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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Docket#:11-5151 |
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"Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury |
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In May 2010, United States Army Private First Class ('PFC') Bradley E. Manning was arrested at Forward Operating Base Hammer in Iraq, on accusations that he was involved in the largest unauthorized release of classified documents in United States history. PFC Manning was allegedly assisted in these illegal acts by associates of the website WikiLeaks.org.
On December 14, 2010, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into this unauthorized release of classified information, the magistrate judge issued a Section 2703(d) order directing Twitter to disclose certain non-content business records pertaining to the Subscribers and two other subscribers. [Footnote] 3 [The other subscribers, PFC Manning and Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, did not challenge the Twitter Order or participate in this litigation.] Specifically, the Twitter Order directed Twitter to provide usernames, contact information, connection records, dates and types of services provided, payment information, to/from e-mail addresses and source/destination IP addresses for all communications between November 1, 2009, and December 14, 2010.
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Thereafter, the United States made a strategic decision to move to unseal the Twitter Order and allow Twitter to inform the affected subscribers of the existence of the Twitter Order. On January 5, 2011, upon the United States' motion, the magistrate judge unsealed the Twitter Order and authorized Twitter to disclose the Twitter Order to the five affected subscribers.
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In the Eastern District of Virginia, grand jury subpoenas and materials are tracked by the US Attorney's Office, rather than the Clerk's Office, and are assigned 'gj' identification numbers.
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Moreover, the Subscribers' challenge, which comes in the midst of a grand jury investigation that may result in criminal charges, is the functional equivalent of a 'pre-trial matter.'
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Indeed, Section 2703(d) orders are simply another tool used to gather information as part of federal criminal investigations, which must, with few exceptions, be presented to a grand jury if charges are to be brought.
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Indeed, after receiving notice of the existence of the Twitter Order, appellant Jacob Appelbaum called on his Twitter 'followers' to undertake just such a change in behavior. See 'Tweet' of Jacob Appelbaum @ioerror (Jan. 7, 2011), available at: http://twitter.com/#!/ioerror/status/ 23545458433458177 ('Do not send me Direct Messages - My Twitter account contents have apparently been invited to the (presumably-Grand Jury) in Alexandria.') (visited Feb. 27, 2012).[Footnote] 18 [Footnote 18] As noted supra at 9, the Twitter Order did not request message content, and thus would not have collected Direct Messages. Thus, to the extent the government later developed probable cause to obtain the content of the account, Appelbaum's 'tweet' likely decreased the evidence available to the government.
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The Subscribers seek unsealing of multiple investigative orders in an active criminal investigation that they themselves describe as 'a matter of national importance.'
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It would also be impractical to require redaction at this point, in the midst of an active criminal investigation. The government's interest in protecting the integrity of the investigation is ongoing, and thus the government's justification for sealing could change over time.
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The government has represented that, once charges are filed or the investigation is closed, it will move to unseal any other Section2703(d) orders issued during the investigation. Thus, this case is easily distinguishable from In re Sealing and Non-Disclosure of Pen/Trap/2703(d) Orders, 562 F. Supp. 2d 876, 877 (S.D. Tex. 2008), where the issue was 'sealing and non-disclosure . . . for an indefinite period beyond the underlying criminal investigation.'
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The 'ec' running list provides public notice that an order has been issued, which allows a challenge by any member of the public to the sealing of such order.
