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	'''Vikram S. Buddhi''' (born 10 ~~May~~ 1971) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[Ph.D]] [[international student\|student]] and [[teaching assistant]] at [[Purdue University]] who was ~~imprisoned by~~ [[United States]] ~~authorities in 2006 for writing content criticizing~~ [[George W. Bush]], ~~which involved direct death threats via his Yahoo account~~, ~~and publishing them online~~.<ref name=buddhi>{{cite news\|title=IIT teachers, students demand release of Vikram Buddhi\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_iit-teachers-students-demand-release-of-vikram-buddhi_1296045\|date=7 October 2009\|author=PTI\|newspaper=[[Daily News & Analysis]]\|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref><ref name=jail>{{cite web\|title=Will Clinton help free IIT alumnus from US jail?\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/diaspora/iit_alumni_rally_for_vikram_buddhi.php\|date=6 October 2009\|author=NDTV Correspondent\|publisher=[[NDTV]]\|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Vikram Buddhi not giving up\|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/articleshow/4330024.cms\|date=19 October 2009\|author=\|publisher=[[Times Now]]\|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> He was ~~released from prison but was re-arrested immediately by the Department of Immigration~~ for ~~not possessing a valid visa~~, and ~~has been~~ deported to India.<ref>{{citation\|url=~~http~~://~~articles.~~timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~2011-07-06~~/mumbai/~~29742822_1_vikram~~-~~buddhi~~-jail-term-~~indian~~-~~diplomat~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329072359/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-06/mumbai/29742822_1_vikram-buddhi-jail-term-indian-diplomat\|url-status=~~dead~~\|archive-date=29 March 2013~~\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Newspaper Report\| date=6 July 2011~~}}</ref>		'''Vikram S. Buddhi''' (born May 10, 1971) is an Indian [[Ph.D.]] [[international student\|student]] and [[teaching assistant]] at [[Purdue University]] who was convicted in 2007 for making death threats online against [[President of the United States\|United States president]] [[George W. Bush]], and [[Vice President of the United States\|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-03-25 \|title=Student Convicted of Threatening to Kill President Bush, Faces Up to 35 Years in Prison \|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/student-convicted-of-threatening-to-kill-president-bush-faces-up-to-35-years-in-prison \|access-date=2023-05-04 \|website=Associated Press \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=buddhi>{{cite news\|title=IIT teachers, students demand release of Vikram Buddhi\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_iit-teachers-students-demand-release-of-vikram-buddhi_1296045\|date=7 October 2009\|author=PTI\|newspaper=[[Daily News & Analysis]]\|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref><ref name=jail>{{cite web\|title=Will Clinton help free IIT alumnus from US jail?\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/diaspora/iit_alumni_rally_for_vikram_buddhi.php\|date=6 October 2009\|author=NDTV Correspondent\|publisher=[[NDTV]]\|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Vikram Buddhi not giving up\|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/articleshow/4330024.cms\|date=19 October 2009\|author=\|publisher=[[Times Now]]\|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> He was imprisoned for 4 years and 9 months, and deported to India upon his release.<ref>{{citation \|title=Newspaper Report \|date=6 July 2011 \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Vikram-Buddhi-held-beyond-jail-term-father-seeks-PMs-intervention/articleshow/9117791.cms \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329072359/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-06/mumbai/29742822_1_vikram-buddhi-jail-term-indian-diplomat \|url-status=live \|archive-date=29 March 2013}}.</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Buddhi was born to Syamala Buddhi and Captain Buddhi K Subbarao.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Free my son, make me happy: Mother's Day plea to Obama\|url=~~http~~://~~articles.~~timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~2009-05-10~~/mumbai/~~28172842_1_vikram~~-~~buddhi~~-~~iranian~~-~~american~~-~~journalist~~-~~online~~-~~threat~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025053440/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-10/mumbai/28172842_1_vikram-buddhi-iranian-american-journalist-online-threat\|url-status=~~dead~~\|archive-date=25 October 2012\|date=10 May 2009\|author=Singh, Vijay\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|~~accessdate~~=2009-10-21}}</ref> His father was a senior [[defense (military)\|~~defense~~]] [[scientist]] with the [[Indian navy]] who had been tried for [[news leak\|leaking]] [[naval]] [[Secrecy\|secrets]] in 1988. ~~However he~~ was [[acquitted]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Vikram has been framed\|url=~~http~~://~~articles.~~timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~2006~~-04-21/~~india~~/~~27823682_1_vikram~~-~~buddhi~~-~~indian~~-~~navy~~-~~capt-subbarao~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025053446/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-21/india/27823682_1_vikram-buddhi-indian-navy-capt-subbarao~~\|url-status=dead~~\|archive-date=25 October 2012\|date=21 ~~April 2006~~\|~~author~~=~~Singh, Vijay~~\|~~newspaper~~=~~[[The Times of India]]~~\|~~accessdate~~=~~2009~~-10-21}}</ref> The charges were that he was leaking naval secrets which turned out to be his own PhD thesis which was a document available freely in libraries of reputed institutions of Nuclear Research.{{Citation needed\|date=June 2018}}		Buddhi was born to Syamala Buddhi and Captain Buddhi K Subbarao in 1971.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Free my son, make me happy: Mother's Day plea to Obama\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Free-my-son-make-me-happy-Mothers-Day-plea-to-Obama/articleshow/4504366.cms\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025053440/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-10/mumbai/28172842_1_vikram-buddhi-iranian-american-journalist-online-threat\|url-status=live\|archive-date=25 October 2012\|date=10 May 2009\|author=Singh, Vijay\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2009-10-21}}</ref> His father was a senior [[defense (military)\|defence]] [[scientist]] with the [[Indian navy]] who had been tried for [[news leak\|leaking]] [[naval]] [[Secrecy\|secrets]] in 1988. He was acquitted in 1993 after the alleged leaked secrets were revealed to be his own Ph.D. thesis, a publicly available document.<ref>{{cite news \|author=Singh, Vijay \|date=21 April 2006 \|title=Vikram has been framed \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vikram-has-been-framed/articleshow/1498403.cms \|url-status=live \|access-date=2009-10-21 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025053446/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-21/india/27823682_1_vikram-buddhi-indian-navy-capt-subbarao \|archive-date=25 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2009-12-21 \|title=IndiaPost_12-25-2009 by Ghanshyam Bisht - Issuu \|url=https://issuu.com/indiapost/docs/indiapost_12-25-2009 \|access-date=2023-11-14 \|website=issuu.com \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Trial==		==Trial==
	~~The prosecution has alleged that~~ Buddhi posted messages on a [[Yahoo]] business [[discussion forum]] ~~which appeared~~ in December 2005 and January 2006 calling upon the people of [[Iraq]] to [[retaliate]] against Iraq [[war]] and kill ~~then president~~ [[George W. Bush]], ~~vice-president~~ [[Dick Cheney]] and their ~~[[Wife\|~~spouses]]. Buddhi's lawyer [[Somnath Bharti]] ~~has~~ alleged that the [[indictment]] did not mention any of the alleged charges and the [[prosecution]] failed to establish Buddhi as the author of the messages ~~although they originated from a Purdue University [[Internet Protocol\|IP]] address~~. Buddhi had hacked the Yahoo ~~ID's~~ of thousands of Purdue University Students, then used those hacked stolen ~~ID's~~ to spread anti-Bush~~, Anti~~-~~War~~ messages across Yahoo's Discussion Boards, using ~~an automated software program known as~~ a ~~"Bot"~~.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Indian student languishes in US jail, alleges abuse \|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Indian-student-languishes-in-US-jail-alleges-abuse/articleshow/5135042.cms \|date=18 October 2009 \|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] \|accessdate=2009-10-21 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021070911/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Indian-student-languishes-in-US-jail-alleges-abuse/articleshow/5135042.cms \|archivedate=21 October 2009 }}</ref>		Buddhi posted messages on a [[Yahoo]] business [[discussion forum]] in December 2005 and January 2006, calling upon the people of [[Iraq]] to [[retaliate]] against the Iraq [[war]] and kill President [[George W. Bush]], Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] and their spouses. Buddhi's lawyer [[Somnath Bharti]] alleged that the [[indictment]] did not mention any of the alleged charges and the [[prosecution]] failed to establish Buddhi as the author of the messages. Buddhi had hacked the Yahoo accounts of thousands of Purdue University Students, then used those hacked stolen IDs to spread anti-Bush and anti-war messages across Yahoo's Discussion Boards, using a [[Internet bot\|bot]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Indian student languishes in US jail, alleges abuse \|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Indian-student-languishes-in-US-jail-alleges-abuse/articleshow/5135042.cms \|date=18 October 2009 \|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] \|accessdate=2009-10-21 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021070911/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Indian-student-languishes-in-US-jail-alleges-abuse/articleshow/5135042.cms \|archivedate=21 October 2009 }}</ref>

