-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Correction: Porn Webmaster Who Posted War Carnage Photos Arrested Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:10:57 +0200 From: George W. Maschke <maschke@private> Organization: AntiPolygraph.org To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> References: <434576BF.6070503@private> On Friday, 7 October 2005, Christopher M. Wilson, the webmaster of www.nowthatsfuckedup.com, was arrested by the Polk County, Florida sheriff in a case that raises serious 1st Amendment concerns. Although the Polk County Sheriff denies it, one cannot help but suspect that Wilson was targeted because of his practice of offering free access to U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who post war zone photographs to the site. Some of the pictures are quite gruesome: http://www.nowthatsfuckedup.com/bbs/forum23.html Recent news coverage is available here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/10/gi_jane_arrested/ http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12855552.htm One wonders, will the computer data seized by the Polk County Sheriff be shared with federal officials seeking to identify servicemembers who provided photographs? Could his arrest on constitutionally dubious indecency charges have been a pretext for doing just that? George W. Maschke AntiPolygraph.org Fax/Voice Mail: +1 206 338-4466 PGP Public Key: 2012AAF6 AOL Messenger: GeorgeMaschke Skype (Secure Internet Phone/Text Chat): georgemaschke _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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