Twitter Subpoenaed By U.S. Government For Wikileaks Information

U.S. Government Subpoenas Twitter For WikiLeaks Information -- New York Magazine

A U.S federal court has subpoenaed Twitter, demanding information for every account registered to Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Rop Gonggrijp, and Birgitta Jonsdottir, according to CNN and Salon. The order asks for user names, screen names, mailing addresses, residential addresses, and private messages, as well as other information about the Twitter users. Birgitta Jonsdottir (pictured), a member of Icelandic parliament, former WikiLeaks volunteer, and a self-described activist, reportedly broke this story by tweeting about the subpoena. On Twitter, she also calls herself a poet, "saving Iceland." "This shows how nervous the U.S. government is," she told CNN. "I think this should be handled better. I have done nothing illegal."

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