IP address request, PLUS a gag order?!
Mr. Kranz is right, this IS creepy.
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.
The day was June 25, 2008. ??
The subpoena has since been revoked and the attorney general’s office claims no knowledge of this meaning “U.S. Attorney Tim Morrison and Assistant U.S. Attorney Doris Pryor did not follow department regulations requiring the “express authorization of the attorney general” for media subpoenas”.
What the hell were they looking for and why this route??
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