June 10, 2015
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(Via Vice) The Department of Justice has ordered libertarian website Reason.com to turn over the information of six commenters after they made threats against the federal judge who presided over the Silk Road trial.
Ken White of the blog Popehat obtained the grand jury subpoena issued by the Department of Justice last week, which demands “any and all identifying information” the website has pertaining to the threatening commenters. This includes email addresses, telephone numbers, IP addresses, and billing information associated with the accounts.
The subpoena targets users who commented on an article published on May 31st regarding a letter from Ross Ulbricht, the creator of online drug market Silk Road, pleading for leniency ahead of his sentencing for charges surrounding the site. The comments appearedafter Judge Katherine Forrest gave Ulbricht two life sentences for his crimes. (read more to see the threats)
Disclaimer: This article was not written by Lorra B.
The Silent Soldier 
….and your freedom of speech ends……NOW!
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YUP!!!
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Did I ever say I wasn’t a psychopath? Come on dude, have another cup of Java.
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If you put a smiley face on a threat doesn’t mean you are a psychopath?
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True!! But at least you would have a good argument of a joking nature, even if it was a stupid and probable intended threat. Not toooooo smart if you ask me….
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This is likely legal as it comes under the term assault, a threat to do harm. Assault and Battery is the threat including the action of doing harm. http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Assault+and+Battery Take home message, if one chooses to make a threat include a happy face indicating you are kidding even if you aren’t 🙂
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Good advice though a bit to late for Ken… LOL!
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Reblogged this on Brittius.
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