November 10, 2009
Creepism of the Day
The Justice Department wants a list of IP addresses for a website:
In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.The grand jury subpoena also required the Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us Web site "not to disclose the existence of this request" unless authorized by the Justice Department, a gag order that presents an unusual quandary for any news organization.
They came for FOXNews and I was silent because I did not have cable...
Hat-tip: a friend of ThreeSources "sent from her iPhone."
Obama Administration Posted by John Kranz at November 10, 2009 12:01 PM
Correct answer to the DOJ: "When you pry it from my cold, dead event logger."
Most transparent administration EVAH!
Posted by: Keith at November 10, 2009 1:45 PMThey are transparent, just not in the way Obama wants us to think. We can see right through, to the very core of his evil.
Posted by: Perry Eidelbus at November 10, 2009 2:22 PMI'm heart-warmed yet not surprised the EFF is involved. No ACLU, though, huh. That's no shock.
Posted by: Perry Eidelbus at November 10, 2009 2:24 PM | What do you think? [3]