Court order seeks email of Wikileaks volunteer Jake Appelbaum

The US government is becoming increasingly opposed to individual freedom (see: the DEA, the TSA, the NSA, its response to Wikileaks, its incarceration rates, its use of torture, etc, etc, etc). I'm glad there are still people like Jacob who will put up a fight against these infringements. So many people choose the path of least short-term resistance.

<a href="https://uloadr.com/u/rA44.png" rel="nofollow">https://uloadr.com/u/rA44.png</a> to get around the wsj paywall.

It's been true since I first wrote it in January: <a href="http://sneak.datavibe.net/20110113/wikileaks/" rel="nofollow">http://sneak.datavibe.net/20110113/wikileaks/</a><p>PS: The PATRIOT Act which perpetuates this kind of idiocy is ten years old this month. It's time to leave America. I did!

The headline is a bit sensationalistic, if arguably accurate.<p>Edit for the downvoters: before it was modified, the headline read something to the effect of "US Government invades jacob Applebaum's privacy in continuing Wikileaks witch hunt".

Well he would be crazy to use US based email providers for anything important anyway

Ah, the good old United States, where safety is more important than freedom.