IndyMedia seizure may be linked to Diebold court case

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Information Highway Robbery

http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/000312.php

FBI-led seizure of Indymedia computers in U.K.
may be tied to U.S. election

The plot sickens.
Last week's mysterious seizure in England of computers used by the worldwide IndyMedia activist news collective is becoming more clear-as in clear and present danger.

An international journalists group contends that the goal of the FBI-led seizure (see this Bush Beat item) was election-related intimidation, not just the temporary disruption of the network, though several IndyMedia sites are still down. You may ask how the FBI can seize computers outside its jurisdiction. Are you saying that has stopped our government lately?

The ruckus has barely been covered in the mainstream press, but a Mathaba.net story posted this morning notes that the International Federation of Journalists has called for investigation. Here's an excerpt from the story that also includes a characterization of the amorphous IndyMedia collective:

IndyMedia sites, which provide challenging and independent reporting, particularly of political and social justice issues, are open forums where any member of the public can publish their comments. The IFJ believes the seizure may be linked to a September 30 court case in San Jose, California, in which IndyMedia San Francisco and two students at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania successfully opposed an application by Diebold Election Systems Inc. to remove documents claiming to reveal flaws in the design of electronic voting machines, which are due to be used widely in the forthcoming U.S. presidential election.

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1. you bet your booties its got to do with the voting

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2. kick