Joshua Wolf
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Joshua Wolf is a freelance journalist who, after filming certain clashes between anarchists and the police refused to release full videos of the riot.
The FBI subpoenaed him to provide "all documents, writings and recordings related to protest activities conducted in San Francisco" between 6:30 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. on July 8 as well any cameras and recording devices.
His case was picked up by the National Lawyers Guild, they asked a federal magistrate in San Francisco to block a grand jury subpoena for for his videotapes and notes on a clash between protesters and police. The case is pending in courts.
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- CBS GRAND-JURY Report
- Boing Boing article
- The Guardian - Web journalist jailings 'reflect power of internet'
- "Blogger seeks release as imprisonment enters third month", AP story, in San Jose Mercury News, November 20, 2006.