any differently than me? Why should they expect to be treated with respect by a third party wrt their own privacy? The US gov't, under this administration, provides no such pleasantries to me. The DMCA is still around. The PATRIOT Act came into being, and they want to extend it. This admini^H^H^H^H^HFCC is telling us what is wrong and right.
Fuck the delegates. Let them see what it's like to have lost your right to personal freedom.
vodka, straight up, thank you!
The people posting the information (Hotel rooms, cell phone numbers, scehdules) were posting it to intimidate and were promoting violent acts.
That is not protected speech, under any stretch of imagination.
Also considering the left's tendency towards violence (when was the last time you saw Republicans and Conservatives assualting people?) It's a pretty fair assumption that these people are up to no good.