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FBI Seizes Indymedia Servers in the UK
(((i))) Press Release
Thursday morning, US authorities issued a federal order to Rackspace ordering them to hand over information hosted on Indymedia web servers to the FBI. Rackspace, which provides hosting services for more that 20 Indymedia sites at its London facility, complied by turning over two Indymedia servers to federal authorities, effectively removing those sites from the internet.
Indymedia, a global network of independent non-corporate media organzations, had been asked last month by the FBI to remove a story about Swiss undercover police from one of the websites hosted at Rackspace. It is not known whether Thursday's order is related to that incident, however, since the order was issued to Rackspace and not to Indymedia. According to Rackspace, they "cannot provide Indymedia with any information regarding the order." ISPs have received gag orders in similar situations which prevent them from informing concerned parties about what is happening.
It is unclear to Indymedia how and why a server that is outside US jurisdiction can be seized by US authorities.
The last few months have seen numerous attacks on independent media by the US Federal Government. In August, the Secret Service used a subpoena in an attempt to disrupt the New York City Independent Media Center before the Republican National Convention by trying to obtain their IP logs from ISPs in the US and the Netherlands. Also, in the past month, the FCC shut down community radio stations throughout the US. Despite these setbacks, Indymedia and other independent media organizations have enjoyed recent victories against Diebold and the Patriot Act. US authorities, however, have now upped the ante by shutting down IMC sites across the globe.
The list of affected local media collectives includes Ambazonia, Uruguay, Andorra, Poland, Western Massachusetts, Nice, Nantes, Lilles, Marseille, Euskal Herria (Basque Country), Liege, East and West Vlaanderen, Antwerpen (all Belgium), Belgrade, Portugal, Prague, Galiza, Italy, Brazil, UK, and Germany. Additionally, several streaming radio stations, a Linux distribution site, and other services hosted on those servers were also affected.
For more information, please email press [at] indymediaSTOPSPAM.org. Additional information about Indymedia is available at http://www.indymedia.org/.
Indymedia, a global network of independent non-corporate media organzations, had been asked last month by the FBI to remove a story about Swiss undercover police from one of the websites hosted at Rackspace. It is not known whether Thursday's order is related to that incident, however, since the order was issued to Rackspace and not to Indymedia. According to Rackspace, they "cannot provide Indymedia with any information regarding the order." ISPs have received gag orders in similar situations which prevent them from informing concerned parties about what is happening.
It is unclear to Indymedia how and why a server that is outside US jurisdiction can be seized by US authorities.
The last few months have seen numerous attacks on independent media by the US Federal Government. In August, the Secret Service used a subpoena in an attempt to disrupt the New York City Independent Media Center before the Republican National Convention by trying to obtain their IP logs from ISPs in the US and the Netherlands. Also, in the past month, the FCC shut down community radio stations throughout the US. Despite these setbacks, Indymedia and other independent media organizations have enjoyed recent victories against Diebold and the Patriot Act. US authorities, however, have now upped the ante by shutting down IMC sites across the globe.
The list of affected local media collectives includes Ambazonia, Uruguay, Andorra, Poland, Western Massachusetts, Nice, Nantes, Lilles, Marseille, Euskal Herria (Basque Country), Liege, East and West Vlaanderen, Antwerpen (all Belgium), Belgrade, Portugal, Prague, Galiza, Italy, Brazil, UK, and Germany. Additionally, several streaming radio stations, a Linux distribution site, and other services hosted on those servers were also affected.
For more information, please email press [at] indymediaSTOPSPAM.org. Additional information about Indymedia is available at http://www.indymedia.org/.
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Nantes (France) IMC
original posting: http://nantes.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=3910
dated Wed 8 September 2004
mirror (still works)
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mtoups/nantes/copsinnantes.htm
Translation of text accompanying images of undercover officers
Photos of 2 cops in the anti-G8 cell
Geneva post-G8: videos, photos and testimony; everything helps on the trail of the rioters. A meticulous effort today to pursued by two detectives, who have made 200 arrests so far.
The [anti] G8 cell was nevertheless disbanded in December 2003. It has returned to service, much smaller: two detectives.
These detectives views films and photos received from informers and colleagues.
They go to demonstrations in Geneva where they hope to find "rioters."
Moreover, they take new photos in order to perhaps constitute a database of photos of activists susceptible of being future rioters in future riots in Geneva.
As one of the 2 detectives said: "I have seen two of my colleages lynched during anti-WTO demonstrations, in 1998. I will never forget it."
Perhaps there are other things that this detective will never forget. Because revenge is a dish best served cold.
original posting: http://nantes.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=3910
dated Wed 8 September 2004
mirror (still works)
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mtoups/nantes/copsinnantes.htm
Translation of text accompanying images of undercover officers
Photos of 2 cops in the anti-G8 cell
Geneva post-G8: videos, photos and testimony; everything helps on the trail of the rioters. A meticulous effort today to pursued by two detectives, who have made 200 arrests so far.
The [anti] G8 cell was nevertheless disbanded in December 2003. It has returned to service, much smaller: two detectives.
These detectives views films and photos received from informers and colleagues.
They go to demonstrations in Geneva where they hope to find "rioters."
Moreover, they take new photos in order to perhaps constitute a database of photos of activists susceptible of being future rioters in future riots in Geneva.
As one of the 2 detectives said: "I have seen two of my colleages lynched during anti-WTO demonstrations, in 1998. I will never forget it."
Perhaps there are other things that this detective will never forget. Because revenge is a dish best served cold.
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