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Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism

"National Security" Toll on Freedom of Expression

The right to free speech faces the strongest challenges during times of
crisis. Whether or not any of us agree about each particular decision made
to prevent public access to sensitive information, it is the Electronic
Frontier Foundation's responsibility to chart any such efforts so that we as
a society are at least aware of what is no longer available to us.

This page attempts to convey the chilling effect that responses to the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have had on information
availability on the Internet as well as some sense of the effect on people
trying to provide this information.

Currently, this page tracks the following:


€ Websites Shut Down by US Government
€ Websites Shut Down by Other Governments
€ Websites Shut Down by Internet Service Provider
€ Websites Shut Down or Partially Removed by Website Owner
€ US Government Websites That Shut Down or Removed Information
€ US Government Requests to Remove Information
€ Media Professionals Terminated or Suspended
€ Other Employees Terminated or Suspended
€ Related Incidents
€ Related Links 

If you know of a anti-terrorism chilling effect that should be listed here,
please email <a href="mailto:freespeech@eff.org?Subject=Re:%20(ai)%20EFF%20"National%20Security"%20Toll%20on%20Freedom%20of%20Expression%2526In-Reply-To=%2526lt;B815B92E.1C308%25rforno@infowarrior.org">freespeech@eff.org</a>

Feel free to mirror this page on other websites, just please link back to
the original on this page.

Websites Shut Down by US Government

None reported.

Websites Shut Down by Other Governments

qoqaz.net Reportedly shut down by British government because prosecutors
allege that the site was affiliated with London-based Azzam Publications and
urged support of terrorism to defend Muslims in the Caucasus, "donating
money for the Taliban," and "military training for the battle," Wall Street
Journal / MSNBC, October 8, 2001

Sakina Securities The Sakina Securities website at was shut down on Oct. 5,
the same day the British government arrested Sulayman Balal Zainulabidin for
allegedly "providing training or instruction in the making of firearms,
explosives or chemical, biological or nuclear weapons and inviting others to
do the same," Wired News / Reuters, October 4, 2001, and Newsbytes.com,
October 12, 2001 

Websites Shut Down by Internet Service Provider

allewislive.com This site from Al Lewis, who played Grandpa on the Munsters
television show, was shut down apparently by web hosting provider Hypervine
for an unknown reason, although other information from Al Lewis is available
at http://www.grandpa2000.org/, Politech, 
October 2, 2001, and USA Today,
October 16, 2001, and Internet.com, October 18, 2001, and Wired, October 26,
2001 

azzam.com This site reportedly provides "authentic news and information
about Jihad and the foreign Mujahideen everywhere, by providing stories of
martyrs killed in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya" and says it doesnΉt
encourage readers to commit illegal acts, although it notes that, according
to Islamic tenets, "martyrdom operations are permissible", and was
apparently shut down by multiple ISPs, at least one apparently in response
to an FBI request, while the site was also apparently at one point mirrored
at the now no longer available qoqaz.co.za, Wall Street Journal / MSNBC,
October 8, 2001 

iraradio.com This pro-IRA site which archives all Radio Free Eireann
broadcasts, has been taken down because the web service provider Hypervine
felt that the Bush administration's announcement of the new Office of
Homeland Security's activities threatened the ISP with seizure of their
assets if they continued to host "terrorist" radio programs, so the site
owners plan to reopen probably on a Canadian server after they move into
their new office later this year, Politech, October 2, 2001, and Guardian
Unlimited, October 11, 2001, and USA Today, October 16, 2001, and
Internet.com, October 18, 2001, and Wired, October 26, 2001

Jihad-Related Sites on Yahoo Yahoo apparently removed 55 "jihad-related"
sites, Wall Street Journal / MSNBC, October 8, 2001

