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Penn. AG Corbett Subpoenas Twitter For Bloggers' Names

Posted by timothy on from the would-like-to-have-in-my-hand-a-list dept.

Dthief writes with this from Pennsylvania's ABC27 News: "The state attorney general's office has issued a subpoena threatening officials of the social networking service Twitter with arrest unless they reveal the names of two bloggers who have been critical of Attorney General Tom Corbett and his public corruption investigation. Vic Walczak of the American Civil Liberties Union told Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV that the court action 'raises grave concerns about abuse of the grand jury process to retaliate against political critics and opponents.' He said Americans 'have a right to criticize government officials and to do so anonymously.'"

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  1. Link to subpoena? by T+Murphy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I doubt this is going to work. There's no way a lawyer could write a subpoena in under 140 characters.

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    1. Re:Link to subpoena? by Speare · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Vern, a feller gave me this. What does 'subpoena' mean?"

      "Well, shoot, Jimbob, all them fancy words is about the Latin. See here, 'Sub' means underneath, and 'poena' is what you call yer, well, yer tacklebox. So what this means is, they got you by the balls."

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    2. Re:Link to subpoena? by game+kid · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's simple, really: All your account holder are belong to @TCorbett. You are on your way to #arrest. You have no chance to escape law make your time #hahaha

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  2. Elsewhere... by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...two twitter users frantically edit their profiles and strip out their personal information.

  3. Re:Let me be the first say by Surt · · Score: 4, Funny

    >>> (Score:3, Insightful)

    This bias on this forum is interesting. Kozar says "Tom Corbett is an asshat" and oh yeah he's Republican. He gets modded up. I say that Corbett's acts are typical of the Governor's last several years of corrupt administration..... I get modded down.

    +1 for noting a Republican is corrupt
    -1 for noting a Democrat is corrupt

    Obvious anti-R and pro-D bias on the part of Slashdot moderators.

    Well duh, this is news for nerds, the mods aren't stupid.

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  4. Re:But... by BUL2294 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not going to comment on whether or not Rendell has other issues

    ...because you're afraid of them finding out who you are?

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  5. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear trum4n,
    Please contact us with an address at which you can be reached during business hours.
    Thank you.

  6. AG and Republican Goobernatorial Candidate... by ElmoGonzo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Corbett isn't just the Attorney General who filed suit against the President trying to get a federal law (that hasn't even gone into effect yet) declared unconstitutional. Corbett is also the Republican candidate for Governor. If his skin is this thin, he's going to have a rough patch coming on. Corbett is also a Goober.