DOJ probes Indy Media site
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation and is demanding records regarding Internet postings on nyc.indymedia.org that list the names of Republican delegates and urged protesters to give them an unwelcome reception, The New York Times reported.
The Indy Media site is run by the NYC Independent Media Center, which describes itself as a grass-roots group committed to using media tools "for promoting social and economic justice in the New York City area." The site includes several lists containing the names of many delegates to the Republican convention, along with e-mail addresses, phone numbers and the hotels where some were expected to stay, as well as links to a site called rncdelegates.com. Most of the lists were posted anonymously or by demonstrators calling themselves the RNC Delegates Working Group. One list includes more than 2,200 delegates, or nearly half the expected total. In publicizing the information, organizers said in a posting that they were trying to supply groups opposed to the Republican National Committee "with data on the delegates to use in whatever way they see fit."
"The delegates should know not only what people think of the platform that they will ratify, but that they are not welcome in New York City," organizers said in a posting.
Officials at the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing Calyx, told The New York Times they were aware of no postings that encouraged violence or intimidation of Republican delegates and that the site contained political dialogue and information that was protected by the First Amendment.
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