The decision granting enforcement of the search warrant to Dream Host - the good, the bad, and the ugly

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Paul Alan Levy <plevy () citizen org>
> Date: August 25, 2017 at 9:39:40 PM EDT
> To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: The decision granting enforcement of the search warrant to Dream Host - the good, the bad, and the ugly
>
> I have written an analysis of yesterday’s ruling in the DC Superior Court granting the government’s motion to  
> enforce its search warrant to DreamHost.  All credit to Judge Morin for his effort to balance the First Amendment 
> interests of dissenting speakers against the legitimate interests of law enforcement, but I think he got it 
> dangerously wrong.   And since the hearing, I have been able to get a look at the “probable cause” affidavit 
> supporting the search warrant.  It was surprisingly thin in some respects, and misleading in other respects when you 
> compare the affidavit to parts of the web site that the detective was describing.
>
> http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2017/08/court-grants-motion-to-compel-dreamhost-to-obey-warrant-but-restricts-search-process-and-use-of-data.html
>  
> Paul Alan Levy
> Public Citizen Litigation Group
> 1600 20th Street, NW
> Washington, D.C. 20009
> (202) 588-7725
> https://www.citizen.org/our-work/litigation/internet-free-speech
> Twitter:  @paulalanlevy
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