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My best guess would be that he (or she!) posted something that required information that they do not believe the general public would have. The lawsuit was pro
by inputcoffee 10y ago
My best guess would be that he (or she!) posted something that required information that they do not believe the general public would have.
The lawsuit was probably part of an effort to identify a leak.
- oligopoly 10y agoExactly, this is too obvious to even post but since most people here seem to still hold emotional state about Trump and his administration. from the Verge article: >@ALT_uscis is one of a string of accounts claiming to be operated by rogue government employees, formed in the wake of Donald Trump’s inauguration. It’s unclear whether any of the accounts are authentic — including @ALT_uscis — although many purport to offer an insider perspective. The Trump administration has responded aggressively to leaks in the past, including on-the-spot phone checks of White House staffers suspected of sharing information with the press. http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/6/15211092/twitter-trump-lawsuit-customs-alt-government http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/6/15211092/twitter-trump-laws...
- pcwalton 10y agoUnder what authority could the executive branch require third parties to identify leakers? Or, if you prefer a normative argument: Do you think Bob Woodward should have been forced to identify Mark Felt?
- openasocket 10y agoWhat do you mean by "leakers"? Unless this account is tweeting classified information (which is unlikely, seeing how almost all of the tweets are just links to news articles with some commentary), the account owner has not committed a crime.