Frank and Pavan Kumar Malreddy (eds.), Narratives of the War on Terror: Global Perspectives, New York, NY: Routledge, September 10, 2020. Instead, Obida mostly checked that people would not drink or smoke during the day, that women were dressed according to Islamic edict, and that trade was conducted fairly. According to scholars on ISIS, Obida’s role did not include actual combat or activities to target enemy fighters. When ISIS declared its caliphate in Syria and Iraq on June 29, 2014, it is suspected that Obida began serving as the Hisbah patrol leader. Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci, “Real Voices from the Caliphate Talk Back to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi,” International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism, May 7, 2019. : plotting to conduct a terror attack (suspected)Īccording to the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ISCVE), Obida is a high-ranking ideologue and recruiter from Turkey. Adam Weinstein, “Video Shows What Sharia Really Looks Like for Occupied Iraq and Syria,” Gawker, August 12, 2014, John Hall, “Pictured, the most feared policeman in the world: Jihadi in charge of religious police in ISIS capital behind countless beheadings, crucifixions and amputations,” Daily Mail, June 8, 2015. There’s no mention of attempts to pay for Gawker whistleblowers.Abu Obida is a senior ISIS leader who was the chief of the Hisbah patrol, ISIS’s morality police in Raqqa, Syria. The plaintiff assures the court that no past or present employees of Gawker have been interviewed in preparation for the response to the anti-SLAPP motion. “Defendants are in essence asking the Court to penalize Plaintiffs for lacking the resources to hire two large law firms with multiple support staff.” “There is no conspiracy here,” his attorney tells the judge. Johnson has filed his own reply to Gawker‘s. There are whistleblowers coming out to talk about how Gawker has built a business out of defamation.”
My lawyer and I both decided that it would make more sense to get it right so we’ve filed for an extension. Johnson threatened to join him in this lawsuit to try to elicit his cooperation.”Ī Facebook post by Johnson was also cited.
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Gawker says that Johnson looked to pry privileged information, plus insider info about its business, and “when a former employee was not forthcoming, it appears that Mr. Possible examples might include the inclusion of disclaimers in the article … wording article titles as questions … and possibly the level of protections that ANTI-SLAPP laws offer … ”
(Weinstein responded, “lol hey bud remember when u were gonna sue me last summer.”)Īccording to an exhibit attached to Gawker‘s filing, Johnson was willing to pay for “a memo on circumventing defamation laws.” Johnson explained, “I believe that a general counsel or other lawyer has drafted a memo for Gawker, detailing the fundamentals of defamation law, and outlining ways in which Gawker writers can circumvent defamation liability. One of those said to be contacted is Adam Weinstein, who wrote about his break from Gawker after the controversial outing of a Conde Nast executive. Gawkersays its antagonist has attempted to contact former Gawker employees with compensation offers for internal documents. “It fully appears Plaintiff Johnson was actually using the additional time to attempt to gather evidence for his responses using clearly improper means,” states Gawker‘s legal brief. Johnson has requested extensions of time to file a response, but on Tuesday, Gawker had enough. Gawker has responded with an anti-SLAPP motion, speaking about its First Amendment rights and how Johnson’s “provocative journalism” - accusing a New York Times reporter of posing for Playgirl, accusing a New Jersey senator of paying for prostitutes, publishing the home addresses of journalists covering events in Ferguson - has “attracted an avalanche of criticism, with respect to the quality of his reporting and his character, long before the first Gawker piece was published.”īasically, the Nick Denton news site says Johnson can’t prevail in his defamation lawsuit and so it should be tossed sooner rather than later. Laura Linney to Star in Broadway Play 'Summer, 1976'