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One of the subpoenas was about PopeHat, who of course is public, and he wrote about it on his blog. Why demand twitter unmask a public account?

simcop2387 9y ago
Link to said popehat blog article, https://www.popehat.com/2017/10/24/in-which-my-identity-is-sought-by-federal-grand-jury-subpoena/ https://www.popehat.com/2017/10/24/in-which-my-identity-is-s... Speculated reasoning in the comments on the article was that it then gives an admissible account of who owns the twitter name. Otherwise the assertions about who owns it are inadmissable hearsay. That said it's still really weird that the accounts were subpeonaed EDIT: fixed link. Just noticed it went to an old article. Apparently the new one is up but not listed on the homepage? (Similar topics so I didn't notice right away)
- heartbreak 9y ago
  Link to the actual post: https://www.popehat.com/2017/10/24/in-which-my-identity-is-sought-by-federal-grand-jury-subpoena/ https://www.popehat.com/2017/10/24/in-which-my-identity-is-s...
  - simcop2387 9y ago
    Thanks just fixed mine. Didn't realize that it was the wrong one since the topics were similar and i grabbed it off the homepage. That's one thing popehat has always suffered from, weird caching/publishing their rss feed was running a few weeks out of date for a while.
- robocat 9y ago
  Another article on Justin Shafer’s background with the FBI: https://www.databreaches.net/is-a-vendetta-by-the-fbi-keeping-an-innocent-man-in-jail-or-has-doj-just-lost-its-mind-altogether/ https://www.databreaches.net/is-a-vendetta-by-the-fbi-keepin...
floatingatoll 9y ago
To intimidate others who might speak up in support of those who speak against injustices committed by federal employees.
- travmatt 9y ago
  To intimidate Ken White? I have to imagine there are easier targets to intimidate than a former USDA. Then again, I'm confused why they sent these to begin with.
  - SomeStupidPoint 9y ago
    > To intimidate Ken White? Also, if I were trying to intimidate people who read a lot of Ken White's opinions, I wouldn't try to do it by filing questionable legal things about Ken White, thereby forcing him (as you say, a former USDA with a wide network) to enter into legal proceedings with me and inviting him to discuss my actions to his audience. To a first approximation, that seems like it has a high likelihood of backfiring.

simcop2387 9y ago

Link to said popehat blog article, https://www.popehat.com/2017/10/24/in-which-my-identity-is-sought-by-federal-grand-jury-subpoena/ https://www.popehat.com/2017/10/24/in-which-my-identity-is-s... Speculated reasoning in the comments on the article was that it then gives an admissible account of who owns the twitter name. Otherwise the assertions about who owns it are inadmissable hearsay. That said it's still really weird that the accounts were subpeonaed EDIT: fixed link. Just noticed it went to an old article. Apparently the new one is up but not listed on the homepage? (Similar topics so I didn't notice right away)

heartbreak 9y ago
Link to the actual post: https://www.popehat.com/2017/10/24/in-which-my-identity-is-sought-by-federal-grand-jury-subpoena/ https://www.popehat.com/2017/10/24/in-which-my-identity-is-s...
- simcop2387 9y ago
  Thanks just fixed mine. Didn't realize that it was the wrong one since the topics were similar and i grabbed it off the homepage. That's one thing popehat has always suffered from, weird caching/publishing their rss feed was running a few weeks out of date for a while.
robocat 9y ago
Another article on Justin Shafer’s background with the FBI: https://www.databreaches.net/is-a-vendetta-by-the-fbi-keeping-an-innocent-man-in-jail-or-has-doj-just-lost-its-mind-altogether/ https://www.databreaches.net/is-a-vendetta-by-the-fbi-keepin...

floatingatoll 9y ago

To intimidate others who might speak up in support of those who speak against injustices committed by federal employees.

travmatt 9y ago
To intimidate Ken White? I have to imagine there are easier targets to intimidate than a former USDA. Then again, I'm confused why they sent these to begin with.
- SomeStupidPoint 9y ago
  > To intimidate Ken White? Also, if I were trying to intimidate people who read a lot of Ken White's opinions, I wouldn't try to do it by filing questionable legal things about Ken White, thereby forcing him (as you say, a former USDA with a wide network) to enter into legal proceedings with me and inviting him to discuss my actions to his audience. To a first approximation, that seems like it has a high likelihood of backfiring.