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NY Court: FBI May Have Coerced Filmmaker - UPDATE

Robert Loblaw writes on the Decision of the Day Blog:

This Second Circuit appeal involves a modern-day "War of the Worlds" - an online video depicting plans for a military takeover of Times Square. But Michael Zieper’s video isn’t nearly as well-known, perhaps because the government’s strong-arm tactics convinced his internet host to disable access to the video due to fears that it might incite a riot.

Zieper and his internet host sued, alleging among other things that an FBI Counter-Terrorism agent and an Assistant U.S. Attorney violated their First Amendment rights by coercing them to take down the video.

posted by Fergie @ 1/19/2007 04:52:00 PM