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By Jordan Press and Mark Kennedy

The vikileaks30 twitter account shut itself down on Friday night after accusations started flying about who was behind the account that exposed purported personal details surrounding the divorce of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.

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“I set up this project to make a point, not ensnare innocent people in a government witch hunt,” the account said in a tweet shortly before 9:30 p.m. ET.

“I am not in Ottawa. Many people have access to the email address. The Ottawa Citizen in particular is targeting the wrong person,” the tweet said.

“I am shutting down before any other innocent people are targeted. Please keep up the fight against #C30 Canada. You are showing the government that the people have the real power. Farewell.”

The House of Commons has launched an investigation into who was behind the Twitter account on Friday.

The opposition NDP and Liberals said Friday they were not involved in the Twitter feed and that the focus on how Toews’ private life was spilled online distracted from the ongoing debate about government legislation affecting personal privacy online.