I was about to post the same thing. No response to ping of his web server IP address, ergo, it's not just web server process getting overloaded - that machine is OFF the Internet.
Seized along with his email server and every other computer in every one of his offices in the United States, one would hope, although it's unlikely.
More probably, taken down while they cleanse it of all reference to the "Head's Up... From Michael Moore" column, in which he claimed to have two operatives working secretly in Iraq, four days after the last time Berg was known to have contacted the outside world.
Here is a most interesting quote in the Columbia Journalism Review from a recent interview with this "Pete Tridish" person:
"Community radio doesn't have a person in Baghdad - well, actually we do"...
http://www.cjr.org/issues/2003/5/qa-kelliher.asp
Can a citizen initiative demand the convention of a federal grand jury and resulting subpoena powers?
You tease! My heart actually skipped a beat. Unfortuately, your second scenario is what I had in mind and I hope nunya bidness put his copies of the posts over there somewhere safe and sound.
Here is a most interesting quote in the Columbia Journalism Review from a recent interview with this "Pete Tridish" person:
"Community radio doesn't have a person in Baghdad - well, actually we do"...
Check out #1517 re: Tridish comment.
Oh, my.
Well, it seems to me that we need to save all this information that's disappearing on the 'net. Lol!
I'm reading the article you linked. I notice the interview was in the September/October 2003 issue, so pre-dates Berg going to Iraq.
Still, it remains a very interesting statement from petridish.
Several days ago, it was suggested that MM's blog should be archived somewhere because of this. Sure enough, the site is down, and being scrubbed thoroughly with Commie Cleanser...