DOJ subpoenas Twitter records of several WikiLeaks volunteers

Feds go after Wikileaks-Twitter connection
U.S. prosecutors’ demand that the Microblogging service Twitter Inc. hand over data about users with ties to Wikileaks amounts to harassment, said a lawyer for Julian Assange, the website’s founder. The Justice Department Subpoena, approved last month in Federal Court and later unsealed, also violates the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable government searches, Assange’s lawyer Mark Stephens said today in a telephone interview in London. ...

Twitter ordered to pass on WikiLeaks account info
Federal authorities investigating Wikileaks, the organization that disclosed secret details of the Afghan war and other sensitive data, have won a Federal Court order demanding details about Twitter accounts linked to the group. A Dec. 14 order by Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan directed Twitter Inc. to give Federal Prosecutors in Virginia account information for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Bradley Manning, a U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst who is suspected of giving WikiLeaks classifi...

Obamas Anti-WikiLeaks Subpoenas Cast a Broad Net
After an initial effort to keep them secret failed in the wake of an apparent court challenge from Twitter, the Obama Administration’s anti-WikiLeaks Subpoenas are increasingly a matter of public record - and public concern as they appear to cast a ridiculously broad net. The initial targets include an Icelandic MP, Julian Assange and Bradley Manning, and others who have past ties with the Wikileaks organization, and Wikileaks says that while Twitter is the first to go public with ...

US subpoenas Twitter, seeking information on WikiLeaks 635,561 followers
"The fine people of Wikileaks alerted me on Twitter that the Subpoena you sent to Twitter, Inc. demanding all kinds of records, in fact, includes me too," Okke Ornstein wrote on his blog. "I hereby confess that I am one of the 635,561 followers of Wikileaks on Twitter," Ornstein wrote. "Maybe I should thank the US Department of Justice for including me in this 'Criminal Investigation.' It’s not every day that one gets to be part of history, even if it is a flawed attempt at damage control ...

DOJ Subpoena Of Twitter For WikiLeaks Info Is Odd
Glenn Greenwald at Salon has a good take on the DOJ Subpoena ordering Twitter to give information about Birgitta Jónsdóttir (pictured), a former Wikileaks volunteer and member of the Icelandic Parliament. What hasn’t been reported is that the Subpoena served on Twitter — which is actually an Order from a Federal Court that the DOJ requested — seeks the same information for numerous other individuals currently or formerly associated with WikiLeaks, including Jacob Appe...

DOJ subpoenas Twitter records of several WikiLeaks volunteers
Last night, Birgitta Jónsdóttir -- a former Wikileaks volunteer and current member of the Icelandic Parliament -- announced (on Twitter) that she had been notified by Twitter that the DOJ had served a Subpoena demanding information "about all my tweets and more since November 1st 2009."  Several news outlets, including The Guardian, wrote about Jónsdóttir's announcement.    What hasn't been reported is that the Subpoena served on Twitter -- which...

US turns to Twitter as WikiLeaks chase continues
The Department of Justice makes its first digital move in its investigation, writes Ellie Harvey. IN THE digital haze of zeros and ones, the world's diplomatic relations can be shaken, crimes can be committed and, increasingly, evidence can be sought. The first signs of the US Department of Justice's Criminal Investigation into the Whistleblower website Wikileaks have emerged, having subpoenaed the activity on Microblogging site Twitter of five people, including the Wikileaks editor, Julian Ass...

U.S. orders Twitter to hand over WikiLeaks records
The December 14 Subpoena obtained by the Department of Justice and published by online magazine Salon.com on Friday said the records sought from the Microblogging website were "relevant to an ongoing Criminal Investigation." It ordered Twitter to provide account information on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst suspected of leaking Pentagon documents made public last year by WikiLeaks. The information sought by the government includes all co...

