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February 4, 2013

Appeals Court Sides With Gov. Secrecy in WikiLeaks, Twitter Case 
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A federal appeals court has ruled the government can continue to keep
secret its efforts to pursue the private information of internet users
without a warrant as part of its probe into the whistle blowing website
Wiki Leaks. The case involved three people connected to Wiki Leaks whose
Twitter records were sought by the government, including computer
security researcher Jacob Appelbaum and Icelandic parliamentarian
Birigtta Jonsdottir. The court rejected a request to unseal all orders
relating to the three individuals that may have been sent to companies
other than Twitter.

 

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