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Under the [[issuepedia:USA PATRIOT Act|USA PATRIOT Act]], keepers of records of any kind can be prosecuted if they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed information related to terror investigations.
 
Under the [[issuepedia:USA PATRIOT Act|USA PATRIOT Act]], keepers of records of any kind can be prosecuted if they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed information related to terror investigations.
  
Neither vbz.net nor any of its officers has had any such information requested as of this writing. We will abide by the letter of the law in this case, but we will also not allow this notice to reflect statements we believe or know to be no longer accurate. '''Current as of 2007-07-27'''
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Neither vbz.net nor any of its officers has had any such information requested as of this writing. '''Current as of 2013-11-12'''
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==Notes==
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My personal position on this matter may be found [[issuepedia:User:Woozle/positions#national_security_letters_.26_warrant_canaries|here]]. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] ([[User talk:Woozle|talk]]) 09:46, 12 November 2013 (EST)
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==Dialogue==
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{{anonuser|98.248.113.11}} said: '''2007?  Yikes!''' Has someone been forgetful, or what?  I mean having a warrant canary on an open wiki doesn't exactly make sense...
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Moving along. Looks like it never got updated after it was first posted.
  
'''2007?  Yikes!''' Has someone been forgetful, or what?  I mean having a warrant canary on an open wiki doesn't exactly make sense...
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* '''2009-12-01''' No, it's still in effect until I remove it. If someone else removes it, I'll put it back (unless we've actually been subpoenaed, of course). --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 19:44, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
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==Reference==
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* {{issuepedia|warrant canary}}
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* {{wikipedia|warrant canary}}

Latest revision as of 14:46, 12 November 2013

Under the USA PATRIOT Act, keepers of records of any kind can be prosecuted if they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed information related to terror investigations.

Neither vbz.net nor any of its officers has had any such information requested as of this writing. Current as of 2013-11-12

Notes

My personal position on this matter may be found here. --Woozle (talk) 09:46, 12 November 2013 (EST)

Dialogue

anonymous user 98.248.113.11 said: 2007? Yikes! Has someone been forgetful, or what? I mean having a warrant canary on an open wiki doesn't exactly make sense... Moving along. Looks like it never got updated after it was first posted.

  • 2009-12-01 No, it's still in effect until I remove it. If someone else removes it, I'll put it back (unless we've actually been subpoenaed, of course). --Woozle 19:44, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Reference