The Department of Justice has ordered libertarian website Reason.com to turn over the information of six commenters after they made threats against the federal judge who presided over the Silk Road trial.
Ken White of the blog Popehat obtained the grand jury subpoena issued by the Department of Justice last week, which demands "any and all identifying information” the website has pertaining to the threatening commenters. This includes email addresses, telephone numbers, IP addresses, and billing information associated with the accounts.
The subpoena targets users who commented on an article published on May 31st regarding a letter from Ross Ulbricht, the creator of online drug market Silk Road, pleading for leniency ahead of his sentencing for charges surrounding the site. The comments appeared after Judge Katherine Forrest gave Ulbricht two life sentences for his crimes.
“It’s judges like these that should be taken out back and shot,” a user named Agammamon wrote, according to the filing.
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Time to start hanging judges High. They are only interested in self preservation.
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Uh, oh, now they'll ask me form your information..........:) !
DeleteKind of a self fulfilling deal.....make a comment about the need for punishing the abusive judiciary and they react predictably in a fashion that demonstrates that they indeed need a severe punishment.
ReplyDelete:) Good point.
DeleteAdd us all to the list - I believe we have been discussing the use of all my rope on your lovely trees ;)
ReplyDelete:) KrisAnne Hall, Publius-Huldah and John Ainsworth are already scheduled for the Fall PATCON. Might have enough speakers for two days, so mark it down, Ma'am!
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