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[Endnote page 56] The Eastern District of Virginia provides the recommended information on the 'running list,' which is publicly available from the Clerk's Office. |
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Lindsay Kelly, Neil MacBride, Andrew Peterson |
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Corrected BRIEF by Appellee US in electronic and paper format. Type of Brief: Response. Method of Filing Paper Copies: mail. Date Paper Copies Mailed, Dispatched, or Delivered to Court: 03/02/2012. [998801620] [11-5151] Andrew Peterson |
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"Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury |
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Late yesterday, JEREMY HAMMOND, a/k/a 'Anarchaos,' a/k/a 'sup_g,' a/k/a 'burn,' a/k/a 'yohoho,' a/k/a 'POW,' a/k/a 'tylerknowsthis,' a/k/a 'crediblethreat,' who identified himself as a member of AntiSec, was arrested in Chicago, Illinois and charged in a criminal Complaint with crimes relating to the December 2011 hack of Strategic Forecasting, Inc. ('Stratfor'), a global intelligence firm in Austin, Texas, which may have affected approximately 860,000 victims. In publicizing the Stratfor hack, members of AntiSec reaffirmed their connection to Anonymous and other related groups, including LulzSec. For example, AntiSec members published a document with links to the stolen Stratfor data entitled: 'Anonymous Lulzxmas rooting you proud' on a file sharing website. |
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Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Department of Justice |
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GENEVA ' US authorities' treatment of WikiLeaks suspect Private Bradley Manning was 'cruel and degrading,' the UN special rapporteur on torture Juan Ernesto Mendez said Monday.
'I believe Bradley Manning was subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in the excessive and prolonged isolation he was put in during the eight months he was in Quantico,' he told AFP, referring to the US military prison near Washington.
Mendez said that 'fortunately' the alleged mistreatment ended when Manning was transferred from Quantico to another prison in Kansas.
'But the explanation I was given for those eight months was not convincing for me,' he said, speaking on the sidelines of a UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva. |
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RYAN ACKROYD, a/k/a 'kayla,' a/k/a 'lol,' a/k/a 'lolspoon,' JAKE DAVIS, a/k/a 'topiary,' a/k/a 'atopiary,' DARREN MARTYN, a/k/a 'pwnsauce,' a/k/a 'raepsauce,' a/k/a 'networkkitten,' and DONNCHA O'CEARRBHAIL, a/k/a 'palladium,' who identified themselves as members of Anonymous, Internet Feds, and/or LulzSec, were charged in an Indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court with computer hacking conspiracy involving the hacks of Fox Broadcasting Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the Public Broadcasting Service ('PBS'). O'CEARRBHAIL is also charged in a separate criminal Complaint with intentionally disclosing an unlawfully intercepted wire communication.
HECTOR XAVIER MONSEGUR, a/k/a 'Sabu,' a/k/a 'Xavier DeLeon,' a/k/a 'Leon,' who also identified himself as a member of Anonymous, Internet Feds and LulzSec, pled guilty on August 15, 2011 in U.S. District Court to a 12-count information charging him with computer hacking conspiracies and other crimes. MONSEGUR'S Information and guilty plea were unsealed today. The crimes to which MONSEGUR pled guilty include computer hacking conspiracy charges initially filed in the Southern District of New York. He also pled guilty to the following charges: a substantive hacking charge initially filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of California related to the hacks of HBGary, Inc. and HBGary Federal LLC; a substantive hacking charge initially filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Central District of California related to the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Fox Broadcasting Company; a substantive hacking charge initially filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Georgia related to the hack of Infragard Members Alliance; a substantive hacking charge initially filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia related to the hack of PBS, all of which were transferred to the Southern District of New York, pursuant to Rule 20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, in coordination with the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section ('CCIPS') in the Justice Department's Criminal Division.
Late yesterday, JEREMY HAMMOND, a/k/a 'Anarchaos,' a/k/a 'sup_g,' a/k/a 'burn,' a/k/a 'yohoho,' a/k/a 'POW,' a/k/a 'tylerknowsthis,' a/k/a 'crediblethreat,' who identified himself as a member of AntiSec, was arrested in Chicago, Illinois and charged in a criminal Complaint with crimes relating to the December 2011 hack of Strategic Forecasting, Inc. ('Stratfor'), a global intelligence firm in Austin, Texas, which may have affected approximately 860,000 victims. In publicizing the Stratfor hack, members of AntiSec reaffirmed their connection to Anonymous and other related groups, including LulzSec. For example, AntiSec members published a document with links to the stolen Stratfor data entitled: 'Anonymous Lulzxmas rooting you proud' on a file sharing website.
