US tracked email of Wikileaks volunteer: report
A screensaver from the whistleblower website Wikileaks. US authorities have obtained a secret court order to force search giant Google and a small Internet provider to hand over information from email accounts of a volunteer for whistleblower website WikiLeaks, a report said.
US authorities have obtained a secret court order to force search giant Google and a small Internet provider to hand over information from email accounts of a volunteer for whistleblower website WikiLeaks, a report said.
The Wall Street Journal, citing documents it had reviewed, said the Internet service provider Sonic had been forced to turn over the data from the email of Wikileaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum.
Sonic said it resisted the order but lost the legal battle, and had to pass on the information on email addresses Appelbaum had corresponded with over the past two years, according to the Journal.
Appelbaum, 28, has not been charged with any criminal conduct, while the financial daily said Google and Sonic had both called for him to be informed of the secret court order that targeted him.
WikiLeaks has angered US authorities for posting secret documents on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and releasing a slew of internal correspondence among US diplomats around the world.
The revelation of a secret court order raises questions around US authorities' ability to obtain information on people's digital correspondence -- by email and cellphone -- and whether the law, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, violates constitutional protections over search and seizure.
(c) 2011 AFP
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The problem with wikileaks is that it potentially harms people who really have no control on what they have to do while not really accomplishing anything to hold those responsible accountable for their actions.
Oct 10, 2011
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Those who do no wrong have nothing to hide.
Oct 10, 2011
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...will be my search engine no more.
Oct 10, 2011
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Thank you, Mr. Cheney and Mr. G.W. Bush.
Oct 10, 2011
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You want change? CHANGE. You hold the power. Do not give your power away. Fight and stand for what you believe in. This is your planet. You are not a "person". You are not a "citizen". You are a human being. FIGHT!
Oct 11, 2011
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How about these people?
http://www.wright...als.html
Oct 11, 2011
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Secondly, there is no system that will stop the emergence of psychopaths in this world. In fact, just the opposite is the case: Oppressive systems (as all governments are by definition) increase the incidence of rebellious behavior.
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And Mr Obama and every president who has been around the last 50 years and probably the next 50. You guys are a bi-democratic society but are all ultimately governed by a group of powerful and rich comapanies/people. Surely a true democratic society has more than 2 choices. I know you have independants, but come on. Get with the times, its so 150 years ago.
Oct 11, 2011
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Certainly that act violates the Constitution?
Oct 12, 2011
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Those who are willing to trade safety for freedom will find themselves with neither.
Oct 12, 2011
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Certainly the Courts disagree.
Oct 12, 2011
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The emergence of American Libertairan's is proof of that.
Government is required to identify and remove such miscreants from civilized society.
Oct 12, 2011
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False. Those unwilling to sacrifice their freedom will live free or not at all.
Oct 12, 2011
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Wrong again. Modern government is just glamorized tyranny. I take care of the people I love. If any "miscreant" harms someone I love that "miscreant" will be no more. No government required.
Your true colours shine through, the land you inhabit we share.
Oct 14, 2011
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There is no freedom to be had in living in a lawless, ungoverned society, in fear of your neighbor.
Oct 14, 2011
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Awww... You poor little boy....
"I take care of the people I love." - American Turnip
As do most criminal psychopaths.
Like these people...
http://www.wright...als.html