U.S. government issues secret, warrantless court order for email data of Wikileaks' volunteer

[Cali_Democrat]

Is it me, or does this seem like something you would see in a fascist country? Are we a fascist country yet?

U.S. issues secret, warrantless court order for email data of Wikileaks' volunteer
By Zack Whittaker | October 10, 2011, 3:02am PDT

The U.S. government used a controversial electronic eavesdropping law to force Google and a small Internet service provider into handing over email account data of a Wikileaks volunteer, the Wall Street Journal reported overnight.

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Jacob Appelbaum, a Wikileaks volunteer and central to this case, had his email account searched for contacts and people he communicated with, rather than the contents of the emails that were sent and received, according to reports.

Though he has not been charged with any offence, the newspaper added, others report that he had been subject to interrogation at airports, nor has the government told Appelbaum why he is under surveillance.

The order Google received dated to the start of this year, January 4th, 2011, directing the search giant to reveal the IP address from which Applebaum logged into his Gmail account, along with the email addresses of those he communicated with dating back to November 1st, 2009.

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/us-issues-secret-warrantless-court-order-for-email-data-of-wikileaks-volunteer/60198

Apparently the Administration also has a secret panel of government officials that can determine whether or not a US citizen can be assassinated without due process.

Hopefully Perry, Bachman, Cain or any future Republican Administrations will use these powers wisely, if they are elected.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. More of that promised "transparency" at work. K&R

[msongs]

2. bush 3 - yet another poor helpless president forced to go to the dark side against his will lol nt

[bananas]

3. Eat your peas and stop whining.

If you aren't rich it's your own fault.
We're a Plutonomy now...

The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." ... "That's not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
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