Websites Shut Down or Partially Removed by Website Owner

Amazon Removes a Startling Book Jacket Amazon.com has removed a photograph
of a Arabic book jacket that shows a plane flying through the top of a
building under construction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that has a top shaped
like the eye of a needle, with the only link to the World Trade Center being
that the Riyadh building is being financed by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin
Abdul Aziz al-Saud, whose $10 million donation to the Twin Towers Fund was
recently refused by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York, because along
with expressing condolences, the prince urged the United States to
re-examine its policy toward Israel, New York Times, October 29, 2001

Barbra Streisand Removed Anti-Bush Articles Barbra Streisand apparently
removed anti-Bush articles from her website, saying, "In light of recent
events, I strongly believe we must support our government despite our
disagreements on certain policies, such as those relating to environmental,
educational, social and other specific issues. My past concerns about such
matters still pertain, but at this point in time, I have removed several
articles from my website in an effort to encourage national unity instead of
partisan divisions. Thank you," then ironically complains about the Los
Angeles Times refusing to run two columns by Ariana Huffington (covered
elsewhere on this page), The List from John Aravosis, October 31, 2001

Bert Is Evil! Although it is not clear if this happened due to strange
reports of Islamic fundamentalists holding posters containing an image of
Sesame Street's Bert character right next to Osama Bin Laden, the owner of
this site, Dino Ignacio, explained that he removed the site because "I feel
this has gotten too close to reality and I choose to be responsible enough
to stop it right here," Bert Is Evil, October 18, 2001

Federation of American Scientists Steven Aftergood, who administers the
Project on Government Secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists, has
pulled from more than 200 pages of previously posted information out of
concern that terrorists might find them useful, including floor plans of
National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency facilities and
images of foreign nuclear weapons plants, Newsfactor Network, October 5,
2001, and SiliconValley.com / Reuters, October 11, 2001, and
WashingtonPost.com / Newsbytes, October 11, 2001, and SiliconValley.com,
October 11, 2001, and ABCNews.com / Good Morning America, October 15, 2001,
and Contra Costa Times, October 18, 2001

The Flagburning Page This owner of this site explained that because
"Congress is trying to change the constitution in order to put peaceful
protesters in prison" and although "I have never burned a flag, nor do I
ever want to" he has "had so many death threats and assaulting emails, that
I choose no longer to care about this cause. I have fought an uphill battle
to protect your freedom of speech. And now I give up," although the site is
back on the web as of October 31, 2001, The FlagBurning Page, September 19,
2001, and Internet.com, October 18, 2001, and Wired, October 26, 2001

Google Un-Cached Google has approached government agencies and private
organizations, offering to remove from their "cache" the web pages that were
removed from other sites, ABCNews.com / Good Morning America, October 15,
2001, and Contra Costa Times, October 18, 2001

MSNBC Removes Item on Congressional Coverage Restrictions MSNBC removed from
an article formerly entitled "Ashcroft Seeks Sweeping Powers" and now called
"House Approves $343 Billion Defense Bill" a section about how the House
Judiciary Committee's Republican staffers ordered television camera crews to
leave a hearing on terrorist attacks after Ashcroft spoke but before civil
liberties and free-speech advocates could testify, Media Alliance Project,
September 24, 2001, and Yahoo Stop Police Abuse Group, September 27, 2001

Planned Parenthood Temporarily Removes RoevBush.com Planned Parenthood has
temporarily removed its RoevBush.com website apparently in a show of unity
with the Bush administration in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, The
List from John Aravosis, October 31, 2001

WhatDemocracy.com Removes Controversial Content The WhatDemocracy.com
website has temporarily removed its content critical of "right-wing
politics, including President Bush and the Republican Party" in the
aftermath of the terrorist attacks "due to the potential of endangerment to
our staff" and noting that "we would love to address the current terrorism
situation, and we should have the RIGHT to SAFELY address our opinions, but
who will step up to the plate and protect us, and how?," November 2, 2001

US Government Websites That Shut Down or Removed Information

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry OMB Watch, a Washington
group that advocates for government accountability in budgetary and
regulatory matters, says the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry dropped a report critical of chemical plant security, Newsfactor
Network, October 4, 2001, and Newsfactor Network, October 5, 2001

