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Re:Twitter Sues Federal Government by AnimalMuppet on Thursday April 06, 2017 @05:44PM (#14054929)
> If they can show probable cause that the owner of the account broke federal law, they have legal grounds to demand Twitter release his information.

They have a legal mechanism, too. It's called a subpoena. If I understand correctly, they didn't use that here.

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Re:Twitter Sues Federal Government by gingerbread-man on Thursday April 06, 2017 @05:56PM (#14055028)
Subpoenas are only available for investigations pertaining to an open court case.
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Re:Twitter Sues Federal Government by AnimalMuppet on Thursday April 06, 2017 @06:46PM (#14055410)
Then file one.

Look, I care about limiting the power of the Federal government to the parameters outlined in the law and the Constitution. I do not care how hard that makes their lives. I do not care that it crimps their ability to go get any information that they want. They have rules that their supposed to follow. If they want the information, they should go follow them.

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Re:Twitter Sues Federal Government by thedufer on Thursday April 06, 2017 @06:55PM (#14055482)
It isn't that hard to open a court case with a TBD defendant. If the USG thought they could get a subpoena, I have every faith that they could have figured it out.
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