US Judge Orders Twitter To Give Up WikiLeaks Data 293
cultiv8 writes "A US judge Friday ordered Twitter to hand over the data of three users in contact with the activist site WikiLeaks. 'US Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan rejected arguments raised by the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a host of private attorneys representing the Twitter account holders, who had asserted that their privacy was protected by federal law, the First Amendment, and the Fourth Amendment. Buchanan rejected each of the arguments in quick succession, saying that there was no First Amendment issue because activists "have already made their Twitter posts and associations publicly available." The account holders have "no Fourth Amendment privacy interest in their IP addresses," she said, and federal privacy law did not apply because prosecutors were not seeking contents of the communications.'"
Re:Any lawyers in the house? (Score:2, Funny)
Wrong! That was Un-Americanism, this is clearly Un-Patriotism. The two are completely different.
Re:Land of the FREE !!!!!! (Score:4, Funny)
States secrets cannot simply be shouted about because you happen to know them.
and that is precisely why that concept is being used for doing filth, and hiding it.
the damage done is much more than the benefit rendered. there shouldnt be any concept of 'state secret'.
if everyone knew everything there would be no way to do wrongdoing in any part of the world, by anybody, and a lot of the division we have would be unnecessary, including most of arms and armor.