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------- Forwarded message follows ------- 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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