-- KfK - 11 Dec 2002

For example, one recent feature, which contained internal text links and multiple paragraphs, would have been submitted to the list like this:

[subtitle] INDEPEDENT MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY

[title] Gag Order Lifted; IMC in Free Speech Battle Following FBI/Secret Service Visit

On Saturday, April 21, as tens of thousands demonstrated against the FTAA in the streets of Quebec City, the IMC in Seattle was served with a sealed court order by two FBI agents and an agent of the US Secret Service. The terms of the sealed order prevented IMC volunteers from publicizing its terms. This morning, the gag order was lifted, enabling the IMC to finally break its silence about these events, which Lee Tien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation characterized as "a threat to free speech, free association, and privacy."

Click here for our definitive account of the situation. ...and so forth.