United States vs. Manning

A timeline of the U.S. investigation between 2006 to 2013

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2011-01-26
 
On its face the Dec. 14 Order seeks information about all those who received the Parties' publications and private messages, mapping their associations and audience. Even after the actual information to be produced under the Order was narrowed by the government pursuant to concerns raised by Twitter (Footnote 4: The government has not conceded that its original Order was improper in any manner. nor has the government agreed never to ask for the full scope or the originally demanded information. As a result, Movant's challenge to the December 14 Order need not be limited to the narrowed demand), it requires Twitter to disclose such information from all of the Parties' twitter-related speech (called 'tweet') for multiple months, i.e. November 15, 2009 to June 1, 2010, regardless o any connection between the postings and WikiLeaks.

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Footnote 11 Ms. Jonsdottir's counsel, EFF and ACLU, served as amici to the Third Circuit and the Western District of Pennsylvania on this issue and their briefs provide extensive support for the Third Circuit Opinion's holdings. See Brief for Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Foundation of Pennsylvania, and Center for Democracy and Technology as Amici Curiae Opposing the Government's Request for Review, In re Application of U.S. for an Order Directing a Provider of Elec. Commc'n Serv. to Disclose Records to Gov't, Magistrate's No. 07-524M, 2008 WL 4191511 (W.D. Pa. 2008)
  Title: Lawyer for Jacob Appelbaum, Lawyer Rop Gonggrijp, Lawyer Birgitta Jonsdottir
Concerning: Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury
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Title:
MOTION to Vacate December 14, 2010 Order by Jacob Appelbaum, Rop Gonggrijp, Birgitta Jonsdottir. (jlan) (jcor, ). (Entered: 01/28/2011)
Title: Lawyer for Jacob Appelbaum
Concerning:
"Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury
 
 
Title:
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria) CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #- 1-11dm00003TCBLO All Defendants.pdf
Concerning:
"Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury
 
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