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Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center: Government Responds to Motion to Lift Veil of Secrecy Concerning Indymedia Server Seizure (11/9/04) by Sascha Meinrath

The government refuses to explain why it seized servers from the Independent Media Server--saying only that it another country had invoked a clause in a treaty with the U.S.:
"If deemed necessary, the Requesting State may request that the application for assistance, the contents of the request and its supporting documents, and the granting of such assistance be kept confidential." Such a request has been made to the United States by the Requesting State.

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