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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: FBI demands "Y2K secret Army briefing" video be yank


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Date sent:      	Wed, 24 Nov 1999 09:00:00 -0500
To:             	politech@vorlon.mit.edu
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: FBI demands "Y2K secret Army briefing" video be yanked
Send reply to:  	declan@well.com

The FBI has demanded that a web site with a video purporting to be a
Y2K military briefing be removed. The ISP has complied. The grainy
6-minute video clip shows a plan to ignite race riots -- complete with
staged assaults on women -- after the Times Square ball drop.

Nobody has said the video -- placed online by artist Mike Z -- is
illegal to own or distribute. The FBI did not ask for a court order to
shut down the site and probably could not have obtained one. But the
clip is annoying to the US government, which took action to censor it.

Report:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/9947/boal.shtml

Discussion (thanks to Michael Sims):
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/11/24/013232&mode=nested

Mirror sites (I also have a copy):
http://moxy.wtower.com/mirrors/timesq.ram
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/mauicool7/timesq.ram
http://www.rumormillnews.com/

-Declan



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