The following allegations are based on the Indictment, the Information, the Complaints and statements made at MONSEGUR's guilty plea:
Hacks by Anonymous, Internet Feds, and LulzSec
Since at least 2008, Anonymous has been a loose confederation of computer hackers and others. MONSEGUR and other members of Anonymous took responsibility for a number of cyber attacks between December 2010 and June 2011, including denial of service ('DoS') attacks against the websites of Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal, as retaliation for the refusal of these companies to process donations to Wikileaks, as well as hacks or DoS attacks on foreign government computer systems.
Between December 2010 and May 2011, members of Internet Feds similarly waged a deliberate campaign of online destruction, intimidation, and criminality. Members of Internet Feds engaged in a series of cyber attacks that included breaking into computer systems, stealing confidential information, publicly disclosing stolen confidential information, hijacking victims' email and Twitter accounts, and defacing victims' Internet websites. Specifically, ACKROYD, DAVIS, MARTYN, O'CEARRBHAIL, and MONSEGUR, as members of InternetFeds, conspired to commit computer hacks including: the hack of the website of Fine Gael, a political party in Ireland; the hack of computer systems used by security firms HBGary, Inc. and its affiliate HBGary Federal, LLC, from which Internet Feds stole confidential data pertaining to 80,000 user accounts; and the hack of computer systems used by Fox Broadcasting Company, from which Internet Feds stole confidential data relating to more than 70,000 potential contestants on 'X-Factor,' a Fox television show.
In May 2011, following the publicity that they had generated as a result of their hacks, including those of Fine Gael and HBGary, ACKROYD, DAVIS, MARTYN, and MONSEGUR formed and became the principal members of a new hacking group called 'Lulz Security' or 'LulzSec.' Like Internet Feds, LulzSec undertook a campaign of malicious cyber assaults on the websites and computer systems of various business and governmental entities in the United States and throughout the world. Specifically, ACKROYD, DAVIS, MARTYN, and MONSEGUR, as members of LulzSec, conspired to commit computer hacks including the hacks of computer systems used by the PBS, in retaliation for what LulzSec perceived to be unfavorable news coverage in an episode of the news program 'Frontline'; Sony Pictures Entertainment, in which LulzSec stole confidential data concerning approximately 100,000 users of Sony's website; and Bethesda Softworks, a video game company based in Maryland, in which LulzSec stole confidential information for approximately 200,000 users of Bethesda's website.
The Stratfor Hack
In December 2011, HAMMOND conspired to hack into computer systems used by Stratfor, a private firm that provides governments and others with independent geopolitical analysis. HAMMOND and his co-conspirators, as members of AntiSec, stole confidential information from those computer systems, including Stratfor employees' emails as well as account information for approximately 860,000 Stratfor subscribers or clients. HAMMOND and his co-conspirators stole credit card information for approximately 60,000 credit card users and used some of the stolen data to make unauthorized charges exceeding $700,000. HAMMOND and his co-conspirators also publicly disclosed some of the confidential information they had stolen.
The Hack of International Law Enforcement
In January 2012, O'CEARRBHAIL hacked into the personal email account of an officer with Ireland's national police service, the An Garda Siochana (the 'Garda'). Because the Garda officer had forwarded work emails to a personal account, O'CEARRBHAIL learned information about how to access a conference call that the Garda, the FBI, and other law enforcement agencies were planning to hold on January 17, 2012, regarding international investigations of Anonymous and other hacking groups. O'CEARRBHAIL then accessed and secretly recorded the January 17 international law enforcement conference call, and then disseminated the illegally-obtained recording to others.
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MONSEGUR, 28, of New York, New York, pled guilty to three counts of computer hacking conspiracy, five counts of computer hacking, one count of computer hacking in furtherance of fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum sentence of 124 years and six months in prison.