			Buddhi was sentenced in 2007 to 4 years, 9 months in prison.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=IIT alumnus Vikram Buddhi sentenced to 4 years, 9 months in prison \|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-iit-alumnus-vikram-buddhi-sentenced-to-4-years-9-months-in-prison-1322829 \|access-date=2023-05-04 \|website=DNA India \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Reaction==		==Reaction==
	Buddhi ~~has~~ received ~~considerable~~ support from the alumni and staff of ~~the~~ [[Indian Institutes of Technology\|IITs]], who ~~have~~ joined with his father and lobbied for his release ~~with~~ [[External Affairs Minister]], [[SM Krishna]]<ref name=buddhi/> and former ~~US President~~ [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name=jail/>		Buddhi received support from the alumni and staff of several [[Indian Institutes of Technology\|IITs]], who joined with his father and lobbied for his release. He also received support from [[External Affairs Minister]], [[SM Krishna]]<ref name=buddhi/> and former U.S. president [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name=jail/>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.countercurrents.org/kotasubbarao210409.htm] Dr. Buddhi Kotasubbarao, "Roxana Saberi And Vikram Buddhi – Compel A Comparison," 21 April 2009, countercurrents.org		*[http://www.countercurrents.org/kotasubbarao210409.htm] Dr. Buddhi Kotasubbarao, "Roxana Saberi And Vikram Buddhi – Compel A Comparison", 21 April 2009, countercurrents.org
	* [http://dockets.justia.com/docket/indiana/inndce/2:2013cv00128/73669] ''Buddhi v. USA,'' Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence, filed 15 April 2013, Indiana Northern District Court		* [http://dockets.justia.com/docket/indiana/inndce/2:2013cv00128/73669] ''Buddhi v. USA,'' Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence, filed 15 April 2013, Indiana Northern District Court