Army Corps of Engineers The Army Corps of Engineers site that contained
information about an underground military command center near Washington was
moved behind a firewall so a username and password are now required for
access, ABCNews.com / Good Morning America, October 15, 2001

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention OMB Watch, a Washington group
that advocates for government accountability in budgetary and regulatory
matters, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has pulled a
report about lack of preparedness against a terrorist attack using poison
gas or other chemical agents, Newsfactor Network, October 5, 2001, and USA
Today, October 12, 2001 (updated October 18, 2001), and Federal Computer
Week, October 16, 2001

Department of Energy, National Transportation of Radioactive Materials The
Department of Energy, National Transportation of Radioactive Materials site
has been replaced with the note "This site temporarily unavailable, Please
contact Bobby Sanchez at 505-845-5541 if you have any questions," OMB Watch
Post-September 11 Environment, October 26, 2001

Department of Transportation OMB Watch, a Washington group that advocates
for government accountability in budgetary and regulatory matters, says the
Department of Transportation has limited access to the National Pipeline
Mapping System of the Office of Pipeline Safety, which lays out the network
of high pressure natural gas pipelines throughout the nation and the site of
the Geographic Information Services section of the DOT's Bureau of
Transportation Services (BTS) reports that "Recent events have focused
additional security concerns on transportation infrastructure" and "Due to
these concerns, BTS will not provide unlimited access to the geospatial data
through the Internet," Newsfactor Network, October 4, 2001, and Newsfactor
Network, October 5, 2001, and SiliconValley.com / Reuters, October 11, 2001,
and USA Today, October 12, 2001 (updated October 18, 2001), and ABCNews.com
/ Good Morning America, October 15, 2001, and Federal Computer Week, October
16, 2001 

Environmental Protection Agency OMB Watch, a Washington group that advocates
for government accountability in budgetary and regulatory matters, says the
EPA has pulled from its site Risk Management Plans, which contain detailed
information about the dangers of chemical accidents -- such as toxic plume
maps and emergency response plans after a refinery explosion, Newsfactor
Network, October 4, 2001, and Newsfactor Network, October 5, 2001, and
SiliconValley.com / Reuters, October 11, 2001, and USA Today, October 12,
2001 (updated October 18, 2001), and ABCNews.com / Good Morning America,
October 15, 2001, and Federal Computer Week, October 16, 2001, and
Washington Post / Newsbytes.com, October 26, 2001

Federal Aviation Administration OMB Watch, a Washington group that advocates
for government accountability in budgetary and regulatory matters, says the
Federal Aviation Administration has pulled data from a site listing
enforcement violations such as weaknesses in airport security, Newsfactor
Network, October 5, 2001, and ABCNews.com, October 12, 2001

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, has removed documents that detail specifications for energy
facilities from its website, Contra Costa Times, October 18, 2001

Geographic Information Services OMB Watch, a Washington group that advocates
for government accountability in budgetary and regulatory matters, says the
Geographic Information Services, which provides highly detailed maps of
roads and utilities, is limiting access to federal, state, and local
government officials, Newsfactor Network, October 5, 2001

International Nuclear Safety Center Selecting the Reactor Maps link from the
front page of this site generates the following message: "If you requested
access to the maps of nuclear power reactor locations, these maps have been
taken off-line temporarily pending the outcome of a policy review by the US
Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory," while their Power
Reactors database still lists city and state for nuclear plants around the
world, International Nuclear Safety Center, October 18, 2001

Los Alamos National Laboratory The Los Alamos National Laboratory has
removed a number of reports from its Laboratory Publications page, OMB Watch
Post-September 11 Environment, October 26, 2001

NASA Glenn Research Center The NASA Glenn Research Center website notes that
"Public access to many of our web sites is temporarily limited. We apologize
for any inconvenience," OMB Watch Post-September 11 Environment, October 26,
2001 

National Atlas of the United States The Nuclear Site Locations in the United
States page of this site is missing though listed as a result with a broken
link and no cache on a Google search for "nuclear site location map",
National Atlas of the United States, October 18, 2001

