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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government obtained secret court orders to force Google Inc and a small Internet provider to hand over information from email accounts of a WikiLeaks volunteer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The U.S. request included email addresses of people that Jacob Appelbaum, a volunteer for the campaigning website, had corresponded with in the past two years, but not the full emails, the newspaper said, citing documents it had reviewed.
Internet provider Sonic said it fought the government order legally and lost, and was forced to turn over information, the company's chief executive, Dane Jasper, told the newspaper.
Appelbaum, 28, has not been charged with any wrongdoing, the daily said.
Google, the world's No.1 Web-search engine, declined to comment on the matter, the Wall Street Journal said.
WikiLeaks last year angered the U.S. government by making public tens of thousands of secret U.S. files and diplomatic cables that embarrassed Washington, as well as a classified video of a contested American military operation in Iraq.
The Google order dated January 4, 2011, directed the search giant to turn over IP address from which Appelbaum logged into his Gmail.com account and the email and IP addresses of the users with whom he communicated dating back to November 1, 2009.
It isn't clear whether Google fought the order or turned over documents, the Journal said.
The controversial court orders are expected to add fuel to a growing debate over a controversial law -- the Electronic Communications Privacy Act -- that allows the U.S. government to secretly obtain information from people's email and cellphones without a search warrant.
This year, micro-blogging website Twitter fought a similar court order to hand over details of the accounts of several WikiLeaks supporters, including Appelbaum, as part of a criminal investigation launched by the Department of Justice into the major leaking of confidential U.S. documents.
Appelbaum is a developer for the Tor Project Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides free tools that help people maintain their anonymity online, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Twitter has not turned over information from the accounts of the Wikileaks supporters, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the investigation. (Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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edgyinchina wrote:
One small step for government…. One giant leap towards a fascism in the USA.
Oct 10, 2011 4:37am EDT -- Report as abuse
Lennon wrote:
Just how controlled is the flow of information in the USA that the average person is unaware of their liberties being eroded?
Methinks the good citizens of the USA need to trade American Gladiators; the Superbowl and E! Entertainment for more important things… y’know, like their freedom.
Oct 10, 2011 5:41am EDT -- Report as abuse
Intriped wrote:
Fascism plain and simple. Govt has so much of a hidden agenda that they are now running scared. Washington can hardly criticize other fascist nations without looking at how they themselves operate. America has lost control of the people placed in power and it will continue to wreck our lives.
Oct 10, 2011 5:45am EDT -- Report as abuse
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