The Wall Street Journal is reporting the U.S. government has obtained a controversial type of secret court order to force Google and the internet provider Sonic.net, Inc. to turn over information from the email accounts of WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum. The government’s request included the email addresses of every person Appelbaum had corresponded with for the past two years. The government obtained the secret order even though the 28-year-old Appelbaum has not been charged with a crime. Both Google and Sonic reportedly pressed unsuccessfully to be allowed to inform Appelbaum of the secret court orders. The U.S. Justice Department is also trying to force Twitter to hand over information about Appelbaum’s account as well as the accounts of two other WikiLeaks volunteers.