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection The New Jersey officials
removed from the Internet "for security reasons temporarily" some Web pages
that officials fear could be useful to terrorists in planning attacks, in
particular the Department of Environmental Protection recently removed a
database listing the hazardous chemicals and substances used or stored at
33,000 businesses throughout the state, as well as maps of reservoirs,
Associated Press / SiliconValley.com, October 26, 2001, and Washington Post
/ Newsbytes.com, October 26, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is
displaying only "only select content" while "performing a review of all
material" on their website, although most of the information has been there
for years and "nothing top secret was on the Web site to begin with,"
according to William Beecher of the NRC, ABCNews.com, October 12, 2001, and
USA Today, October 12, 2001 (updated October 18, 2001), and ABCNews.com /
Good Morning America, October 15, 2001, and Federal Computer Week, October
16, 2001, and Contra Costa Times, October 18, 2001

U.S. Geological Survey The U.S. Geological Survey has removed a number of
pages from its Registered Online Water-Resources Reports database (search
for "removed"), OMB Watch Post-September 11 Environment, October 26, 2001

US Government Requests to Remove Information

Al-Jazeera Bush administration national security adviser Condoleezza Rice
called network executives to request that they "exercise judgment" in
broadcasting messages from Osama bin Laden received through the Al-Jazeera
satellite network while Secretary of State Colin Powell claimed the
broadcasts may contain "some kind of message", and in response CNN, Fox, and
other networks agreed to review statements before airing them, Associated
Press, October 10, 2001

Globalsecurity.org According to John Pike of Globalsecurity.org, low-level
military officials requested he remove data he had gathered from military
websites, ABCNews.com / Good Morning America, October 15, 2001, and Wired,
October 26, 2001 

Voice of America Journalists from the Voice of America who obtained an
interview with Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar managed to publish a
modified version of the interview only after struggles within the Bush
administration, Washington Post, September 26, 2001

Media Professionals Terminated or Suspended

Oneida Daily Dispatch Fires Editors The Oneida Daily Dispatch apparently
fired Managing Editor Jean Ryan and City Editor Dale Seth for publishing an
editorial including these remarks, "Until 1948, there was no Israel. The
United Nations took Palestinian land and gave it to a number of Jewish
terrorists to rule -- Jewish terrorists who had bombed and killed
Palestinians and others in an effort to force hands of power to see an
Israel formed. Today's freedom fighter, in many cases, was yesterday's
terrorist," Associated Press, October 19, 2001, and Nile Media, October 24,
2001 

National Review Cans Columnist Ann Coulter The National Review told
conservative columnist Ann Coulter her writing is no longer welcome after
one of her columns declared, "We should invade their countries, kill their
leaders and convert them to Christianity," while the Washington Times
refused to run the terrorism column in the first place, Washington Post,
October 2, 2001 

Daily Courier Fires Columnist The Daily Courier publisher Dennis Mack fired
columnist Dan Guthrie for writing about President Bush "hiding in a Nebraska
hole" following terrorist attacks, TBO.com / Associated Press, September 26,
2001 

Los Angeles Times Stifles Arianna Huffington The Los Angeles Times
apparently refused to print a column from Arianna Huffington defending Bill
Maher and a column bemoaning 'unity' that results in approval of a faulty
missile defense shield, capital gains tax cuts, and drilling in in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, both of which Barbara Streisand has
published on her website, September 24, 2001

Politically Incorrect When ABC satirist Bill Maher said on his show,
"Politically Incorrect," that "we have been the cowards lobbing cruise
missiles from 2,000 miles away -- that's cowardly," three ABC affiliates,
including Washington's WJLA-TV, answered viewer complaints by yanking
subsequent episodes from the air, Arianna Online (the LA Times apparently
refused to print some of Ariana's columns as covered elsewhere on this
page), September 24, 2001, and Washington Post, September 26, 2001

