U.S. wants Wikileaks Twitter data

Feds order TWITTER to hand over WIKILEAKS records...
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. 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 i...

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. 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...

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. ...

US Subpoenas Twitter in Wikileaks Probe
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 connection records and session times, IP addresses used to access Twitter, email and residential addresses plus billing records and details of Bank Accounts and Credit Cards. The Subpoena included the accounts of Wikileaks suppo...

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&#

WikiLeaks Demands Google and Facebook Unseal US Subpoenas
© Andy Rain/EPA 'Free Julian Assange' protestors demonstrate in Central London before the Wikileaks founder's court hearing in December. Call comes after revelation that US has tried to force Twitter to release Wikileaks members' private details WikiLeaks has demanded that Google and Facebook reveal the contents of any US Subpoenas they may have received after it emerged that a court in Virginia had ordered Twitter to secretly hand over details of accounts on the micro-blogging site by 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...

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...

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...

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 Court Demands WikiLeaks' Twitter account Info
© The Associated Press/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson This Aug. 14, 2010 file photo shows Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. 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 Investigative documents in the Wikileaks Probe spilled out into the public domain Saturday ...

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...

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 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 ...

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...

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 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:...

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...

Birgitta Jnsdttir
I saw this on Twitter last night, and no denying her updates are fascinating (here, for example). So is her homepage. She's a political radical and former Wikileaks Activist who co-produced the "Collateral Damage" Propaganda video, and a Member of the Icelandic Parliament now in the spotlight with the latest turn in the ongoing Wikileaks investigation See NYT, "U.S. Subpoenas Twitter Over Wikileaks Supporters" (and Memeorandum): The move to get the information from five prominent figures tied t...

Weekend Links: U.S. Subpoenas WikiLeaks Twitter Info; Portuguese Journalist Found Dead in Midtown Hotel
Good morning and welcome to Runnin' Scared Weekends 2.0 I'm Rosie - you might remember me as the intern that went on embarrassingly public dates and got on Dov Charney's bad side. Now I'm taking over weekends here from the venerable Joe Coscarelli. So! Let's begin. According to an Icelandic lawmaker, the Department of Justice is Subpoena'ing information from Wikileaks-related Twitter accounts. Twitter is being ordered to hand over info for Julian Assange, of course, and also Bradley Manning, a...

Think Twice Before Pushing the Send Button: Big Brother Is Watching
Anyone considering saying anything negative about the Obama Administration should think twice before sending it on an Internet outlet. Obama, under attack for continuing a war he promised to end, wants to find out what anti-war Activists said on Twitter. The main target is Wikileaks, but the Subpoenas also include tweets by a member of the Icelandic Parliament. The court order told Twitter not to divulge that the subpoena was issued. Lawyers for Twitter got the order overturned after the infor...

Who's to blame here? (The old accountability problem.)
Let me get this straight.  The State Department, our government -- over a period of years, maybe decades -- has been careless with classified information.  Some of that information was allowed to another government (Military) employee who found it interesting enough to turn it over to the media.   Our definition of "media" these days  includes anything from the august grey lady in New York to websites like "Wikileaks" to inane upstarts like Twi...

Wikileaks: US Seeks Twitter Data
(NewsCore) - Wikileaks said Saturday that the Twitter accounts of four supporters were subpoenaed in connection with a secret US Grand Jury Espionage investigation into the website. WikiLeaks, which began releasing 251,287 US Diplomatic Cables in November, added it had reason to believe Facebook and Google had also received court orders requesting details on users. "Today [Saturday], the existence of a secret US government Grand Jury Espionage investigation into Wikileaks was confirmed for the f...