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WikiLeaks Supporters' Twitter Accounts Subpoenaed

Posted by timothy on from the where-were-you-on-tuesday? dept.

HJED writes "The US Justice Department has served Twitter with a subpoena for the personal information and private messages of WikiLeaks supporters. There's a copy of the subpoena here (PDF); boing boing has a detailed article. Twitter has 3 days to turn over the information."

2 of 391 comments (clear)

  1. Rememeber 2007! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When Yahoo executives grilled by US Congress over giving up private info of email accounts to China, which was linked to two guys jailed for "leaking state secrets."
    May be twitter can use that as a defense?

  2. Re:There is a threat to democracy! by Steeltoe · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So, it's ok for authorities to lie, cheat, bribe, kill, torture, etc, and the very act of exposing them is a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment?

    It's also ok for authorities to use surveillance, covert-operations, false flag operations, etc., to ensure "peace and prosperity".

    You're so fucked.. Just watch your country go down in flames, and the same fucking politicians stepping up and "saving it", from the problems of their own creation!

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    http://www.debunkingskeptics.com/