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{{Infobox criminal
| name = Vikram Buddhi
| image_name =
| image_size =
| image_caption = Vikram S. Buddhi
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}
| birth_place = [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| charge = threatening the life of George W. Bush and Bush's family
| conviction_penalty = sentenced to 57 months of prison
| conviction_status = Released
| occupation = [[Student]] and [[Teaching Assistant]]
| spouse =
| parents = Captain Buddhi K Subbarao and Syamala Buddhi
| children =
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'''Vikram S. Buddhi''' (born 10 May 1971) is an [[India]]n [[Ph.D]] [[international student|student]] and [[teaching assistant]] at [[Purdue University]] who was imprisoned by [[United States]] authorities in 2006 for writing content criticizing [[George W. Bush]], which involved direct death threats via his Yahoo account, and publishing them online.<ref name=buddhi>{{cite news|title=IIT teachers, students demand release of Vikram Buddhi|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_iit-teachers-students-demand-release-of-vikram-buddhi_1296045|date=7 October 2009|author=PTI|newspaper=[[Daily News & Analysis]]|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref><ref name=jail>{{cite web|title=Will Clinton help free IIT alumnus from US jail?|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/diaspora/iit_alumni_rally_for_vikram_buddhi.php|date=6 October 2009|author=NDTV Correspondent|publisher=[[NDTV]]|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vikram Buddhi not giving up|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/articleshow/4330024.cms|date=19 October 2009|author=|publisher=[[Times Now]]|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> He was released from prison but was re-arrested immediately by the Department of Immigration for not possessing a valid visa, and has been deported to India.<ref>{{citation|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-06/mumbai/29742822_1_vikram-buddhi-jail-term-indian-diplomat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329072359/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-06/mumbai/29742822_1_vikram-buddhi-jail-term-indian-diplomat|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Newspaper Report| date=6 July 2011}}</ref>

