Blogetery Shutdown Due To al-Qaeda Info

Archness1 writes "Over the weekend we discussed news that blog host Blogetery.com had been shut down at the request of the US government. Now, it appears the site was shut down because some of the blogs it was hosting contained information on al-Qaeda hit lists and bomb making. According to the article, Burst.net shut down Blogetery of its own accord after the FBI made a request to the host for information on the people who made the posts. '[Burst.net CTO Joe Marr] said the FBI contacted Burst.net and sent a Voluntary Emergency Disclosure of Information request. The letter said terrorist material, which presented a threat to American lives, was found on a server hosted by Burst.net and asked for specific information about the people involved. In the FBI's letter, the agency included a clause that says Web hosts and Internet service providers may voluntarily elect to shut down the sites of customers involved in these kinds of situations.'"

Re:Sounds right.

[Nethead]

I live on an Indian reservation that has lots of fireworks. The aid crew gets tired of combing the beach for missing fingers.

Re:Brilliant....

[Quiet_Desperation]

So because a private company operating under its own volition shuts down its server, that's the United States government's fault and equates them to China?

China. It's the new Nazi. :-) Reductio egg fu yung.

Pretty please!

[Locke2005]

Can somebody please post al-Queda hit lists and bomb making info here [bieberfever.com]

Re:Brilliant....

[Thing 1]

Yeah, things like bomb making and child porn get you in trouble.

How to make a bomb out of child porn in three easy moves: 1. obtain some child porn; 2. email it to your local police; 3. watch your house blow up as you refuse to answer the door.

Re:US Hysterical

[Cylix]

Not if you hit it with a bat first or use a lid.

Re:Brilliant....

[MoeDumb]

Won't someone think of the al-Queda children?

Re:CYA

[AK Marc]

That's an arrest (lawful or not) while in the USA, not a kidnapping and extraction from a foreign country. And they released him in a foreign country. So it's unrelated in any way to the topic of the US kidnapping a foreign national from their home country, flying them to the USA and then releasing them.

Re:US Hysterical

[gfreeman]

I tried it with a bat, but it flew away.