Pennsylvania AG issues subpoenas to out bloggers

I guess Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has a thin skin:

The state attorney general’s office has issued a subpoena threatening officials of the social networking service Twitter with arrest unless they reveal the names of two bloggers who have been critical of Attorney General Tom Corbett and his public corruption investigation.

The subpoena orders Twitter’s custodian of records to provide “any and all subscriber information” pertaining to the accounts “bfbarbie” and “CasablancaPA,” including name, address, contact information, creation date, and Internet protocol address.

The accounts have criticized Corbett’s use of grand juries, suggesting he used the investigations for political gain and to go after political opponents.

The Twitter representative was supposed to appear before the statewide investigating grand jury on May 14 to “give evidence regarding alleged violations of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” The court document does not specify what crime is being investigated.

The fact that Corbett is targeting individuals who have criticized him for using grand jury investigations to go after political opponents seems to reinforce their statements, and it’s chilling that an elected official would target individuals simply for expressing their opinions of him.

H/T to Political Macchiato.

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