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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. Re:But... by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >>>the attorney general

    Whose boss is "Speedy Gonzalez" Rendell. He is responsible for the actions of his underlings in the Executive Branch. Plus even without this AG story, Rendell's administration has still been corrupt.

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    *That was reference to his speeding on I-83 (twice), and then telling the cops he can't be ticketed because he's the governor. Yeah. Corrupt.

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  2. Republican by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Tom Corbett is a Republican.

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  3. Re:Citation needed by BlueStrat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry, you must be confusing conservatives with SEIU/AFLCIO thugs.

    Those on the Progressive Left are the ones that employ bused-in union thugs to gang-beat peaceful non-violent middle-aged black vendors at opposition rallies while spewing racist epithets,

    Interesting the way you just make up facts.

    Make up facts? O RLY?

    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=seiu+beats+black+man&aq=0

    I don't *have to* make up things about Progressives and their SEIU brownshirt enforcers. The reality is usually far worse than anything I could make up.

    I guess it's dangerous for a black man to wander off the Liberal/Progressive "plantation". I can just hear Obama now; "what we have heah....is a failure...to communicate..."

    The worst part is that these violent, racist SEIU thugs ended up being charged with...wait for it...disturbing the peace! Not assault OR battery, which this clearly was, nor were hate-crime charges brought which, last I knew, beating someone while screaming racist epithets at them qualifies for. Nor are any unions going to be charged with any RICO or other organized crime charges which AFAICT would be what those laws were designed for.

    Oooh, that's right! Silly me! Those laws are for oppressing the proles & little people, not Progressives and their union enforcer-goons. Gotta keep those blacks from getting uppity and wandering off the Liberal/Progressive plantation!

    Some animals are more equal than others.

    Strat

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