[Gllug] Rackspace bends over for Feds - so much for linux principles?

[Jan Kokoska]

On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 20:24 +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> On Saturday 09 Oct 2004 7:21 pm, M.Blackmore wrote:
> > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:58 AM
> > Subject: BREAKING: Indymedia Servers Seized by FBI
> >
> >
> > BREAKING: Indymedia Servers Seized by FBI
> > http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/100904W.shtml
> >
> >
> >
> > The comment from the international journalists organisation is that this
> > smack of political takedown as intimidation of independent information
> > outlets. The context is one of repeated US Govt. shutdowns of
> > independent media in the USA.
> 
> It's interesting to note that the American FBI were allowed to remove servers 
> located outside their jurisdiction, inside the UK.  We really are becoming 
> the 51st state!  It wasn't just Rackspace that accomodated the FBI, it was 
> also our "government".

The funny thing is it appears FBI did it on behalf of the Swiss agency,
after Indymedia published some photos of Swiss undercover cops
(photographing protesting crowds on a public street) a month ago. Or so
is the current speculation by Indymedia as they have not been told WTF
is this either.

Regards,
Jan-thinking-he-moved-to-the-wrong-country

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