I wonder what laws they broke. Or is this just the return of McCarthy-ism? "They said they also took away anarchist books and pictures of Marx and Lenin."
marc garrett wrote: > New York man accused of using Twitter to direct protesters during G20 > summit. > > Elliott Madison arrested by FBI and charged with using social networking > site to help demonstrators evade Pittsburgh police. > > About 5,000 protesters are estimated to have taken part in > demonstrations in Pittsburgh during the G20 summit. Photograph: Brian > Blanco/EPA > > A New York-based anarchist has been arrested by the FBI and charged with > hindering prosecution after he allegedly used the social networking site > Twitter to help protesters at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh evade the police. > > Elliot Madison, 41, from Queens, had his home raided and was put on > $30,000 (£19,000) bail after he and Michael Wallschlaeger, 46, were > tracked to the Carefree Inn motel in Pittsburgh during the summit on 24 > and 25 September. > > The pair were found sitting in front of a bank of laptops and emergency > frequency radio scanners. They were wearing headphones and microphones > and had many maps and contact numbers in the room. > > Official police documents allege the two men used Twitter messages to > contact protesters at the summit "and to inform the protesters and > groups of the movements and actions of law enforcement". > > In all, almost 200 protesters were arrested during the two-day summit, > which brought world leaders to Pittsburgh to discuss the global economic > meltdown and other matters of common financial interest. > > About 5,000 protesters were estimated to have taken part in > demonstrations in the city. > > more... > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/man-arrested-twitter-g20-us/print > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
