Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's on par with the undercover agent in Seattle who left his cell phone behind, so to say. In it were all the phone numbers and names from the Seattle PD, along with out of towners, i.e. feds, etc. Indymedia posted all the numbers and names on the internet. It was certainly a shameful display of unprofessional journalism and a lack of constraint. S. Dimitrov > From: Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:06:22 +0200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] FBI disrupts 20 Indymedia web sites hosted in England > > The reason of the request of the swiss authorities is very well known. > Indymedia (an extreme-left propaganda source known for its gloryfication of > violence against authorities), had, on it's website, shown pictures, names > and private adresses of two swiss undercover agents; which were > investigating about the anti-G8-riots (recently, rioters had destroyed > shops and burned cars in half the city of Geneva while a so called > "peaceful demonstration"). > > Just don't know what this topic has lost in the LUG list. > > Didier (Switzerland) > > > > >> Although the FBI was the agency acting it appears to be Swiss and >> Italian authorities who made the initial request although the precise >> nature of it appears to be undiscoverable. >> I think it's a little heavy-handed to be blaming the FBI for following >> protocol. >> Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information