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teacherone
01-08-2011, 06:23 AM
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US tells Twitter to hand over WikiLeaks supporter's messages

Icelandic MP to fight attempts by the US department of justice to access her private information




http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Business/Pix/cartoon/2011/1/8/1294446675621/Birgitta-Jonsdottir-007.jpg Birgitta Jonsdottir, the Icelandic MP and former WikiLeaks volunteer, who is now fighting a US justice department attempt to get hold of her private messages on Twitter Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images A member of parliament in Iceland (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/iceland) who is also a former WikiLeaks (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/wikileaks) volunteer says the US justice department has ordered Twitter to hand over her private messages.


Birgitta Jonsdottir, an MP for the Movement in Iceland, said last night on Twitter that the "USA government wants to know about all my tweets and more since november 1st 2009. Do they realize I am a member of parliament in Iceland?"
She said she was starting a legal fight to stop the US getting hold of her messages, after being told by Twitter that a subpoena had been issued. She wrote: "department of justice are requesting twitter to provide the info – I got 10 days to stop it via legal process before twitter hands it over."


She said the justice department was "just sending a message and of course they are asking for a lot more than just my tweets."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/08/us-twitter-hand-icelandic-wikileaks-messages

specsaregood
01-08-2011, 06:31 AM
Birgitta Jonsdottir, an MP for the Movement in Iceland, said last night on Twitter that the "USA government wants to know about all my tweets and more since november 1st 2009. Do they realize I am a member of parliament in Iceland?"


Ms. Jonsdottir, yes they realize you are a member of parliament. Do you realize that they already have your tweets and everything else there is to know about you? That this subpoena was nothing more than a formality?

Dark_Horse_Rider
01-08-2011, 06:52 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTn9Qja8lN4

tangent4ronpaul
01-08-2011, 07:17 AM
Dup thread - merge please....

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?275030-WikiLeaks-supporter-says-U.S.-has-subpoenaed-information-from-Twitter

speciallyblend
01-08-2011, 08:09 AM
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