[IMC-US] [Fwd: Minneapolis / St. Paul IMC: Feds Attempt to Censor Twin Cities Indymedia]

[Erik]

http://twincities.indymedia.org/newswire/display/29356

This is probably not the right list for this, but have other IMC's been
dealing with this kind of repression, too?

-Erik
TC-IMC

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Feds Attempt to Censor Twin Cities Indymedia
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Monday, 22 January 2007
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Summary: On January 5th, members of the Twin Cities Indymedia Collective
were contacted by an ally at the out-of-state university that hosts the
site's server, informing us that "law enforcement" was
demanding that we remove two posts from the site.

>From the Collective's contact at the university:

"The Office of General Counsel at the university was contacted by
federal authorities about the fact that an FBI agent was named publicly
on this website, which is of significant concern as it could be a threat
to national security and to the security of this officer.

"The specific reference is in a comment embedded after the article
http://twincities.indymedia.org/newswire/display/29202/index.php
that names Millicent Tempe as the FBI agent."

The Collective asked that the university request an explanation for the
Feds' demands. The Feds were unable to produce a legal argument for
removing the post, and at the time of writing, have not responded to the
Collective's request.

This heavy-handed attempted censorship adds insult to the injury of FBI
intimidation tactics in Minnesota. But these tactics will fail. We will
publicize every move the state makes to marginalize dissent in this
city, this state, and this country.

For every enraged voice they seek to silence, a hundred more will make
themselves heard.

Minneapolis / St. Paul IMC: http://twincities.indymedia.org/