Penn. AG Corbett Subpoenas Twitter For Bloggers' Names 205
Dthief writes with this from Pennsylvania's ABC27 News: "The state attorney general's office has issued a subpoena threatening officials of the social networking service Twitter with arrest unless they reveal the names of two bloggers who have been critical of Attorney General Tom Corbett and his public corruption investigation. Vic Walczak of the American Civil Liberties Union told Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV that the court action 'raises grave concerns about abuse of the grand jury process to retaliate against political critics and opponents.' He said Americans 'have a right to criticize government officials and to do so anonymously.'"
Link to subpoena? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Link to subpoena? (Score:5, Funny)
"Vern, a feller gave me this. What does 'subpoena' mean?"
"Well, shoot, Jimbob, all them fancy words is about the Latin. See here, 'Sub' means underneath, and 'poena' is what you call yer, well, yer tacklebox. So what this means is, they got you by the balls."
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This bias on this forum is interesting. Kozar says "Tom Corbett is an asshat" and oh yeah he's Republican. He gets modded up. I say that Corbett's acts are typical of the Governor's last several years of corrupt administration..... I get modded down.
+1 for noting a Republican is corrupt
-1 for noting a Democrat is corrupt
Obvious anti-R and pro-D bias on the part of Slashdot moderators.
Well duh, this is news for nerds, the mods aren't stupid.
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AG and Republican Goobernatorial Candidate... (Score:2, Funny)