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Judges and Judiciary

Feb. 22, 2008

Free-Speech Advocates Decry Judge's Order Shutting Web Site

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge's recent order shutting down a whistle-blower Web site has riled California free-speech advocates, one calling it a "First Amendment travesty."

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge's recent order shutting down a whistle-blower Web site has riled California free-speech advocates, one calling it a "First Amendment travesty."
      Wikileaks.org, which allowed users to anonymously post confidential corporate and government documents, was shut down last week a...

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