ACKROYD, 23, of Doncaster, United Kingdom, DAVIS, 29, of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, MARTYN, 25 of Galway, Ireland, each are charged with two counts of computer hacking conspiracy. Each conspiracy count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
O'CEARRBHAIL, 19, of Birr, Ireland is charged in the Indictment with one count of computer hacking conspiracy, for which he faces 10 years in prison. He is also charged in the Complaint with one count of intentionally disclosing an unlawfully intercepted wire communication, for which he faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
HAMMOND, 27, of Chicago, Illinois, is charged with one count of computer hacking |
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Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Department of Justice |
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Mobley versus CIA FOIA, Global Intelligence Files, Stratfor, GI Files |
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WikiLeaks Publication Press release: WikiLeaks on Recent Fabricated Stories in the Swedish Press |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Theresa Buchanan, Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Cyber: Cyber attacks and crimes are becoming more commonplace, more sophisticated, and more dangerous. The scope and targets of these attacks and crimes encompass the full range and scope of the FBI's national security and criminal investigative missions. Our national security secrets are regularly targeted by foreign and domestic actors; our children are targeted by sexual predators and traffickers; our citizens are targeted for fraud and identity theft; our companies are targeted for insider information; and our universities and national laboratories are targeted for their research and development.
Since 2002, the FBI has seen an 84 percent increase in the number of computer intrusions investigations opened. Hackers ' whether state sponsored, criminal enterprises, or individuals ' constantly test and probe networks, computer software, and computers to identify and exploit vulnerabilities.
Just as the FBI has transformed its counterterrorism program to deal with an evolving and adapting threat, the Bureau is enhancing its cyber program and capabilities. To counter the cyber threat, the FBI has cyber squads in each of our 56 field offices. The FBI now has more than 1,000 specially trained agents, analysts, and digital forensic examiners that run complex undercover operations and examine digital evidence. Along with 20 law enforcement and intelligence agency partners, the FBI is the executive agent of the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force. The task force operates through Threat Focus Cells'smaller groups of agents, officers, and analysts from different agencies, focused on particular threats.
In April of this year, the FBI brought down an international botnet known as Coreflood. Botnets are networks of virus-infected computers controlled remotely by an attacker. To shut down Coreflood, the FBI took control of five servers the hackers had used to infect some two million computers with malware. In an unprecedented step, after obtaining court approval, 4 we responded to the signals sent from the infected computers in the United States, and sent a command that stopped the malware, preventing harm to hundreds of thousands of users.
Over the past year, the FBI and our partners have also pursued members of Anonymous, who are alleged to have coordinated and executed distributed denial of service attacks against various Internet companies. To date, 16 individuals have been arrested and charged in more than 10 states as part of this ongoing investigation. According to the indictment, the Anonymous group referred to the DDoS attacks as Operation Avenge Assange and allegedly conducted the attacks in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The defendants are charged with various counts of conspiracy and intentional damage to a protected computer.
U.S. law enforcement and intelligence communities, along with our international and private sector partners, are making progress. Technological advancements and the Internet's expansion continue to provide malicious cyber actors the opportunity to harm U.S. national security and the economy. Given the consequences of such attacks, the FBI must be able to keep pace with this rapidly developing and diverse threat. |
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Robert Mueller |
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FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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Robert Mueller, |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Theresa Buchanan, Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Theresa Buchanan, Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Theresa Buchanan, Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Theresa Buchanan, Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Theresa Buchanan, Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL (Local Rule 46(c)) by John D. Cline for Rop Gonggrijp.[998807383] [11-5151] John Cline |
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Concerning: |
"Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Ivan Davis |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Ivan Davis |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Ivan Davis |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Author: |
Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Author: |
Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Thomas Rawles Jones |
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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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"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Thomas Rawles Jones |
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Title: |
United States Magistrate Judge |
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
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Concerning: |
"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Thomas Rawles Jones |
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Title: |
United States Magistrate Judge |
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
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Concerning: |
"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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David Coombs |
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civilian defense counsel |
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Concerning: |
"United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning |
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David Coombs |
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civilian defense counsel |
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"United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning |
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David Coombs |
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civilian defense counsel |
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"United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning |
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Case Assignment History Report US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Report Date 4/11/13 |
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Author: |
Thomas Rawles Jones |
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Title: |
United States Magistrate Judge |
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
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Concerning: |
"2703(d) Orders Under Seal in EDVA |
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QUESTION: So on the first anniversary of the protests ' it's exactly a year ago ' do you believe that U.S. policy toward Syria and what's going on in Syria has been on target, lacking, or ambitious? How do you characterize it?
