Senator Wyden wants answers from DHS over domain name seizures

Found on Ars Technica on Sunday, 11 December 2011
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"I expect the administration will be receiving a series of FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] requests from our office and that the senator will have very pointed questions with regard to how the administration chooses to target the sites that it does," said Jennifer Hoelzer, a Wyden spokeswoman.

Wyden’s interest comes a day after federal authorities returned the domain name dajaz1.com, which was back online greeting visitors Friday with a powerful message about proposed web-censorship legislation that expands the government—and copyright holders—power to shutter and cripple sites suspected of copyright infringement.

The only publicly available court record regarding the seizure was the initial filing of a court order a year ago. Everything else was sealed—invisible to Splash, his lawyer, the public and the press.

My question is why Wyden is interested now. This has been going on for a year, and now that the domain has been returned to its owner, the senator decides to join the game. While it isn't bad that he's showing interest, he should have done so earlier.