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[This seems like an overreaction. Apparently a web hosting company was
afraid that providing web space to an pro-IRA online radio station might
get said company in trouble. So it pulled the plug. In any case, it does
not appear that they were threatened by -- or even contacted by -- the
Feds. --DBM]
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Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 22:23:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Guilherme C Roschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Fwd: Bush cracks down on antiwar movement (fwd)
FYI and for politech...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.luminousvoid.net
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http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/30/1859212
Three Political Websites Downed After Government "Homeland Security"
Threat
posted by Autonomedia on Sunday September 30, @01:52PM
from the is-this-the-last-message-we-will-be-posting-you? dept.
raradio.com, the web site which archives all Radio
Free Eireann broadcasts, has been taken down because the web service
provider was threatened with seizure of their assets if they continued
to host "terrorist" radio programs. Travis E. Towle, the Founder and
CEO of Cosmic Entertainment Company, which put up IRARADIO.COM, was
told by their internet service provider, Hypervine, that they had been
"strongly advised" to take the web site down.
A Hypervine representative read Mr. Towle a statement that, under an
Executive Order recently signed by President Bush, the newly created
Office of Homeland Security can seize all assets "without any notice
and/or any real un-reasonable evidence of any company or person that
helps, supports, or does anything that can be called or labeled
terrorism or is found to be connected to terrorism in any way or means
possible." Hypervine is a subsidiary of the New York based Skynet.
These threats have also caused Cosmic Entertainment to close the web
sites archiving two other WBAI radio programs, "Our Americas" and
"Grandpa Al Lewis Live." "Our Americas," hosted by Mario Murillo, is
an acclaimed news magazine covering Latin America. "Grandpa Al Lewis
Live" features commentary by the actor and political activist who
starred in "The Munsters" and "Car 54 Where Are You."
Radio Free Eireann, which broadcasts Saturday afternoons at 1:30 p.m.
on WBAI 99.5 FM has covered the conflict in Northern Ireland for over
twenty years. Guests have included Bernadette Sands, the sister of IRA
hunger striker Bobby Sands; Rauri O'Bradaigh, the President of
Republican Sinn Fein; Sinn Fein chief negotiator Martin McGuinness and
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.
update: it seems that this (mostly) is not a hoax. www.iraradio.org
and www.allewislive.com have been taken down, although
www.ouramericas.org is still running with no notice of this event.
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http://www.iraradio.com/
Attention IRAradio Listeners:
President Bush recently signed a new law that lets the FBI, CIA & OHS seize
assets "without any notice and/or any real un-reasonable evidence of ANY
company or person that helps, supports, or does anything that can be called
or labeled terrorism or is found to be connected to terrorism in any way or
means possible". Word has spread about several Internet companies that
have had their assets seized using this new law.
In light of the foregoing and the recent tragic events in the United
States, the Cosmic Entertainment Company board of advisors has deemed it
advisable and in the best interests of the Company to temporarily shut down
the IRAradio.com web site until the turbulence and uncertainty facing our
nation has decreased. THE COSMIC ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY DOES NOT AND WILL
NOT SUPPORT TERRORISM OF ANY KIND!
Questions regarding this web site should be directed to:
Travis E. Towle
Founder & CEO
The Cosmic Entertainment Company
Phone: 785.554.8238 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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