[Nettime-bold] Fw: IMC responds to post about FBI visit and court gag order

["Ben" <justbenjamin@hotmail.com>]

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To: <politech@politechbot.com>
Cc: <micah@indymedia.org>; <paulshukovsky@seattle-pi.com>;
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Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 9:51 PM
Subject: FC: IMC responds to post about FBI visit and court gag order


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> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:30:23 -0700
> From: Micah Anderson <micah@indymedia.org>
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
> Cc: wdcowley@earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: FBI raids Seattle journalist collective, delivers gag order
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> ARG! You have no idea how much I laughed when I read the Seattle PI story,
> it is so grossly inaccurate it HURTS. Don't worry, the IMC has not been
> raided, nothing has been taken, the FBI did visit, but DAMN people freak
out
> about the most random rumors... Please make it known that this PI article
is
> so full of errors it cannot be trusted ("Sherry" - they can't even spell
her
> name right), we are speaking with the PI for a retraction and corrections.
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> Micah
> IMC
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> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:45:55 -0700
> From: Micah Anderson <micah@indymedia.org>
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
> Subject: Re: FBI raids Seattle journalist collective, delivers gag order
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> the imc has been served with an order, the contents of which are covered
by
> a protective order issued by the court, which essentially means we can't
> talk about it.  we're consulting with our lawyer in nyc as well as local
> counsel, both of which are avidly opposed to any violation of the bill of
> rights.
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> the situation is under control and we'll be passing along information as
> soon as we are able, once we are able to not purjure ourselves due to the
> gag order, all will be clear, but the IMC has not been compromised in any
> way, no RAID happened. We had a visit, but it was strictly to serve the
> order. It is in no way as bad as it sounds.
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> Trust me, the full information will be available when we can make it so,
but
> at this point we have to make sure that we aren't harming ourselves by
> revealing. It is simply a matter of making sure we don't harm the IMC as
an
> entity by purjuring ourselves before the court. Unfortunately this sort of
> silence and secrecy is what makes the left paranoid (rightly so, see the
> FTAA text for a good example), and claims to be made that may or may not
be
> true. Our highest priority is to make it so we can set the record straight
> and not harm ourselves by doing so, but it is safe to say that things are
> just fine, there is no need for fear, and definately no need for rumors.
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> Micah
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> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>  > So what *did* happen, to set the record straight?
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>  > -Declan
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