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Cockup or Conspiracy: The Home Office versus Indymedia

Federal Eddy | 19.10.2004 12:31 | FBI Server Seizure | London | Sheffield

Sheffield MP Richard Allan ( http://www.richardallan.org.uk/) has tabled a question to the Home Office about its role in the seizure of Indymedia's servers in London ten days ago - he is still waiting for an answer.

Richard Allan tabled his question for Friday and was expecting an answer from the Home Office today but he understands "from a phone conversation today that we currently have a holding answer from the Home Office which effectively says “we are looking into it and will respond as soon as possible"."

The Sheffield Hallam MP is still working on the basis that this episode "is a "cock-up", i.e. that Rackspace carried out the action without the knowledge of the UK authorities, rather than "conspiracy", i.e. that the UK authorities were complicit in an action which does not on the face of it appear to be legal."


His website:  http://www.richardallan.org.uk/index.php?p=235

I suppose if we do have a cock-up here then Indymedia would be entitled to some sort of compensation, and if a conspiracy is proven then Indymedia is, er, entitled to some form of compensation - could this be a win-win situation?

Federal Eddy

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Display the following 4 comments

  1. doesn't make sense — -interrupticon
  2. Previous posting regarding all 3 Parliamentary Questions asked by MPs — not an MP
  3. A case of trust betrayed? — notwavingbutdrowning
  4. sorry... a correction — notwavingbutdrowning

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