Iceland blasts US demand for lawmaker's details in WikiLeaks probe

[Joanne98]

Icelandic politicians have blasted US demands for Twitter to hand over a member of parliament's account details. Birgitta Jonsdottir faces investigation as one of several people connected to the website WikiLeaks.

Politicians in Iceland have hit out at a US request for Twitter to hand over details of a member of the country's parliament because of her connections with WikiLeaks.

A subpoena for parliamentary representative Birgitta Jonsdottir's details was issued as part of an investigation involving several individuals associated with the whistle-blowing website.

Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Skarphedinsson denounced the US demand as 'intolerable'Icelandic Foreign Minister Oessur Skarphedinsson said it was not acceptable that US authorities had demanded the information.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14758284,00.html

[snappyturtle]

1. America=the bully on the global playground. imho nt

[NorthCarolina]

3. Yes, very arrogant indeed. nt

[Enthusiast]

4. Greatest country in the world!

Love it or leave it! :sarcasm:

[Jefferson23]

2. K&R