From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER –
…Earlier this month, [State Attorney General Tom] Corbett’s office subpoenaed the online social networking site Twitter Inc., seeking identifying data on “CasablancaPA” and “bfbarbie.” Both daily excoriate Corbett and his office’s long-running political-corruption investigation known as Bonusgate.
The subpoena was apparently part of prosecutors’ efforts to show one Bonusgate defendant’s lack of remorse as he awaits sentencing.
But news of the subpoena unleashed a cascade of criticism from First Amendment and electronic-privacy advocates, who contend that Corbett is engaging in a Big Brotherlike attempt to silence and intimidate people who don’t agree with him…
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