FC: More on John Young, CIA files, and FBI pressure

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

My article from Friday:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37718,00.html

AP followup from Saturday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000722/aponline185612_000.htm

Washington Post article that appeared on page A2 on Sunday:
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28051-2000Jul22.html

Druge late Saturday:

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SAT JULY 22 2000 18:02:48 ET XXXXX
WEB LEAK SPOOKS THE SPOOKS; SECRET CIA DOCS END UP ONLINE
A secret CIA report of the U.S. intelligence community has been posted on
the Internet!
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000722/aponline185612_000.h
tm>
The CIA briefing, prepared for visiting Japanese intelligence officials has
appeared on CRYPTOME, an Internet site [ http://jya.com/crypto.htm ]
<http://jya.com/crypto.htmhttp://jya.com/crypto.htm> , which is run by
activists opposed to government secrecy.
CRYPTOME's webmaster, John Young, tells Sunday's WASHINGTON POST that he
posted the secret CIA document, together with lists naming hundreds of
agents from Japan's Public Security Investigation Agency, after receiving
the documents from a source in Japan.
CIA officials have not asked Young to remove the briefing, but two FBI
agents called him on Thursday and forwarded a request from the Japanese
Ministry of Justice that the lists be removed. "Young refused, saying
publication of the lists contributed to public awareness of how government
agencies function," reports the POST.


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