US Government wants info on the 600 thousand followers of the @Wikileaks Twitter account.

sethgoldstein.net — Okay this is really scary. The US government has sent a sopena to Twitter requesting the information of the more than 600 thousand Twitter followers of the @Wikileaks Twitter account. (http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/08/18668608.php) This is extremely scary considering the fact that most of those followers arent trying to break the law. They are merey following an interesting account that is in the news. Im fearful that if the government gets this information it will set a presidence and create a gaping hole in the First Amendment. The whole idea behind Twitter is th Jan 9, 2011 View in Crawl 4

US Government wants info on the 600 thousand followers of the @Wikileaks Twitter account.