Indymedia Server Raided by FBI

jaromil writes "Today at about 18:00 CET FBI raided the indymedia servers hosted by Rackspace both in US and England. At present, the italian indymedia and numerous other local IMC websites are obscured, while the reasons why the hard drives were taken are still unknown."

Fanatical Support™

[NatureBoy]

I guess that's what Rackspace means by Fanatical Support(TM) [rackspace.com]

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Re:Why is this "my rights online"

[Anonymous Coward]

It's intellectual porn. Damn those free-thinkers trying to get news from an independent media source!

Re:Why is this "my rights online"

[LostCluster]

The regular media doesn't get taken down so easily

Today's moral of the story is to keep offsite backups...

About time!

[Anonymous Coward]

Those sites were run by anti-american leftist liberals. The FBI needs to crack down on ANY and ALL leftist web sites that spread pro-terrorist, anti-american messages all over. We need more action, not more talk. Go FBI!

Maybe the FBI...

[Osrin]

... just needed hard drives, Government budgets are tight.

Not everything is a conspiracy.

Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press!

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know if that means the Slashdot crowd is overwhelmingly democrat and/or liberal,

Adorable! Absolutly adorable! Out of the mouths of babes! That is just about the cutest thing I have ever heard!

Yes, of course, dear boy. The pro-Bush side is just being unusually quiet. (/me pats the lil' tyke on his head)

Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press!

[ZB Mowrey]

Hey, shut the fuck up already. Don't give them any ideas. ;) The last thing we need is the FBI deciding that google's servers contain Bad Things(TM) and Must Be Looked At(TM). Maybe MSN's search servers have some crap, but I'm positive ;) ;) that google's don't.

Re:And?

[Anonymous Coward]

Still only half true. You forgot to mention how communism would fix everything, and everyone would be so happy.

its simple, you're not !

[Anonymous Coward]

Thats the funny bit, Americans think they are free, fantasy is something they are good at its the reality they have trouble with....

Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press!

[KagatoLNX]

Whatever dude. Peace at all cost. Everybody be pacifists or I'm gonna start busting some heads!

Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press!

[Doc Ruby]

The facts are clearly biased against Bush.

I recommend...

[PCM2]

Is there any place in the world where they could host their servers that would be free from the long arms of the US DOJ?

I recommend...Baghdad, Iraq! Yes, yes ... try the veal...

Re:Cou de Gras?

[Soruk]

Coup de grace, please! It has nothing to do with being fat.

Re:About time!

[Grishnakh]

This is absolutely correct. Now that someone has attacked us, we need to throw out all this "free speech" and "personal liberties" crap. It's more important that we be safe, rather than free, because the government knows what's best for us, and will keep us safe, as long as we do everything the authorities want and don't hold any differing opinions.

Face it, life for us will be much better when we all have mandatory implants and the government can track us wherever we go, and can make sure none of us are doing anything that's not approved. Anyone who doesn't go along with this will be sent to a re-education camp, where they'll be turned into happy, productive workers who spend their free time watching Survivor XXIII and attending the official government Church.

Keep America Safe, no matter the cost. Bush Cheney 2004.

Re:Kinda short on information

[Grishnakh]

You forget, Britain is our little puppet now.

If the British people don't like this, they should be doing something about it such as voting appropriately.

What better way to stop them from hating us

[Aexia]

than by removing the very reason they hate us!

It's a brilliant move on President Bush's part and I for one support him 100%!

Re:Where can they go?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is there any place in the world where they could host their servers that would be free from the long arms of the US DOJ?

Redmond, WA

Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press!

[fenix down]

Tell that to some of the victims of the protests during the RNC.
So what, a sinister plot to give Dick Cheney a heart attack by forcing him to look at lesbians with hairy legs?

What about the riot groups that have broken into RNC campaign centers throughout the country?
Yes, they left some $2000 Sony laptops in plain view through a big store-front window in a shitty strip mall in Bellvue, and they got stolen! And not just by any black teenagers, black teenagers that don't like Bush! What are the chances of that! Call the motherfucking Secret Service, the President's been fucking shot!

Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press!

[TeraCo]

That's just your bias showing, don't be embarassed!

Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press!

[SirWinston]

> But you get that when your foreign policy is "Fuck the earth".

But Gaia looks so sexy in a thong...

Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press!

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't think that it's because anyone believes Kerry's foreign policy could be any better than Bush's, but rather how could it be any worse!

Re:Would Karl Rove do a thing like that?

[Doc Ruby]

Hey, one man's "conflict of interest" is another man's "synergy" ;). How can we expect industry to properly police itself, if we don't have industry experts running the government? These are men of character, accountability is an insulting demand among gentlemen. We'll all be rich in the long run...

Re:Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press!

[agent0range_]

'But you get that when your foreign policy is "Fuck the earth".'

After the earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanos... why not? That sounds reasonable. I can only hope that Bush has a sound plan to eliminate the earth as a threat.

Something with that much power can't be trusted.