The world famous lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who helped represent US football star OJ Simpson and boxer Mike Tyson, has now joined Icelandic MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir and her fellow campaigners in their fight for privacy in US courts.
As part of its investigation of Wikileaks, the US government has requested that the social network Twitter reveal information on the communication of three individuals connected with Wikileaks, Jónsdóttir included.
Jónsdóttir and the two other defendants, who are computer specialists, are trying to persuade a judge in the state of New York to reverse his decision that Twitter should give the US Department of Justice access to their profiles, visir.is reports.
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