[133135] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: U.S. officials deny technical takedown of WikiLeaks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Chase)
Sat Dec 4 23:56:57 2010
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:56:48 -0500
From: Ken Chase <ken@sizone.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimSzuCucpYBJzZgBy9R_RS3VVrQ+k=wyCyO1DO3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 08:17:30PM -0600, Jorge Amodio said:
>> However, given the political climate and general network cluelessness in the
>> government sector, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to spend an hour or so
>> thinking what you'd do if the humorless guys in dark suits and sunglasses
>> showed up with a court order to cut off your customer's access to Wikilieaks,
>> even if you aren't their upstream.
>
>If you get a court order I guess you have two choices, one is to
>comply with it and the other get used to wear a nice pair of matching
>bracelets until your attorney shows up.
And if they come and ask the same but without a court order is a bit trickier
and more confusing, and this list is a good place to track the frequency of and
responce to that kind of request.
/kc
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