==Biography==
Buddhi was born to Syamala Buddhi and Captain Buddhi K Subbarao.<ref>{{cite news|title=Free my son, make me happy: Mother's Day plea to Obama|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-10/mumbai/28172842_1_vikram-buddhi-iranian-american-journalist-online-threat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025053440/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-10/mumbai/28172842_1_vikram-buddhi-iranian-american-journalist-online-threat|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|date=10 May 2009|author=Singh, Vijay|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> His father was a senior [[defense (military)|defense]] [[scientist]] with the [[Indian navy]] who had been tried for [[news leak|leaking]] [[naval]] [[Secrecy|secrets]] in 1988. However he was [[acquitted]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vikram has been framed|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-21/india/27823682_1_vikram-buddhi-indian-navy-capt-subbarao|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025053446/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-21/india/27823682_1_vikram-buddhi-indian-navy-capt-subbarao|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|date=21 April 2006|author=Singh, Vijay|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> The charges were that he was leaking naval secrets which turned out to be his own PhD thesis which was a document available freely in libraries of reputed institutions of Nuclear Research.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

==Trial==
The prosecution has alleged that Buddhi posted messages on a [[Yahoo]] business [[discussion forum]] which appeared in December 2005 and January 2006 calling upon the people of [[Iraq]] to [[retaliate]] against Iraq [[war]] and kill then president [[George W. Bush]], vice-president [[Dick Cheney]] and their [[Wife|spouses]]. Buddhi's lawyer [[Somnath Bharti]] has alleged that the [[indictment]] did not mention any of the alleged charges and the [[prosecution]] failed to establish Buddhi as the author of the messages although they originated from a Purdue University [[Internet Protocol|IP]] address. Buddhi had hacked the Yahoo ID's of thousands of Purdue University Students, then used those hacked stolen ID's to spread anti-Bush, Anti-War messages across Yahoo's Discussion Boards, using an automated software program known as a "Bot".<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian student languishes in US jail, alleges abuse |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Indian-student-languishes-in-US-jail-alleges-abuse/articleshow/5135042.cms |date=18 October 2009 |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |accessdate=2009-10-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021070911/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Indian-student-languishes-in-US-jail-alleges-abuse/articleshow/5135042.cms |archivedate=21 October 2009 }}</ref>

==Reaction==
Buddhi has received considerable support from the alumni and staff of the [[Indian Institutes of Technology|IITs]], who have joined with his father and lobbied for his release with [[External Affairs Minister]], [[SM Krishna]]<ref name=buddhi/> and former US President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name=jail/>

==See also==
* [[Freedom of speech in the United States]]

==External links==
*[http://www.countercurrents.org/kotasubbarao210409.htm] Dr. Buddhi Kotasubbarao, "Roxana Saberi And Vikram Buddhi – Compel A Comparison," 21 April 2009, countercurrents.org
* [http://dockets.justia.com/docket/indiana/inndce/2:2013cv00128/73669] ''Buddhi v. USA,'' Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence, filed 15 April 2013, Indiana Northern District Court

==References==
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