MS. NULAND: You're asking me to give a grade --
QUESTION: I mean, I'm asking you as the ' this is the top diplomatic entity in this town and they're the ones that conduct foreign policy toward all parts of the world. So how do you assess your policy towards Syria thus far?
MS. NULAND: I think the more appropriate point to be making on this one year anniversary -- and as you know, there was some upheaval before a year ago today, but we think about this as the anniversary because it was a particularly horrific and violent day. It was the one ' today's the one year anniversary of the beginning of the peaceful political protest that followed the killing of school children in Daraa for the crime of writing some anti-Assad graffiti on the walls.
So what have we seen in this year? As the peaceful protests have grown, the Assad regime has become more and more bloody and violent vis-a-vis its own people, has gone into town after town trying to suppress the violence with guns rather than sitting and talking with its own people.
So the international community has responded. And you've seen over these months, more and more countries increase their sanctions on Iran ' on Syria. Just today ' well, more and more countries closing the noose on Syria, refusing to trade, refusing to conduct normal diplomacy, refusing to allow normal flights and commerce, et cetera. We're seeing the impact on the Syrian economy. We're seeing the impact on the increasing isolation of Syria. We are going to keep up the pressure until the Syrian people achieve their objectives.
Nicole.
QUESTION: Does the Administration have any comment on the alleged Assad emails that were printed in the Guardian newspaper? And did the Administration have access to them before they were published?
MS. NULAND: On your last question, I think the answer is no. I don't have any information to indicate that we saw them before they were published. But we don't have any reason to believe that they're anything but authentic. And they really tell an amazing tale. Far from being detached from what his military is doing, Assad seems to take pride in the viciousness of his own security forces. And he seems to make fun of the idea of actually sitting down and talking with his people. So it really illustrates the character of this guy who ' and why he has lost legitimacy not only in the eyes of his people, but in the eyes of the international community.
I'm getting the high sign.
QUESTION: Yeah.
MS. NULAND: Let's do one more.
[START MATT LEE] QUESTION: I got a few more. First of all, on that one: Since you're willing to comment now on the substance of stolen documents, I'd like for you to talk about some WikiLeaks cables. Will you be willing to do that?
MS. NULAND: I will not.
QUESTION: Why is it that you're willing to draw conclusions from emails that were clearly stolen from the people who were writing the back and forth to each other in this case and not on something ' I mean, do you agree that these were stolen?
MS. NULAND: I can't speak to how the Guardian acquired them. I would send you to the Guardian on that.
QUESTION: Right. Well, you know, WikiLeaks didn't speak to how they acquired their documents.
MS. NULAND: They were classified government cables, and we're obviously not going to comment on them. |
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"United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Court Order or Ruling |
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Defendants [Department of Justice Criminal Division, National Security Division, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation] deny this paragraph, except to admit that, on November 29, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder stated that there was an active criminal investigation into the potential unauthorized release of classified information. |
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That the government could have issued a grand jury subpoena here instead of obtaining a [Section] 2703(d) order does not change anything. Had the government done so, it would have been prevented from gagging the subpoena's recipient.
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BRIEF by Appellants Jacob Appelbaum, Rop Gonggrijp and Birgitta Jonsdottir in electronic and paper format. Type of Brief: Reply. Method of Filing Paper Copies: mail. Date Paper Copies Mailed, Dispatched, or Delivered to Court: 03/26/2012. [998817541] [11-5151] Aden Fine |
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CERTIFICATE OF CONFIDENTIALITY (Local Rule 25(c)) by Jacob Appelbaum, Rop Gonggrijp and Birgitta Jonsdottir. Sealing Required: Yes. Description of document referenced by certificate: Sealed Reply Brief of Movants-Appellants. [11-5151] Aden Fine |
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6. In its Ruling on 23 March 2012 (Appellate Exhibit XXXI [31]), the Court ordered the Government to report on whether DIA (among others) had any 'investigative files relevant to this case.' The Government responded on 20 April 2012 that DIA did not have any investigative files relevant to this case. This was surprising to the Defense given that the 12 pages of Brady material that the Government had provided a week earlier revealed that the DIA did have what the Defense would consider 'an investigation' into the alleged leaks. |
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