FC: Update on FBI stomps Y2K movie, from the Village Voice

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> From: "hogmore" <hogmore () netzero com>
> To: <declan () well com>
> Subject: Village Voice story
> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:51:08 -0500
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300
>
> Declan,
> my quick update on the FBI censorship story
>
>
> Village Voice
> Subversive Instinct
> By Mark Boal
>
> The FBI has dropped its investigation of Mike Z., the auteur whose pulled
> Web site (crowdedtheater.com) became a cause célèbre online after a Voice
> story detailed the case of apparent censorship.
>
> Our initial objective in looking into the thing was to determine, not was
> this something that might generate fear or panic, but was it something that
> was a record of a plan to carry out a riot," says James Margolin, an FBI
> spokesperson. Is the site dangerous? "I don't know that that's a law
> enforcement issue anymore." says Margolin. "Not everything that is dangerous
> or offensive is illegal."
>
> [..]
>
> http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/9949/boal.shtml
>
>
>
> Mark Boal
> Village Voice
> 212-475-3300 ext. 2021
>
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