Demand for Twitter details in Wikileaks probe upheld

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12720631">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12720631


"A federal judge has ruled that the US government may demand that three associates of Julian Assange hand over Twitter account information in the criminal investigation into Wikileaks."

"In a statement, ACLU lawyer Aden Fine said: 'This ruling gives the government the ability to secretly amass private information related to individuals' internet communications.

Except in extraordinary circumstances, the government should not be able to obtain this information in secret. That's not how our system works.'"

**Opinion**

Twitter might as well change their slogan from, "Follow Me" to "Investigate Me". As I have taken the liberty to do some altering in their logo (evidenced in the photo, LOL). It comes as no surprise to me that this same Judge issued warrants and ordered the affidavits sealed in the case of, Media General Operations v. Buchanan, @ http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/commentary.aspx?id=15658, titled, "Judge's error in sealing affidavits hardly harmless."

In my opinion, when it comes to many things that the government deems as being a threat, your rights are pretty much out the window! The fear of terrorism has helped to allow many things to be associated with threats against the government. When this is successful (more often than not it is), individuals' constitutional rights are waived at the expense of the governments interest. More and more, this suppresses freedom of speech and freedom of information, in my opinion.