Iceland summons US envoy over WikiLeaks subpoena

Iceland summons US envoy over WikiLeaks subpoena
LONDON (AP) — Iceland has summoned the U.S. ambassador to a meeting as Top Officials express concern over the U.S. Criminal Investigation into Wikileaks — a Probe that has included a demand to see the private details of an Icelandic lawmaker’s Twitter feed. A court order unsealed this week revealed that American authorities had gone to court to seek data from Twitter about WikiLeaks, its associates, and its alleged source, Army Intelligence Analyst Bradley Manning. Among those ...

Iceland summons US envoy
Birgitta Jonsdottir - Iceland MP and former Wikileaks collaborator. The US Justice Department is seeking access to her Twitter account as it tries to build a criminal case against Wikileaks Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images The American ambassador to Iceland has been summoned to explain why US officials are trying to access the Twitter account of an Icelandic MP and former Wikileaks collaborator. Birgitta Jónsdóttir, an MP for the Movement in Iceland, revealed last week...

Iceland Summons U.S. Envoy Over WikiLeaks Probe
Like this Story? Share it: (AP) LONDON - The American ambassador to Reykjavik has been summoned to explain why U.S. investigators are trying to access the private details of an Icelandic lawmaker's online activity as they try to build a criminal case against Wikileaks. Revelations that the U.S. Justice Department obtained a court order to examine data held by Twitter Inc. on Birgitta Jonsdottir, an Icelandic parliamentarian who sits on the country's Foreign Affairs Committee, immediately caused...

Iceland Summons US Envoy Over Moves Against Pro-WikiLeaks MP
US Ambassador to Iceland Luis Arreaga has been summoned by that nation’s Foreign Ministry to answer questions about the Justice Department’s attempt to Subpoena secret information from MP Birgitta Jonsdottir’s Twitter account. Icelandic MP Jonsdottir Jonsdottir is an outspoken free Speech supporter and has past ties with Wikileaks. It is assumed that the efforts to Subpoena her account information, as well as that of a number of other people, is related to the Justice Departm...

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 ...

DOJ subpoenas Twitter records of several WikiLeaks volunteers
© Associated Press U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. 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 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...

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 ...

U.S. Demands Twitter Release Details of WikiLeaks Accounts
Dec. 1: The Twitter homepage of Wikileaks is shown in this photo taken in New York. 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 by the U.S. attorney's office i...

US orders Twitter to hand over WikiLeaks records
A US Criminal Investigation into whether Julian Assange and others at Wikileaks violated federal laws has accelerated, with a Grand Jury seeking electronic records that could tie the site to actions by accused Military leaker Bradley Manning. Court documents disclosed over the weekend show that a Federal Judge in Northern Virginia, where the Grand Jury is based, ordered at least one Internet concern used by some of the Probe’s targets to turn over that information. EDITOR’S CHOICE In depth:...

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...

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 ...

Iceland Summons US Envoy Over Wikileaks Probe
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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...

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...

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...

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...

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&#

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Iceland summons US envoy over WikiLeaks probe
LONDON (AP) - The American ambassador to Reykjavik has been summoned to explain why U.S. investigators are trying to access the private details of an Icelandic lawmaker's online activity as they try to build a criminal case against Wikileaks. Revelations that the U.S. Justice Department obtained a court order to examine data held by Twitter Inc. on Birgitta Jonsdottir, an Icelandic parliamentarian who sits on the country's Foreign Affairs Committee, immediately caused consternation in the tiny ...

Icelandic MP fights US demand for her Twitter account details
© H. Kolbeins/Associated Foreign Press/Getty Images Birgitta Jonsdottir, the Icelandic MP and former Wikileaks volunteer, who is now fighting a US Justice Department attempt to get hold of her private messages on Twitter 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 wa...

Iceland: Interior Minister Says Wikileaks-case is "Odd and Grave"
© Althingi Minister of Interior Ögmundur Jónasson. In an interview with mbl.is Icelandic Interior Minister Ögmundur Jónasson said that at first sight the case of US authorities against Icelandic MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir seems to be "very odd and grave." He said that at this stage he can't express himself on the case but hopes to get information from Jónsdóttir. Jónasson said: "Of course it is a very serious matter, if a demand has been put forward that she