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Judge: U.S. Gov’t May Access Twitter Info in WikiLeaks Investigation

HeadlineMar 14, 2011

In WikiLeaks news, a federal judge has given the U.S. government permission to obtain personal records from the social networking site Twitter about several people tied to WikiLeaks. The government had requested account information, including screen names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, credit card and bank account information, and internet protocol addresses.

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