Twitter site attacking Vic Toews shut down

[Locutus]

For those that haven't been keeping score at home.

One of the classier bits of action from the hill lately has been taken care of.

The Harper government, which took heavy criticism this past week over a bill to give police new Web snooping powers, is fighting back – accusing chief rivals, the NDP, of using underhanded tactics to oppose the legislation.

The Conservatives charged Friday that the New Democrats were behind a nasty and anonymous personal attack on Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, the sponsor of a bill criticized as a major invasion of privacy.

Starting on Feb. 14, an unidentified user employed Twitter to broadcast deeply personal and private details of Mr. Toews’s marital breakdown – information obtained from affidavits that are nevertheless publicly available from a Winnipeg court. Late Friday, the Twitter page was shut down after this final post: "I set up this project to make a point, not ensnare innocent people in a government witch hunt,” the last post to @vikileaks30 said, before the page dissappeared.

It’s far from clear yet who was behind the account, but the Conservative counterattack Friday succeeded in shifting Parliamentary debate away from the contents of Mr. Toews’s cybercrime bill.

The Ottawa Citizen has reported it traced the anonymous Twitter account back to a Parliament Internet protocol (IP) address – the numeric label assigned to devices on a computer network.

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Twitter site attacking Vic Toews shut down as Tories accuse NDP of ‘dirty, sleazy’ tactics - The Globe and Mail

 

[taxslave]

Someone wasting taxpayers money for political purposes.

 

[CDNBear]

The Conservatives charged Friday that the New Democrats were behind a nasty and anonymous personal attack on Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, the sponsor of a bill criticized as a major invasion of privacy.

Now that's rich!

 

[Cannuck]

Starting on Feb. 14, an unidentified user employed Twitter to broadcast deeply personal and private details of Mr. Toews’s marital breakdown – information obtained from affidavits that are nevertheless publicly available from a Winnipeg court.

It's a real bitch when public information, that is private, becomes public and invades ones privacy.

 

[Liberalman]

The NDP has shown they're socialist agenda and what I fear the most is a revolution from the snotty nosed NDP MPs

 

[Locutus]

The mainstream press knew of this info long ago and decided it was a classless non-story but thank goodness for the the twitter-trolls up on the Hill. Without this knowledge I don't know how we could have made it through the past few days.


Toews speaks out on Twitter turmoil in letter to constituents




Manitoba's senior MP Vic Toews says he and his family have been the target of criminal acts and threats of criminal acts, in a wide-ranging letter to his constituents in his Provencher riding.
In the letter, Toews also comes out swinging at his opponents after a week in which his divorce details were released online and he was mocked relentlessly on Twitter.




What Toews wrote

An Open Letter To My Constituents
Dear Constituents,
Over the last few weeks I have been subjected to an extensive personal attack by my political opponents as a result of certain legislation that I have introduced in the House of Commons on behalf of the federal government.

These attacks, which have included criminal acts and threats of criminal acts against me and my family, have been referred to the police for investigation. Any further criminal activity or threats of criminal activity against me or my family will also be referred to the police.

As my constituents I would like you to know that the personal attacks, criminal acts and threats of future criminal acts against me will not dissuade me from carrying out my responsibilities as an elected Member of the House of Commons and as the Minister of Public Safety for Canada.

The personal attacks against me are based on allegations contained in affidavits filed in the course of my divorce proceedings a number of years ago. The affidavits are on the public record and filed with the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench. These allegations have been the basis of prior personal attacks against me and I assume they will form the basis of attacks against me for many years to come.

I want you to know that I have never responded publicly to the specific allegations made in these affidavits nor will I ever do so. I will be fully accountable for any responsibility that I bear for the breakdown of my previous marriage but that accountability is not something I owe to the public generally or to my political opponents in particular. It is a personal accountability which I cannot avoid nor do I seek to do so.

However, I do want you to know that I have a spouse and a young son who I love more than life itself.

The other night, while I was reading my favourite poet, William Butler Yeats, I came across these lines:

'Yet they that know all things but know That all this life can give us is A child's laughter, a woman's kiss.''

No words could ever describe my love for my young son and my spouse any better. What a fortunate man I am to have them in my life.

Sincerely,

Vic Toews

MP for Provencher




Toews speaks out on Twitter turmoil in letter to constituents - Winnipeg Free Press

 

[lone wolf]

If it was NDP ... *giggle* ... Shame on you.

How much stuff isn't really what it appears to be but is posted so looks that way?


:roll:... Jus' s'pposin'....

 

[skookumchuck]

If all MP's were judged by the success or failure of their spousal choices there would be a considerably smaller payroll for us to support.

