{"id":273783,"date":"2011-01-13T14:43:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T14:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46935"},"modified":"2011-01-13T14:43:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T14:43:09","slug":"iceland-blasts-us-demand-for-lawmakers-details-in-wikileaks-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/13\/iceland-blasts-us-demand-for-lawmakers-details-in-wikileaks-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland blasts US demand for lawmaker&#8217;s details in WikiLeaks probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians in Iceland have hit out at a US request for Twitter to hand  over details of a member of the country&#8217;s parliament because of her  connections with WikiLeaks.<br \/>\nA subpoena for parliamentary  representative Birgitta Jonsdottir&#8217;s details was issued as part of an  investigation involving several individuals associated with the  whistle-blowing website.<br \/>\nIcelandic Foreign Minister Oessur Skarphedinsson said it was not acceptable that US authorities had demanded the information.<br \/>\n&#8220;According  to the documents that I have seen, an Icelandic parliamentarian is  being investigated in a criminal case in the United States for no reason  at all,&#8221; Skarphedinsson told Icelandic public radio RUV.<br \/>\n&#8220;It is intolerable that an elected representative is being treated like that,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\n<strong>&#8216;Serious and peculiar&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\nThe  country&#8217;s Interior Minister Oegmundur Jonasson told the Icelandic daily  newspaper Morgunbladir that the investigation into Jonsdottir was  &#8220;serious and peculiar&#8221; and voiced support for WikiLeaks&#8217; actions in  releasing classified information online.<br \/>\nJonsdottir formerly  acted as a spokeswoman for Wikileaks and was involved with the website&#8217;s  release of classified video footage last year showing a US Apache  helicopter shooting dead Iraqi civilians, including two journalists from  the news agency Reuters.<br \/>\nOn Twitter, Jonsdottir said that she  would call Iceland&#8217;s justice minister to discuss the request, and hinted  that she felt menaced by the US request.<br \/>\n&#8220;(The) USA government  wants to know about all my tweets and more since 1 November 2009. Do  they realize I am a member of parliament in Iceland?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I think I am being given a message, almost like someone breathing in a phone,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\n<strong>Demand for online and personal data<\/strong><br \/>\nThe  subpoena obtained by the US Department of Justice in mid-December was  made public on Friday after San Franciso-based Twitter won a legal  battle requesting a right to inform the individuals involved. Among the  information sought are online connection records, session times, IP  addresses used to access Twitter, emails and residential addresses as  well as bank and credit card account details.<br \/>\nIndividuals whose  details were requested also include WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,  Dutch hacker Rop Gonggrijp, US programmer Jacob Appelbaum and US Army  intelligence analyst Bradley Manning &#8211; who is alleged to have sent  Wikileaks the secret diplomatic service cables.<br \/>\nThe US is  examining possible charges against Assange over the publication of the  cables, which it claimed were irresponsible. The US State Department  said on Friday that it had issued warnings to several hundred people  worldwide who it believed had been put at risk by the release.<br \/>\nSource: Deutsche Welle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians in Iceland have hit out at a US request for Twitter to hand over details of a member of the country&#8217;s parliament because of her connections with WikiLeaks. A subpoena for parliamentary representative Birgitta Jonsdottir&#8217;s details was issued as part of an investigation involving several individuals associated with the whistle-blowing website. 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