Justice demands 1.3M IP addresses related to Trump resistance site

[TalkRadio]

The Department of Justice has requested information on visitors to a website used to organize protests against President Trump, the Los Angeles-based Dreamhost said in a blog post published on Monday.

Dreamhost, a web hosting provider, said that it has been working with the Department of Justice for several months on the request, which believes goes too far under the Constitution.

DreamHost claimed that the complying with the request from the Justice Department would amount to handing over roughly 1.3 million visitor IP addresses to the government, in addition to contact information, email content and photos of thousands of visitors to the website, which was involved in organizing protests against Trump on Inauguration Day.

“That information could be used to identify any individuals who used this site to exercise and express political speech protected under the Constitution’s First Amendment,” DreamHost wrote in the blog post on Monday. “That should be enough to set alarm bells off in anyone’s mind.”

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecu...esting-info-on-visitors-to-anti-trump-website

 

[pointless]

let me guess: you think this is a good thing, don't you?

 

[richard_daily]

The right wing, pissing on the constitution once again.

 

[Hypoxia]

The right wing, pissing on the constitution once again.

The constitution has been pissed on since about 1794 so it's traditional. The urine scent seems stronger from the right side of the aisle as usual. Tromp's emoluments violations are almost minor in contrast.

But this "give us the names of our opponents" gambit is sheer dog-fuckery.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

If I were Dreamhost I would delete the IP address information and then dare the DOJ to come after me, then assrape them to a bloody crying mess in court.

 

[phrodeau]

The constitution has been pissed on since about 1794 so it's traditional. The urine scent seems stronger from the right side of the aisle as usual. Tromp's emoluments violations are almost minor in contrast.

But this "give us the names of our opponents" gambit is sheer dog-fuckery.

I think they eat more asparagus.

 

[Rightguide]

The right wing, pissing on the constitution once again.

Deep State, elites, and the Democrat Party trying to undermine the Constitution and the lawfully elected government with traitors, saboteurs, and killers.

 

[Disgustipated]

Deep State, elites, and the Democrat Party trying to undermine the Constitution and the lawfully elected government with traitors, saboteurs, and killers.

lolwut

 

[richard_daily]

lolwut

Apparently, he's trying to blame the democrats, for what Jeff Sessions is doing.

He's got himself all twisted in a knot. I think his brain is starting to go. Like completely go, not like before.

 

[Que]

The constitution has been pissed on since about 1794 so it's traditional. The urine scent seems stronger from the right side of the aisle as usual. Tromp's emoluments violations are almost minor in contrast.

But this "give us the names of our opponents" gambit is sheer dog-fuckery.

Better or worse than unmasking warrantless intercepts of your political opponents?

 

[richard_daily]

Better or worse than unmasking warrantless intercepts of your political opponents?

Yes, the Valarie Plame debacle was also fucked up.

 

[cfuhrer]

Better or worse than unmasking warrantless intercepts of your political opponents?

Or siccing the IRS on them.

 

[HisArpy]

The government seems to be asking for the names and IP addresses and other information of the users of that site in order to see if they can discover a conspiracy and threat to the safety of the President based on the users of the site planning and carrying out several violent anti-Trump rallies.

These rallies are criminal endeavors since the goal is to promote violence as an effort to intimidate the people and the government. At the bottom of the list of charges, this is called incitement to riot. When it involves acts intended to remove the lawfully elected government or President by violent means it is called sedition.

Since the standard for a search warrant is "probable cause" (defined as facts and circumstances sufficient to convince a reasonable person that evidence of a crime exists in the place to be searched) I would think that the issuance of the warrant was proper.

Whether some appellate judge would agree or not is anyone's guess at this point. I'm actually hoping that the warrant is given the green light because all the violence and hate from the left is getting out of hand.

 

[TalkRadio]

D.C. judge approves government warrant for data from anti-Trump website

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A District of Columbia Superior Court judge on Thursday approved a government warrant seeking data from an anti-Trump website related to Inauguration Day protests, but he added protections to safeguard "innocent users."

Chief Judge Robert Morin said DreamHost, a Los Angeles-based web-hosting company, must turn over data about visitors to the website disruptj20.org, which is a home to political activists who organised protests at the time of Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president in January.

Morin, who will oversee review of the data, said the government must explain what protocols it will use to make sure prosecutors do not seize the data of "innocent users."

The U.S. Justice Department said it sought the records connected to the site because of concerns that it helped facilitate the planning of protests on Inauguration Day, when more than 200 people were arrested for rioting and vandalising businesses in downtown Washington.

DreamHost resisted the request, saying the scope of the warrant was too broad and trampled on the rights of 1.3 million visitors to the site, many of whom were simply expressing their political views.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/d-c-judge-approves-government-warrant-data-anti-160350435.html