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Wikileaks 

Are you in support of Julian Assange and Wikileaks, in what they're doing?
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Wikileaks: Swiss bank freezes Julian Assange's account

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On its website, PostFinance said Mr Assange had "provided false information regarding his place of residence during the account opening process.

"(Mr) Assange entered Geneva as his domicile. Upon inspection, this information was found to be incorrect.

"(Mr) Assange cannot provide proof of residence in Switzerland and thus does not meet the criteria for a customer relationship with PostFinance. For this reason, PostFinance is entitled to close his account."


More from the BBC here.

Bin Laden could be walking through London and there'd be less effort to capture him than is being applied to Assange's case.

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Paul1965 wrote:
Bin Laden could be walking through London and there'd be less effort to capture him than is being applied to Assange's case.

They've noticed that there's a lot of support so now they're trying to get the public scared.

As was pointed out on the news a majority of the recent information on locations is already freely available and the rest, if it was so classified, there's no explanation as to why it wasn't top secret.

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adidan wrote:
Paul1965 wrote:
Bin Laden could be walking through London and there'd be less effort to capture him than is being applied to Assange's case.

They've noticed that there's a lot of support so now they're trying to get the public scared.

As was pointed out on the news a majority of the recent information on locations is already freely available and the rest, if it was so classified, there's no explanation as to why it wasn't top secret.


Well, if it came from the same source as the other cables, you have to ask how such material was o freely available on a US network that it appears that anyone from a grunt in the military upwards had access to.

Sadly this illustrates the same issues that the Gary McKinnon case does - the USA can’t secure its own data and then has a girly hissy fit when the barriers are breached.

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London

More here.

A Judge in Sweden threw this out last September IIRC saying there was absolutely no case to answer. Now to see the wheels of those behind the scenes in motion.

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I can't help but feel both Assange and Wikileaks are being stitched up.

In particular Wikileaks - first their ISP bows out, then Paypal...and now Visa declares it won't clear payments to Wikileaks. How long until the banks stop direct transfers under pressure from the scumbags in the US Federal Government?

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Linux_User wrote:
I can't help but feel both Assange and Wikileaks are being stitched up.

Quite. It's so obvious it's laughable.

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The Guardian now reporting that Mastercard will also stop processing payments to Wikileaks.

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So, this has nothing to do with the promised leak about the banks then, has it?

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So, this has nothing to do with the promised leak about the banks then, has it?

The thing is Wikileaks is more than just Assange, who has been refused bail BTW.

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What do you do when America demonstrates just how corrupt, powerful and far reaching it's reign of terror is?

I feel a strongly worded letter coming on. A very strongly worded letter.

Possibly encrypted:

http://caml.inria.fr/pub/ml-archives/ca ... 9f.en.html

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Anyone see this on The Guardian website? Hilarious irony from the US State Department:

US State Department wrote:
The United States is pleased to announce that it will host Unesco's World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from 1-3 May in Washington, DC.

The theme for next year's commemoration will be 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers. The United States places technology and innovation at the forefront of its diplomatic and development efforts. New media has empowered citizens around the world to report on their circumstances, express opinions on world events, and exchange information in environments sometimes hostile to such exercises of individuals' right to freedom of expression. At the same time, we are concerned about the determination of some governments to censor and silence individuals, and to restrict the free flow of information. We mark events such as World Press Freedom Day in the context of our enduring commitment to support and expand press freedom and the free flow of information in this digital age.


Emphasis is mine. You couldn't make it up.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/201 ... ve-updates

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Julian Assange should be awarded Nobel peace prize, suggests Russia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/de ... NETTXT1349

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4Chan amazes and scares me at the same time.
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4Chan amazes and scares me at the same time.



none of them are normal on there, they have been attacking a lot of sites in aid of assange ;)

people on 4chan make me look normal!

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