[Future Useless Eater]

Well I can understand if a murderer visits websites and leaves
clues, and LE wants to subpoena that website for EVERYTHING
they might know to capture the felon.

But most of us here have the more obvious question.
If someone like Hillary were back in the white house, and
wanted to crack down on her political enemies...

Or if a greasy lawyer wanted to shut down his opponents...

Or a lawsuit-happy con-artist/murdering husband in Florida
(hypothetically speaking of course ;-) ....
were to want to SUE in CIVIL COURT for words posted here...

--- could they succeed in getting Freeper names?

---Could we all put Jim Robinson on LEGAL RETAINER by
sending him $1.00 or more each?
(thus lawyer-client priviledge)?

The recording industry's lawsuits over mp3 downloaders should
serve as an example that people may need to seek ways
to become more anonymous online.

[MizSterious]

Your concerns are good ones, and do consider that there are calls from some quarters to have the U.N. take over the internet. There's a chilling thought for you...

[Freedom2specul8]

"Could we all put Jim Robinson on LEGAL RETAINER by
sending him $1.00 or more each?"

What a great question for an attorney. I think that since JimRob's not an atty, it wouldn't work. We are allowed to defend ourselves in court..but I am thinking non-atty's cannot defend someone else.