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  • Department Of Justice Uses Grand Jury Subpoena To Identify Anonymous Commenters...at Reason.com

    06/08/2015 5:26:46 PM PDT · by Slings and Arrows · 33 replies
    Popehat ^ | June 8, 2015 | Ken White
    The United States Department of Justice is using federal grand jury subpoenas to identify anonymous commenters engaged in typical internet bluster and hyperbole in connection with the Silk Road prosecution. DOJ is targeting Reason.com, a leading libertarian website whose clever writing is eclipsed only by the blowhard stupidity of its commenting peanut gallery. Why is the government using its vast power to identify these obnoxious asshats, and not the other tens of thousands who plague the internet? Because these twerps mouthed off about a judge. Last week, a source provided me with a federal grand jury subpoena. The subpoena1, issued...