Home Office , 50 Quuen Anne's Gate, London 8 November ( Rec 11 Nov)

Dear Micheal

Thank you for your letter of 14 Oct enclosing an email from your constituent Mr .....
regarding Indymedia.

While I cannot comment in detail on the reasons behind the US action I hope that I
can clarify the situation for him. Rackspace,which is based in the USA,sought to
comply with a US court order simply by ordering their United Kingdom subsidiary to
access the servers,which they duly did. There was no UK involvement in this process.

I am confident that any action taken by the US authorities in this case would be in
acordance with US law. I also understand from the Indymedia website that their hardware
has now been returned. In the circumstances, I do not believe it is appropriate for an
investigation to take place.

I hope you and your constituent Mr ...... find the information given above useful.

Best Wishes. David Blunkett.
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Howard notes in his brief cvering letter. "Please do let me know if you have any further
comment".

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So, the same bland and stonewalling reply from the erm.. 'horses mouth' to
why they were seized in the first place.