 

[lone wolf]

...I could tell you great tales about one from North Bay....

and that'd just be dirty laundry

 

[relic]

So baird gets up,froths at the mouth,accuses the NDP,{with what evidence} and you sheeple fall for it hook line and sinker.39.62% of the population is gullible,to say the least.

 

[Cliffy]

It wasn't the information that the postings were about but to show what the Cons were proposing to do to the rest of us and how it would feel to us to be spied on. But of course, the Cons and their supporters don't get it. They took it as a personal attack on one of theirs, so it is just criminal. I thought it was brilliant and the person who pulled it off should be rewarded. Pointing the finger at the NDP without proof is exactly what this stunt was pointing out would happen if this law is passed. It is an act of deflection, and they should remember the three fingers pointing back at themselves.

 

[mentalfloss]

What kind of idiot doesn't even know about the bill he's peddling.

In an interview airing Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, Toews said his understanding of the bill is that police can only request information from the ISPs where they are conducting "a specific criminal investigation."

But Section 17 of the 'Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act' outlines "exceptional circumstances" under which "any police officer" can ask an ISP to turn over personal client information.


Toews surprised by content of online surveillance bill - Politics - CBC News

 

[L Gilbert]

Personal attacks in politics? NO WAY! lol

Seriously, how do we know Toews didn't Twitter this crap himself to garner sympathy? Freakin moron didn't even read the bill fully.

 

[mentalfloss]

I was listening to the House interview this morning and when they brought up the provision, Vic said it was nonsense and the first he heard of it.. the journalist then enlightened him that he was reading the section verbatim from the bill.

Talk about herpy de derp coming from the cons. You think they'd at least be competent enough to read their own bill, lol

 

[Locutus]

Since ol' vikileaker didn't actually break any laws, it's odd that's it's deep-throating twits stopped twerping. Oh the intrigue. My nipples are hard.


‘Vikileaks30’ breaks silence to condemn ‘witch hunt’




OTTAWA — An individual claiming to be the author of the popular Vikileaks30 Twitter account spoke out after more than 24 hours of silence late Friday, saying that the account was set up to “to make a point, not ensnare innocent people in a government witch hunt” and promised to close the Twitter feed.

The news came after the Speaker’s Office of the House of Commons started an investigation into the Twitter account, which is tied to an IP address that originates on Parliament Hill.

The Twitter feed was silent for all of Friday, which is uncharacteristic of the account. Vikileaks is known to post on the site several times per hour.

Read more: ‘Vikileaks30’ breaks silence to condemn ‘witch hunt’


VikiLeaks case shows how tricky life is on the electronic frontier
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[mentalfloss]

The vikileaks stuff was just a way to show the hypocrisy of the cons. Now that they've launched a full scale investigation, it pretty much highlights their true intentions of searching out for personal info., irrespective of whether or not it has to do with child pornography.

The cat has been out of the bag for a few days now and they have enough egg on their face.

 

[Locutus]

A couple of months ago, a staffer with an opposition party showed me Vic Toews's divorce file, a public document that someone had retrieved from the Winnipeg Court of Queen's Bench.


I want staffers to bring me such things, because newsworthy information often turns up in court files, so I wouldn't ever name the person who brought it to me, and that person honestly believed the public should know some of the stuff.


I disagreed. Toews, the public safety minister, split from his wife in 2007 after impregnating a political staffer.


That isn't news. Don Martin reported on the baby and divorce in this space in 2008, which was fair, because Winnipeg Free Press reporter Mia Rabson had discovered the government was thinking of appointing Toews as a judge, and there was speculation that he was seeking a soft landing out of the limelight, given his family problems.

Read more: VikiLeaks case shows how tricky life is on the electronic frontier



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[wulfie68]

So baird gets up,froths at the mouth,accuses the NDP,{with what evidence} and you sheeple fall for it hook line and sinker.39.62% of the population is gullible,to say the least.

As mentioned in another thread, the evidence was I/P traces by the Ottawa Citizen that led to an pro-NDP source (from previous postings) on Parliament Hill. Now thats not iron-clad, but its strong enough to justify Baird getting pissy...

But keep living in denial that your lefty heroes would stoop as low as the hated righties...

 

[mentalfloss]

Of course it isn't news.

Which makes it all the more ridiculous that they're launching a full-scale investigation over twitter posts of public information.

 

[wulfie68]

Of course it isn't news.

Which makes it all the more ridiculous that they're launching a full-scale investigation over twitter posts of public information.

If it results in breaches of privacy or threats then it becomes a criminal matter and thus worthy of investigation. I don't know what all has come from this but the letter Toews sent out specifically mentioned threats to him and possibly his family.