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Thats the word from the sites web provider called dream host. dream host is now fighting back after the department of justice requested information on visitors that logged in to disrupt j-20.org. not just their computer addresses but users photos and contact details. the government claims that the website was used in the developing, planning, advertisement and organization of a violent riot in d.c. on inauguration day. the request should be enough to set off alarm bells in anybodys mind and the ...

>> thats the problem. there should be an uproar over this. if they can get away with this, they can subpoena any information they want from any website that any of us uses to get our photographs and our browsing habits. thats just not something available to the government in a free society. >> shepard: has the government given the reason for this? >> the original reason was to make it easier to protect president trump so they know where the demonstrations are. >> shepard: the president needs to ...

Absolutely required before a search warrant can be granted. >> shepard: the websites attorneys resisting. >> yes. >> will they be successful? >> i dont know if it goes before a judge that signed this. this is another oddity. the justice department did not go to a regular federal judge because none of them will sign it. they went to a superior court judge in columbia. the feds never go into state court for something like that. >> shepard: so a friendly judge? >> they found a friendly judge to sig...

It has already happened in durham, north carolina. last night we saw the statue come down at the hands of protesters even though theres a law not to dephase or remove statues unless you have the approval of the states historical commission. >> shepard: thanks. the federal government is demanding the host of a website which organized anti-trump protesters hand over the records of everybody that visited that site. well talk to the fox news senior judicial analyst, andrew napolitano who says this i...

Organized one against him here in new york city. some constitutional problems with this. its privacy. when you log on to a website, its between you and the webs e website. if you read the agreement, they promise not to reveal who you are. if they try, they will resist it. the websites lawyer probably called chilling. chilling is what occurs when government behavior causes you to have seconds thoughts about exercising your freedom of speech. so if i know the government will find out who i am, wil...

Huge improvements in our webs e website. weve had our best people working on it. our very best people. and those when claim were moving in the wrong direction, well, thats just nonsense. i mean, some folks are bound to be frustrated but many are more -- many more are excited and -- >> that is saturday night as only "saturday night live" can do it and get away with it. well, hes not the president, hes also not the secretary of state but he is speaking for the united states in a very big protest...

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