Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists

In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.

The grand jury subpoena also required the Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us Web site "not to disclose the existence of this request" unless authorized by the Justice Department, a gag order that presents an unusual quandary for any news organization.

I knew I had recently gone to that site. Yesterday I happened to take a look at the Memorial Wall on Freerepublic Homepage. I went to Major Galloway's homepage. He was a special freeper and committed suicide early this month (so they say it was suicide.)

"Here is a Snippet from his homepage addition. I have just a few samples of the left (this time from Indymedia) either rejoycing in US soldiers dying (the SGT Hassan Ackbar act of treason), "protest" signs calling for the death of US Soldiers, or detailed threats against soldiers and our families.

http://homepage.mac.com/cfj/.Pictures/shoot-officers-sf-031503.jpg Zombietime Photos LGF Archive "Or this one from Indymedia in 2004. This was an actual article at thier site. This seems to be the dominate face of the modern "progessive" left. Text included below:

"Military Targets in the USA must be Attacked" by al-masakin — Thursday, May. 06, 2004 at 7:13 PM The torture of Muslim prisoners in Iraq in the “rape rooms” at the American Abu Ghraib prison confirms that the so-called American war on terror is really a war on Islam. George Bush has created a global gulag network of extra-legal and secret US prisons with thousands of inmates. This Gulag stretches from Afghanistan to Iraq, to Guantanamo and secret CIA prisons around the world. This Gulag exclusively holds Muslim prisoners."

"In light of these revelations, Al-Masakin would like to take this opportunity to remind the American Muslim Mujahedin, and our allies in the revolutionary and anti-Imperialist left, that ROTC buildings, armed service recruiting centers, individual military personnel, and police officers are “military targets”. These institutions must be violently and covertly attacked."

In fact, there are thousands of unarmed military targets walking around all over the United States. Outraged American citizens and American Muslims should have little difficulty making violent contact with recruits, cadets, marines, etc.

"We strongly recommend that such contact be made with a very sharp knife, pepper spray, brass knuckles, baseball bats, firearms, explosives, or the bumper of a full sized automobile, truck or SUV."

Link: Link to Indybay

"This idiot above caused enough of a concern for US troops and our families that it made the Ft. Benning news."

“You want them to do their JOB?!”

Aren’t they getting PAID to do their job?
Hey, if you want to PAY me, I’ll do it. If this is about terrorism, I’m a patriot and the amount of work, wouldn’t scare me away from the job.

“The story is short on facts. Whatever they were looking for was from June 25, 2008. And you can’t get farther left that indy news.

True ... it just makes me more curious.

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