This may be of interest from a freedom of information and national security balance perspective...<br><br><a href="http://thejackalnews.com/media-news/news-media/1755-police-arrest-journalist-itumbi-over-clasiffied-documents">http://thejackalnews.com/media-news/news-media/1755-police-arrest-journalist-itumbi-over-clasiffied-documents</a><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>JACKAL
NEWS -</strong> Journalist and blogger Dennis Itumbi has been arrested
by the Kenya
police investigating the origin of a document claiming that the British
government was pushing for the indictment of President Kibaki by the
International Criminal Court.</span>
<p style="text-align:left">�</p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The
Jackal News sources said they understood that, besides the ''UK
document'' issue, his detention is also part of police investigation
into the claims by the ICC prosecutor that some witnesses in the case
against four Kenyans had been threatened.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Itumbi
was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department officers in Embu
Thursday evening and brought to </span>Nairobi<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> for questioning, several sources told Jackal News.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">He is
being held at the Muthaiga Police Station, where he spoke to reporters
who visited him early this morning (Friday).</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">It was
not immediately clear the nature of evidence that police may have
against him over the document tabled in parliament on March 8.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Speculation
on Twitter suggested that police had been arrested him for having
access to ��classified documents��, whatever that means.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">His
arrest came amid a move by the journalst last week that he had given a
notice to sue a blogger who allegedly linked him to the writing of the
document, which also claimed that the British government was seeking the
detention, by ICC of MPs William Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">��Media
freedom is under threat in this country. The new constitution, even if
it was voted on overwhelmingly is not working,�� Itumbu told reporters
from Muthaiga Police station early Friday.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">�</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">��No matter the nature of intimidation, I
will not reveal the sources of the information I have. It is suicidal. I
will die for it,�� he said, suggesting that police may be seeking to
question him about what he knows about the controversial document.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">�</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">A friend, Martin Gitau, posted on Twitter
overnight: ��Intimidation as blogger Dennis Itumbi arrested by CID
officers in Embu.��</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">�</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The police had not issued any statement by
2am Friday.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Last </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">week, Itumbi, through his lawyer, issued a
formal complaint against Robert Alai, asking him to apologize for
allegedly linking him to the ��British government�� document or, failure
to which, he would institute legal proceedings.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Itumbi
has said he is not the source of the document in question.<br></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Meanwhile,
Attorney General Githu Muigai has ordered police to investigate claims
by the ICC prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, of email hacking and
intimidation of witnesses.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">�</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Muigai said that he had received a
complaint from Ocampo that there was �hacking of email accounts of a
person of interest� to his office.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu)<br>Kenya<br>Skype: gracebomu<br>Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)<br><br>