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Federal Prosecutors Tempt the Streisand Effect

Posted by timothy on from the don't-think-of-a-classified-pink-elephant dept.

decora writes "As the case of NSA IT guru Thomas Andrews Drake nears trial, the fur has been flying between the defense and prosecution lawyers. Earlier this week the judge ordered the sealing of a defense motion because the government claimed it contained classified information. The problem? The document had been sitting on the Federation of American Scientists website for several days. Another problem: the document is marked 'Unclassified' in big bold letters at the top of the page."

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  1. Foreign agents have downloaded it!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm in Canada. I have downloaded the document. I await the black helicopters...

    1. Re:Foreign agents have downloaded it!!!! by Tiger+Smile · · Score: 2, Funny

      Careful there buddy. We just took over all your boarders. Don't think we wont send the black helicopters. :)

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    2. Re:Foreign agents have downloaded it!!!! by sorak · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm in Canada. I have downloaded the document. I await the black helicopters...

      In Canada, does the government show up in black Zambonis? :)

  2. Streisand Effect? by UncHellMatt · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're tempted to have a big nose and be immensely popular with homosexuals?

    /me ducks

  3. Re:Already lost... by 517714 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Fwench have been re-Tweeting for centuries. Silly Wabbit.

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