skullaria wrote:
] They can come in and mirror a drive in no time to study. If
] they have to have the original they could at least leave a
] mirror. Why take the equipment? Is it OK for the FBI to take
] anyone's Internet business (data) away at a whim?

I don't like Indymedia, but this is somewhat troubling.

Its worth pointing out that this is a Swiss operation, not an FBI operation. Most of the press can't seem to get that straight. However, one of the seizures did happen in the US, and so our laws do apply to that seizure.

In the US there are laws that prevent printing presses from being seized by the cops so that the government can't use that to interfere with the freedom of speech. Its also a little bit questionable that the owner of the material was not informed of the reasons for the search and things to be seized, etc...

Apparently the EFF has gotten involved, but they aren't saying much yet. We shall see. Maybe they'll file something in protest.

skullaria wrote:
] Its just crap. They come in and subpeona Rackspace for the
] servers. Rackspace can't even tell the Independant Media why.
]
]
] If it were not for the Independant Media's coverage of the NYC
] demonstrations during the Republican convention, I would still
] be believing that the mainstream media was more fair and
] balanced than some folks say.
]
] The confiscation of the server has caused the Independant
] Media to no longer be available in places.
]
] I wonder what would have happened if this had been CNN's
] hardware that was confiscated? Or Fox's?
]
] They can come in and mirror a drive in no time to study. If
] they have to have the original they could at least leave a
] mirror. Why take the equipment? Is it OK for the FBI to take
] anyone's Internet business (data) away at a whim?
]
] BTW, there is more detail on this at Cryptome.org.
] www.cryptome.org

Your indignation is hilarious, lady. Your conspiracy theory is typically moronic. We are used to that from you.