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Filed Jan 5 2011
Clerk, US District Court Eastern Virginia
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE 2703(d) ORDER RELATING TO TWITTER ACCOUNTS:
WIKILEAKS, ROP_G; IOERROR; AND BRIGITTAJ
MISC. NO. 10GJ3793
ORDER TO UNSEAL THE ORDER PURSUANT TO 19 U.S.C. 2703(D)
This matter having come before the Court pursuant to an application under Title 18, united States Code 2703(d), it appearing that it is in the best interest of the investigation to unseal the Court's Order of December 14, 2010 and authorize Twitter to disclose that Order to its subscribers and customers, it is hereby ORDERED that the above-captioned Order of December 14, 2010 pursuant to 18 U.S.C 2703(d) be UNSEALED and that Twitter is authorized to disclose such Oder. In all other respects, the Court's Oder of December 14, 2010 remains in effect.
[SIGNED] Theresa C. Buchanan
THE HONORABLE THERESA C. BUCHANAN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Date: 1/5/2011 |
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United States Magistrate Judge |
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
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Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury |
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Second, the unsealing order does not name either Assange or Manning, which means either that Twitter did not request permission to notify them of the Subpoena or that they did request it but the court denied it (then again, neither 'Julian Assange' nor 'Bradley Manning' are names of Twitter accounts, and the company has no way of knowing with certainty which accounts are theirs, so perhaps Twitter only sought an unsealing order for actual Twitter accounts named in the Order). Finally, WikiLeaks and Assange intend to contest this Order.
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And the key question now is this: did other Internet and social network companies (Google, Facebook, etc.) receive similar Orders and then quietly comply? It's difficult to imagine why the DOJ would want information only from Twitter; if anything, given the limited information it has about users, Twitter would seem one of the least fruitful avenues to pursue. But if other companies did receive and quietly comply with these orders, it will be a long time before we know, if we ever do, given the prohibition in these orders on disclosing even its existence to anyone. |
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Glenn Greenwald |
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Journalist |
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Salon |
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