Here is some of the background to the FBI's extraordinary seizure of indymedia hard drives in the UK. We don't yet know why they were seized, and indymedia's provider Rackspace has been gagged. It is an interesting coincidence that the European Social Forum in London starts next week. One of the things taken off-air was 'Radio RampArt', set up to provide coverage of the ESF: 
http://radio.uk1.indymedia.org:8800/rampART, still off-air when I tried. The FBI's latest anti-free-press actions began at the beginning of October when they visited Indymedia's ISP demanding the removal of identifying information from photographs of undercover police officers that was posted on the Nantes Indymedia website. Below are the relevant pictures of Swiss undercover cops, who were spying on anti-G8 activists.
http://radio.uk1.indymedia.org:8800/rampART, still off-air when I tried. The FBI's latest anti-free-press actions began at the beginning of October when they visited Indymedia's ISP demanding the removal of identifying information from photographs of undercover police officers that was posted on the Nantes Indymedia website. Below are the relevant pictures of Swiss undercover cops, who were spying on anti-G8 activists.
When asked what the US government was doing requesting the removal of information from a French-run website that contained information about Swiss police actions, the FBI stated that this was a "courtesy" to the Swiss government. The FBI agents stated that no laws had been broken, and no crimes had been committed. However, because no identifying information was posted on the website in question, it was unclear what actions the FBI was requesting.
For more information, see http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/298741.html
The original Nantes post is now a 404, but you can still read the post at http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mtoups/nantes/copsinnantes.htm
Please distribute as widely as you can. Another media is not only possible, it's happening right now, and they can't stop us!
For more information, see
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/298741.html The original Nantes post is now a 404, but you can still read the post at
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mtoups/nantes/copsinnantes.htm Please distribute as widely as you can. Another media is not only possible, it's happening right now, and they can't stop us!
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