U.S. Government Subpoenas Twitter For WikiLeaks Information
Birgitta Jonsdottir Photo: Wiki A U.S Federal Court has subpoenaed Twitter, demanding information for every account registered to Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Rop Gonggrijp, and Birgitta Jonsdottir, according to CNN and Salon. The order asks for user names, screen names, mailing addresses, residential addresses, and private messages, as well as other information about the Twitter users. Birgitta Jonsdottir (pictured), a m...

Justice Department seeks Twitter records on WikiLeaks volunteers
Wikileaks said Saturday that the Justice Department had gone to Twitter to demand account information about co-founder and spokesman Julian Assange as well as other WikiLeaks supporters. "If the Iranian govt asked for DMs of Iranian Activists, State Dept would be all over this violation of 'Internet freedom'," WikiLeaks tweeted late Friday, followed by a tweet simply saying, "There are many WikiLeaks supporters listed in the US Twitter Subpoena." Those included in the quest for information inc...

WikiLeaks Subpoenas Spill Out To Public Realm
Investigative documents in the Wikileaks Probe spilled out into the Public Domain Saturday for the first time, pointing to the Obama Administration's determination to assemble a criminal case no matter how long it takes and how far afield authorities have to go. Backed by a magistrate judge's court order from Dec. 14, the newly disclosed documents sent to Twitter Inc. by the U.S. attorney's office in Alexandria, Va., demand details about the accounts of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Pfc. ...

Feds Subpoena Twitter for Wikileaks Supporters User Accounts
My Google Alert for Wikileaks-related news brings me this item, from IT Security & Network Security News: A Federal Court has ordered Twitter to turn over details of accounts tied to several WikiLeaks supporters as part of the government’s investigation into the whistle-blower site. The U.S. Department of Justice obtained a Subpoena for the micro-blogging site Dec. 14 requesting records going back to Nov. 1, 2009, that are “relevant and material&#

US Government Issues Subpoena To Twitter For Wikileaks, Assange-Related Accounts
The noose around the necks of Wikileaks is now tightening at a rapid pace, with the United States finally getting overtly involved. Last night, Icelandic Parliamentarian and producer of Wikileaks’ “Collateral Murder” video Birgitta Jonsdottir stated she had just been notified that the US Department of Justice had sent Twitter a Subpoena for all of her activity on Twitter- and that of Julian Assange , and anyone involved with Wikileaks. Wikileaks fremeny The Guardian, who ...

Is the Government Alleging Bradley Manning Loaded Encryption Software onto DOD Computers?
I’ve been revisiting the timeline revealed in Bradley Manning’s charging document. Here’s a short version of what that shows: November 1, 2009: Earliest date for which government Subpoenas Wikileaks related Twitter accounts November 19, 2009: Earliest possibly date for all charges except accessing the Rejkjavik 13 cable (which was dated January 13) November 24, 2009: Per chat logs, Manning said he first started working with WL after release of 9/11 pager messages, which was f...

WikiLeaks subpoenas spill out into public realm (AP)
WASHINGTON – Investigative documents in the Wikileaks Probe spilled out into the Public Domain Saturday for the first time, pointing to the Obama Administration's determination to assemble a criminal case no matter how long it takes and how far afield authorities have to go. Backed by a magistrate judge's court order from Dec. 14, the newly disclosed documents sent to Twitter Inc. by the U.S. attorney's office in Alexandria, Va., demand details about the accounts of Wikileaks founder Jul...

US court demands WikiLeaks' Twitter account info
Icelandic lawmaker Birgitta Jonsdottir poses for this photo Feb. 24, 2010... LONDON (AP) - U.S. investigators have gone to court to demand details about Wikileaks' Twitter account, according to documents obtained Saturday—the first revelation about the criminal case Washington is trying to build against those who leaked classified U.S. documents. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he believed other American Internet companies such as Facebook and Google may also have been ordered to div...