Other Employees Terminated or Suspended

UCLA Library Assistant Suspended for Critical Email A library assistant at
the University of California at Los Angeles was suspended without pay for
one week, then later returned to work with full pay and the incident removed
from his record, after sending a mass e-mail message criticizing American
support for what he called apartheid policies in Israel and the bombing of
Iraq, Daily Bruin Online, October 4, 2001, and American Libraries, October
15, 2001, and Daily Bruin Online, October 25, 2001

University of New Mexico Professor Faces Discipline for Explosive Comment
University of New Mexico Professor Richard A. Berthold is facing
disciplinary action for when he offered his freshman history class what he
now calls an unfortunate attempt at humor saying, "Anyone who would blow up
the Pentagon would have my vote," Washington Post, October 30, 2001

Related Incidents

Feds Monitoring Lawyer-Client Calls Sidestepping the principle of
lawyer-client privacy, the Justice Department is letting investigators
monitor phone calls and mail between some terrorist suspects and their
defense lawyers, Associated Press, November 9, 2001, and Washington Post /
MSNBC, November 9, 2001

U.S. Might Have to Consider Torture Warrants, Dershowitz Says Americans may
have to consider ideas as foreign as truth serums and torture warrants when
thinking about striking a balance between liberty and security after the
terrorist attacks September 11, according to celebrity lawyer and civil
libertarian Alan M. Dershowitz at a gymnasium Sunday at the Jewish Community
Center in Creve Coeur, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 4, 2001

Terrorist Phone Home? Among the more than 1,100 people ensnared in the
United States hunt for terrorists in connection with the hijacked-airliner
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon for whom some information
is publicly available are people who made "congratulatory" telephone calls
minutes later, although many others apparently have tenuous or nonexistent
connections to the attacks, all of these detentions occurring with minimal
protests, AlterNet, November 7, 2001, and Washington Post, November 4, 2001,
and The Globe and Mail, November 4, 2001, and New York Times, October 28,
2001, and CNN, October 28, 2001, and Reuters / CNN, October 28, 2001, and
American Civil Liberties Union, October 29, 2001, and Wired.com, October 30,
2001 

National Guardsman Orders Reporter to Destroy Photos at L.A. Airport When a
Sacramento journalist bought a roundtrip ticket to Los Angeles to report
firsthand how stepped-up security had affected airport procedures since the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he never expected to be detained by law
enforcement officials, FreedomForum.org, November 6, 2001

Green Party USA Coordinator Detained At Airport Although there is some
disagreement about the reasons for their action, armed government agents
grabbed Nancy Oden, Green Party USA coordinating committee member, Thursday
at Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine, and banned her from flying
that day at that airport as she attempted to board an American Airlines
flight to Chicago for a Green's conference including discussion of
opposition to the war in Afghanistan, while Jeff Russel, who is with airport
security at Bangor International Airport, says, "Ms. Oden's version of
events, while certainly exciting, are far removed from reality. We are
unaware of any role Ms. Oden's status as a Green may have played. The
passenger in question was asked to undergo additional screening (i.e. a hand
wand examination) because the manner in which she purchased the ticket
triggered a concern under the new Federal screening guidelines post
September, 11. She refused to cooperate. It is illegal for an airline to fly
an unscreened passenger. Accordingly, the airline denied her boarding. She
never got near a plane. She never went through security. No screen, no
fly--it is as simple as that. The situation was entirely of her own making.
What's sad is that she refuses to admit to and take responsibility for her
own inappropriate behavior, looking only for somebody else to blame for her
own inability to cooperate with reasonable expectations under the
circumstances. 99.9% of people selected are very understanding and
cooperative and the process only takes an extra minute. Again, thanks for
writing to express your concerns and we appreciate your efforts to
objectively view the circumstances," IndyMedia, November 3, 2001, and Bangor
Daily News, November 3, 2001, and WarTimeLiberty.com, November 3, 2001

Top Dailies Favor War, Limit Dissent A report on editorial decisions of the
New York Times and the Washington Post demonstrates that the "two leading
dailies used their op-ed pages as an echo chamber for the government's
official policy of military response, mostly ignoring dissenters and policy
critics," Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), November 2, 2001

