FBI Seizes IndyMedia Servers

On Friday, the FBI seized UK-based servers supporting the alternative media network IndyMedia. Rackspace, a US hosting company based in Texas, responded to the court order to hand over the equipment. In a prepared statement, IndyMedia said: "Indymedia had been asked last month by the FBI to remove a story about Swiss undercover police from one of the websites hosted at Rackspace." It is unknown if the FBI's action is related to that request. See BBC (11 Oct); cNet (8 Oct); London Guardian (11 Oct); Seattle PI (8 Oct)