US court demands WikiLeaks' Twitter account info
FILE - In this June 23, 2010 file photo, a Twitter sign hangs at the offices of Twitter Inc., in San Francisco. Wikileaks said Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 that U.S. investigators have gone to San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. to demand the private messages, contact information and other personal details of Julian Assange and three people associated with the secret-spilling website. The popular micro-blogging site has declined comment. U.S. investigators have gone to court to demand the details of Wik...

WikiLeaks subpoenas spill out into public realm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Investigative documents in the Wikileaks Probe spilled out into the public domain Saturday for the first time, pointing to the Obama Administration's determination to assemble a criminal case no matter how long it takes and how far afield authorities have to go. Backed by a magistrate judge's court order from Dec. 14, the newly disclosed documents sent to Twitter Inc. by the U.S. attorney's office in Alexandria, Va., demand details about the accounts of Wikileaks founder Julia...

Twitter forced to reveal data on WikiLeaks
Social Networking site Twitter has been ordered to hand over account details for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and others linked to his whistleblowing website. • Assange: Book Deal Photograph: PA The United States government has subpoenaed Twitter to try to secure information such as user names, addresses, connection records, telephone numbers and payment details. WikiLeaks said it suspected other American Internet companies were also being asked to hand over information about its activi...

DOJ Secretly Subpoenas Private Twitter Information On Suspected WikiLeaks Associates
, describing how Birgitta Jonsdottir learned that was the target of a DOJ Subpoena: A member of parliament in Iceland who is also a former Wikileaks volunteer says the US Justice Department has ordered Twitter to hand over her private messages. Birgitta Jonsdottir, an MP for the Movement in Iceland, said last night on Twitter that the "USA government wants to know about all my tweets and more since november 1st 2009. Do they realize I am a member of parliament in Iceland?" She said she was start...

US Subpoenas Wikileaks Twitter Account Info
The AP reports: U.S. investigators have gone to court to demand details about Wikileaks’ Twitter account, according to documents obtained Saturday — the first revelation about the criminal case Washington is trying to build against those who leaked classified U.S. documents. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he believed other American Internet companies such as Facebook and Google may also have been ordered to divulge information on himself and colleagues. The U.S. District Court ...

US demands Twitter release Assange details
Staff at the whistleblowing website Wikileaks were last night preparing a Legal Challenge after discovering that US officials had issued a Subpoena on their Twitter account to demand private messages, billing addresses and other details. The group suspects that other Social Networking sites and email providers will also have been asked to reveal their private conversations. The site's founder, Julian Assange, was one of four people associated with the group to have a Subpoena on their account....

The WikiLeaks Subpoena, Twitter and Standing
By now, you have probably heard that USDOJ has issued a Subpoena to Twitter asking for various types of information from the Twitter accounts of Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Rop Gongrijp[sic], and Birgitta Jonsdottir. Here is the subpoena. It was originally issued under seal, which means that Twitter could not tell anyone that it had received this subpoena.  Twitter could have simply complied with the sealed Subpoena and none of the people listed above even would have known about it. In...

Twitter Subpoenaed Over WikiLeaks
New drama over Wikileaks has come to light. The U.S. government has subpoenaed Twitter to secretly hand over details of five accounts on its site thought to be related to leaked classified information, suggesting a wide-ranging trawl for other evidence online. Wikileaks has demanded Google and Facebook admit to any Subpoenas they received as well. It is commendable that the U.S. government used the appropriate mechanism for obtaining evidence, rather than the Patriot Act-enabled spying we have b...

U.S. orders Twitter to hand over WikiLeaks records
WASHINGTON | Sat Jan 8, 2011 11:56am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. court has ordered Twitter to hand over details of the accounts of Wikileaks and several supporters as part of a Criminal Investigation into the release of hundreds of thousands of confidential documents. The December 14 Subpoena obtained by the Department of Justice and published by online magazine Salon.com on Friday said the records sought from the Microblogging website were "relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation...