As Hackers Torment Wikileaks, Assange Threatens Mass Release
- Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:35pm by
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LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks struggled to stay online Friday as governments and hackers hounded the organization across the Internet, trying to deprive it of a direct line to the public. Like a fugitive moving from house to house, WikiLeaks changed the name of its Web site after a U.S. company stopped directing traffic to wikileaks.org. French officials then moved to oust it from its new home.
“The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops,” tweeted John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the online free-speech group Electronic Frontier Foundation. His message was reposted by WikiLeaks to its 300,000-odd followers.
Legal pressure increased on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after Swedish authorities revised a warrant for his arrest in response to procedural questions from British officials.
Assange‘s lawyer said that he is in Britain but that she hadn’t received a warrant by Friday afternoon.
The 39-year-old Australian is wanted on allegations of rape and other sex crimes that emerged after a trip to Sweden in August.
Assange said that his arrest would do nothing to halt the flow of American diplomatic cables being released by his group and newspapers in several countries, and he threatened to escalate the rush of information if he is taken into custody.
Hundreds of cables have been published by WikiLeaks and several newspapers in recent days. Assange said that all of the cables had already been distributed in a heavily encrypted form to tens of thousands of people.
If something happens to him, he suggested, the password needed to decrypt the data will be released and all the secrets will go out at once.
“History will win,” Assange said in a Web chat with readers of The Guardian newspaper, one of the media organizations helping to coordinate the documents’ publication. “The world will be elevated to a better place. Will we survive? That depends on you.”
WikiLeaks doesn’t depend entirely on its website for disseminating secret documents; if it were knocked off the Web, the nationless organization could continue to communicate directly with news organizations. But the site provides a direct line to the public, fulfilling the organization’s stated goal of maximum distribution for the secret documents it receives from mainly anonymous contributors.
In an online chat with readers of The Guardian, Assange promised to improve the availability of the website as soon as possible.
“Rest assured I am deeply unhappy that the 3 1/2 years of my work and others is not easily available or searchable by the general public,” Assange said.
EveryDNS – a company based in Manchester, New Hampshire, that had been directing traffic to the website wikileaks.org – stopped doing so late Thursday after cyber attacks threatened the rest of its network. WikiLeaks responded by moving to a Swiss domain name, wikileaks.ch – and calling on activists for support.
By late Friday, WikiLeaks was up in at least three new websites.
The loss of support from EveryDNS just a minor annoyance because the site can leap from one name to the next, said Fraser Howard, a researcher with Internet security firm Sophos.
“The whack-a-mole analogy is fairly good,” he said.
The Swiss address directs traffic to servers in France, where Industry Minister Eric Besson called it unacceptable to host a site that “violates the secrecy of diplomatic relations and puts people protected by diplomatic secrecy in danger.”
The general manager of French web hosting company OVH, Octave Klaba, confirmed that it had been hosting WikiLeaks since early Thursday, after a client asked for a “dedicated server with … protection against attacks.”
He said the company has asked a judge to decide on the legality of hosting the site on French soil.
“It is not up to the political realm or to OVH to request or decide the closure of a site, but rather up to the courts,” Klaba said.
WikiLeaks has been brought down numerous times this week by what appear to be denial-of-service attacks. In a typical such attack, remote computers commandeered by rogue programs bombard a website with so many data packets that it becomes overwhelmed and unavailable to visitors. Pinpointing the culprits is difficult. The attacks are relatively easy to mount and can be performed by amateurs.
The attacks started Sunday, just before WikiLeaks released the diplomatic cables. To deal with the flood of traffic, WikiLeaks moved to Amazon.com’s Web hosting facility, which has vast numbers of servers that can be rented as needed to meet surges.
But Amazon booted WikiLeaks from the site on Wednesday after U.S. congressional staffers started asking the company about its relationship to WikiLeaks. Amazon said it ousted the organization in part because the leaks could endanger innocent people.
The U.S. is conducting a criminal investigation into WikiLeaks’ release of the diplomatic cables. Attorney General Eric Holder said this week that the leaks jeopardized national security, diplomatic efforts and U.S. relationships around the world.
In Washington, the lawmaker expected to take over the House Judiciary Committee in January, Republican Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, said he plans to conduct hearings on the matter.
Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada introduced a bill to amend the U.S. Espionage Act that would give prosecutors more flexibility to pursue a criminal case against Assange and his organization. But there was little chance of passing a new law in the remaining weeks of the congressional session.
Assange also risks legal action in his homeland, where Australia said it would detain Assange if possible in response to the warrant filed in the Swedish case by Interpol.
Wikileaks.ch, is owned by the Swiss Pirate Party, formed two years ago to campaign for freedom of information. Its officials said they gave Assange information on how to seek asylum in Switzerland.