Judge: Charleston Student Can't Form Anarchy Club; Wear a Anti-War T-Shirts
to School A judge ruled Thursday that Katie Sierra, a 15-year-old sophomore,
cannot form an anarchy club or wear T-shirts opposing the U.S. bombing of
Afghanistan because it would disrupt school and upheld her suspension from
Sissonville High School for three days for promoting the club and for
wearing T-shirts with messages such as: "When I saw the dead and dying
Afghani children on TV, I felt a newly recovered sense of national security.
God Bless America," The Charlotte Observer, November 1, 2001

College of the Holy Cross Department Head Orders Flag Removal At the College
of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., a department head told a secretary to
take down an "inappropriate" flag she had hung in her office in honor of a
friend who died on one of the hijacked airliners, but after the matter made
it into a local newspaper, triggering an angry public reaction, the
secretary was allowed to fly another flag on her desk, Washington Post,
October 30, 2001 

CNN vs. IndyMedia? EFF has confirmed that CNN has blocked use of the word
"IndyMedia" in its online discussion groups, perhaps in response to a report
that appeared on IndyMedia charging that footage of Palestinians celebrating
in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks were recycled from older
coverage, IndyMedia, October 27, 2001

Daily Cals Replaced with Fliers Calling for Boycott Approximately 1,000
copies of The Daily Californian were stolen from newspaper racks on Sproul
Plaza Wednesday, apparently in response to an advertisement titled "End
States Who Sponsor Terrorism," paid for by the Ayn Rand Institute, and in
place of the newspapers were fliers that called for a boycott of the Daily
Cal alleging the Oct. 23 ad is "irrational and inflammatory," and
perpetuates hostility against the Iranian community, Daily Californian,
October 25, 2001 

ACLU to Defend Masked Peace-March Protesters The American Civil Liberties
Union will defend seven protesters who were arrested apparently because they
were wearing masks during a peace march in Denver on September 29, Denver
Post, October 23, 2001

Novel Security Measures A Philadelphia man was kept off a recent flight
because of a book he was carrying, SiliconValley.com, October 18, 2001

British Broadcasters Refuse to Censor Video Statements by bin Laden British
broadcasters yesterday refused to censor video statements by Osama bin Laden
owing to government fears that he may be sending secret messages to his
terrorist network by video, Freedom Forum, October 16, 2001

Military Buys Exclusive Commercial Satellite Coverage of War Zone The U.S.
military is paying for the exclusive rights to commercial satellite imagery
of Afghanistan even though its own satellites are thought to take far better
pictures, SiliconValley.com, October 15, 2001

Bush Administration Interpretation Weakens Freedom of Information Act The
U.S. Department of Justice issued a revised memorandum for how to treat
requests received under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that
establishing a "sound legal basis" rather than the existing "forseeable
harm" standard for defending FOIA request refusals in court, John Ashcroft
FOIA Memorandum, October 12, 2001, in contrast with Janet Reno's "New
Standard for Openness", October 4, 1993

Clear Channel "Bans" Songs on 1200 Radio Stations In response to the
terrorist attacks, a program director from Clear Channel, owner of 1200
radio stations across the US, identified a list of more than one hundred
"questionable" songs "that certain markets or individuals may find
insensitive" in light of the terrorist attack, including John Lennon's
"Imagine," E!Online, September 18, 2001, and Slate, September 18, 2001, and
Denial from ClearChannel, September 18, 2001, and Slate, September 19, 2001,
and Mike's Message, September 22, 2001, and Snopes.com, October 2001

2000 Election Recount Study Suppressed? Please let EFF know if you have
evidence that will confirm or deny a rumor circulating that media
organizations, including The Associated Press, The New York Times, The
Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and CNN, have suppressed results of
the recount of all Florida votes in the 2000 election, conducted by the
Chicago-based National Opinion Research Center, and originally scheduled for
release in May 2001, Online News Hour / PBS, April 3, 2001 (reporting when
the study results were expected)

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