[Leica] FBI disrupts 20 Indymedia web sites hosted in England

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

In LA they have press credentials that are being honored by the local PD.
During the DNC in LA, and the RNC in San Diego, their news site was
registering more hits than CNN.
As far being professional is concerned, time will tell how much merit this
approach of theirs will have.
I do know that the pamphleteer of the 17th and 18th century, was considered
a subversive who rarely escaped a harsh treatment from the powers that be.
S. Dimitrov




> From: Matthew Powell <mlpowell@sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:11:39 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] FBI disrupts 20 Indymedia web sites hosted in England
> 
> On Oct 12, 2004, at 7:38 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>> 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
> 
> I don't pay much attention to Indymedia, but I suspect this is because
> they don't consider themselves a 'professional journalism' outlet,
> leaning much more toward the activist end of the spectrum.
> 
> An easy solution in this case would be for local PD and the feds not to
> infiltrate anti-globalization and anti-war groups.
> 
> MP
> 
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