UK FBI Server Seizure Newswire Archive
Is Italy Behind the Theft of IMC's Servers in the UK?
10-10-2004 22:04
A translation of a French article on the shutdown and seizure of Indymedia's news servers in the UK. Follow the link to the original article in French.
CIA campaign against Indymedia
10-10-2004 18:46
We seek to live in a world some day in which people are entirely free from corporate and state intervention in our lives, a world without borders, in which all of natural and social resources are owned collectively by the community and administered by the people for the people in free associations and peoples' councils operating on the basis of consensus, direct democracy, and face- to- face accountability. Is it too much to ask for?Action You Can Take Re: Indymedia Seizure
10-10-2004 13:57
For anyone who thinks this is worth doing click on the link and give your democratically elected representative a piece of your mind.Go on, doesn't take a minute and it couldn't be easier.
QUESTIONS for UK Home Office + UK Government over Server Seizures
10-10-2004 11:53
The seizure of the Indymedia Servers in London raises serious constitutional questions as well as serious questions over the ability of domestic and foreign powers to shut down media outlets while shrouding the operation in a veil of secrecy.The situation is akin to some legal and informational Guantanamo. Twenty Media Outlets from around the world were shut down with the seizure of two webservers in this country, and there is still several days later no information about who has the servers, where they are, why they were seized, who in fact authorised it, when or if they will be returned, and importantly why this action was taken.
This is bigger than Indymedia, it is a concern for all. Below are some relevant questions that need answering. There are probably many more as well.
IPS reports Indymedia Server Seizures
10-10-2004 10:38
Inter Press Service News Agency reports on server seizures:Statewatch Statement on Seizure of Indymedia's Servers in London
09-10-2004 12:56
UK-USA: Was the seizure of Indymedia's servers in London unlawful or did the UK government collude?Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, comments:
"Rackspace may be a US company but Rackspace in London is subject to UK law not US law. If they took down and handed over Indymedia's servers simply on the basis of a US subpoena communicated to them this would not be lawful in the UK.
However it seems more likely that the US subpoena was the subject of a request for mutual legal assistance from the US Attorney General to the UK Home Secretary under the MLA Treaty. It would for the Metropolitan Police, probably accompanied by the FBI, to enforce the request and take possession of the servers.
This begs the questions: Why did the Home Office agree? What grounds did the USA give for the seizure of the servers? Were these grounds of a "political" nature? Has the Home Office requested that the servers be returned? What does this action say about freedom of expression and freedom of the press?
A trail that started in Switzerland and Italy has now ended fairly and squarely in the lap of the UK Home Secretary to justify."
Full text with links here:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/oct/04uk-usa-indymedia.htm
IMC Statement on Server Seizures - 8th October
09-10-2004 09:30
08 October 2004Italy and Switzerland Requested Indymedia's Server Seizure
Today, October 8, 2004, Indymedia has learned that the request to seize Indymedia servers hosted by a US company in the UK originated from government agencies in Italy and Switzerland. More than 20 Indymedia sites, several internet radio streams and other projects were hosted on the servers. They were taken offline on October 7th after an order was issued to Rackspace, Inc., one of Indymedia's web hosting providers.
pre-shutdown statement from Nantes IMC (translation)
09-10-2004 02:19
statement dated 29 Sept 2004, translated by a human, not a machinemore on server snatch
09-10-2004 01:06
http://estrecho.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10424/index.php
Swiss and Italian Authorities Requested US Assistance to Seize IMC Servers in UK
09-10-2004 00:11
News first noticed in Italy and put out by AFP and AP after an FBI spokesman finaly commented:UPDATE on FBI Trashing of Indymedia - Message from Indy Nantes
08-10-2004 22:02
Is this why Indymedia was raided and hard drives seized? Or are we supposed to think that? Obviously the FBI have aquired a great deal more private information than just what is related to the "hot" photos.BREAKING NEWS - IMC Server Seizure - An International Law Enforcement Operation
08-10-2004 18:02
Breaking News...Statement from Rackspace
08-10-2004 17:48
Statement issued to press regarding the seizure of IMC webserversGREAT TO SEE IT ALL UP AND RUNNING AGAIN!! :-)
08-10-2004 15:39
Sweet! The newswire and all the archives are back. Wicked! That rocks :-)FUCK THE USA!
08-10-2004 15:37
The U.S. F.B.I., acting clearly OUTSIDE U.S. jurisdiction is clear evidence America wants to rule the world!Re Server Seizures: See Support Indymedia Petition / Letter from 2002
08-10-2004 13:39
Copy of a letter / petition supporting Indymedia after the Genoa raids on Indymedia - June 2002. In the light of yesterdays seizure of Indymedia servers in the UK this if of particular relevance.The pictures the FBI didn't want you to see!
08-10-2004 10:04
http://radio.uk1.indymedia.org:8800/rampART, still off-air when I tried. The FBI's latest anti-free-press actions began at the beginning of October when they visited Indymedia's ISP demanding the removal of identifying information from photographs of undercover police officers that was posted on the Nantes Indymedia website. Below are the relevant pictures of Swiss undercover cops, who were spying on anti-G8 activists.
FBI seizes Global Indymedia Servers. Reasons Unknown
07-10-2004 21:47
FBI seizes Global Indymedia Servers. Reasons UnknownFBI took the hard drives of IMC servers in the UK
07-10-2004 20:34
The FBI took the hard drive of IMC servers in UK