Indymedia Seizures Initiated In Europe
brian-slashdotnews at hyperreal.org
brian-slashdotnews at hyperreal.org
Sun Oct 10 12:26:02 PDT 2004
Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/10/1716256
Posted by: timothy, on 2004-10-10 17:18:00
from the fbi-just-along-for-the-ride dept.
[1]daveschroeder writes "According to [2]this Indymedia.org article
and [3]AFP report, the request to seize Indymedia servers hosted by a
U.S. company in the UK (covered in this [4]previous slashdot story)
originated from government agencies in Italy and Switzerland, not the
United States. Because Indymedia's hosting company, Rackspace.com, is
a U.S. company, the FBI coordinated the request and accompanied UK
Metropolitan Police on the seizure under the auspices of the [5]Mutual
Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), an international legal treaty, but,
according to an FBI spokesman, 'It is not an FBI operation. Through
[MLAT], the subpoena was on behalf of a third country.'" Read on below
for more.
daveschroeder continues: "Rackspace's statement reads, 'In the present
matter regarding Indymedia, Rackspace Managed Hosting, a U.S. based
company with offices in London, is acting in compliance with a court
order pursuant to a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), which
establishes procedures for countries to assist each other in
investigations such as international terrorism, kidnapping and money
laundering. Rackspace responded to a Commissioner's subpoena, duly
issued under Title 28, United States Code, Section 1782 in an
investigation that did not arise in the United States. Rackspace is
acting as a good corporate citizen and is cooperating with
international law enforcement authorities. The court prohibits
Rackspace from commenting further on this matter.'"
References
1. mailto:dasNO at SPAMdoit.wisc.edu
2. http://www.indymedia.org/en/2004/10/112047.shtml
3.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1509&ncid=738&e=6&u=/afp/2004
1008/tc_afp/us_internet_justice
4. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/07/204217&tid=153
5. http://travel.state.gov/law/mlat.html
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