Weekend Links: U.S. Subpoenas WikiLeaks Twitter Info; Portuguese Journalist Found Dead in Midtown Hotel

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 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
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. wants Wikileaks Twitter data
WASHINGTON - 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 Dec. 14 Subpoena obtained by the U.S. 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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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 ...

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....

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...

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 over WikiLeaks subpoena
Source: Bloomberg 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 ..

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...

WikiLeaks: US Demanding Our Twitter Account Info
LONDON — U.S. officials have issued a Subpoena to demand details about Wikileaks' Twitter account, the group announced Saturday, adding that it suspected other American Internet companies were also being ordered to hand over information about its activities. In a statement, WikiLeaks said U.S. investigators had gone to the San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. to demand the private messages, contact information and other personal details of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and other supporter...