Berlin: Subpoena
The last week I took a off-period from the internet, mainly because I was very busy with other activities, like recording, writing and starting the new year in a good manner. So now it’s time to go back to business.
Today’s New York Times report that “U.S. officials have issued a subpoena to demand details about WikiLeaks’ Twitter account, the group announced Saturday, adding that it suspected other American Internet companies had been ordered to hand over information about its activities.” Amongst the people under investigation is Dutch internet activist Rob Gonggrijp. “Gonggrijp expressed annoyance that court officials had misspelled his last name — and praised Twitter for notifying him and others that the U.S. had subpoenaed his details. “It appears that Twitter, as a matter of policy, does the right thing in wanting to inform their users when one of these comes in,” Gonggrijp said. “Heaven knows how many places have received similar subpoenas and just quietly submitted all they had on me.”
Another day, which means another episode of the Wikileaks soap-opera. Although its relations with the U.S. government have been ugly, WikiLeaks and its tech-savvy staff have relied on American Internet and finance companies to raise funds, disseminate material and get their message out. This is the next battle in an everlasting war.