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Svensson reported from New York. Louise Nordstrom reported from Stockholm, Jenny Barchfield from Paris, Holly Ramer from Manchester, N.H., John Heilprin from Geneva and Larry Margasak from Washington.
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Comments (134)
Sinista Mace
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:08pmYES!!! Release all the documents!!!
For Freedom!
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:53pmBut first, break into the servers of the Obama White House, the NYT, the WaPo, CNN, MSNBC, ACT-UP, PETA, the United States Communist Party, and all the laptops of the Democrat House and Senate and release THOSE documents and cables!
Report Post »mark t
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:00pmAssasinate the F#@ker covertly, then we will see who’s next????
Report Post »@ shome if you don‘t get it you are without brain’s ???????
read my older post‘s if you want cause I’m not gonna repeat myself again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mark t
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:54pmNOW!!!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!! A little late and a nice show dumb F#@K’S!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »showmerancher
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:48pmAgain, “shooting the messenger” makes no sense. Take Assange and WikiLeaks down and someone else will pop up doing the same thing. It is as fruitless as taking down Al Qaeda websites. The focus should be on tightening up security. Why take out WikiLeaks when we didn’t take down CBS for leaking the “Taguba Report” classified SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION just as the State Department cables were… The Taguba report was the report that told us about Abu Ghraib, which DID directly endanger our soldiers and folks in Iraq. What about the media that released the Pentagon papers… and more… How big of hypocrites are we???
Besides, as this article indicates, we could be on the brink of seeing the “law of unintended consequences” hit us between the eyes. In all of the released leaks, news organizations helped WikiLeaks decide what could/should be released and what was too sensitive to be released. We may “force” (cause) Assange to release EVERYTHING he has, including what was not previously released, and thereby trigger a MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM.
The publication is only a symptom. The leaks themselves are the problem. Let‘s not ourselves be like Congress and try to ’solve’ symptoms that can only be masked. For once, let’s try to solve the real problem; then publication won’t be an issue.
Report Post »Moonbat
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:13pm@ ShowMeRancher
I agree. I think I’d go a little farther, though, and say that our government does too much in secret — the best defense against this stuff is simply to have a government that would stand up to public scrutiny.
Obviously, there are military and diplomatic situations where secrecy is called for, but it should be much more rare, and much more temporary. We’re footing the bill for government — we should know what they’re doing.
Report Post »jackricks
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:31pmLet it all come out, I learned a long time ago, if you can’t say something to some ones face, don’t say it. This “man” is a coward, if he is such a stand up guy, let him cone to the UNITED STATES and say it on a national tv station.
Report Post »seekingone
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:30pmI hope he does release everything. Our Fearless Leaders keep too many secrets about their underhanded doings with our tax money. I doubt that Soros ever envisioned it going this far, but I am very glad. Opening all the doors and windows just might air out the place!
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:28pmya know when I was very young my mother would tell me is you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all.
If I know that you NEVER put anything in writing or even say anything that you do not want the entire world to see or hear.
This is a set up so the feds can control the internet.. watch the other hand
Report Post »Massey-50
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:06pmCalled the Washington Post test. If you don’t want it on the front page of the rag to read,,,,,don’t, say print or write it!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »KimNTennessee
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:33pmI agree with you Lady. Look how happy people were over Amazon….but who will they deny service to next? Red flags are everywhere on this.
Report Post »vino22
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:25pmWhat I dont understand is the people who are calling for his head are the very people that want to take your freedoms…In free society…shouldnt information be free..this is no different than the NY times
Report Post »ronmorgen
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:30pm@ vino22.. “this is no different than the NY times”
Report Post »Absolutely. And in this case it’s true stuff.
Gas137
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:24pmCould the “mass release” after Assange’s arrest be stopped by tracing his transfers of files and destroying them?
Report Post »ronmorgen
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:17pmHalf of you are screaming for the government to do something to protect us from this, can’t you see what that implies? You are asking for more governmental control. Even illegal stuff like assassination. What will you think when you are the target of their censorship?
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:24pmI’ll bet the crooks on Wall Street are as scared of this, as they are Ron Paul chairing an oversight committee.
Report Post »KimNTennessee
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:28pmEXACTLY. It’s quicksand.
Report Post »Rillobymorning
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:16pmJust part of the Soros/Obama set-up to create a chaotic environment and continue the destruction of the economy. Any more, the things they do read like a book
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:14pmThe hackers know if that this scumbag keeps this up, it will lead to the FCC taking over the internet if they haven’t already. So they would rather keep him off the web so that doesn’t happen.
Report Post »ginger100
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:11pmAny release, hurts this administration credibility. They already show that they’re nothing but a bunch of hippie kids in charge. I’d say that more Americans are feeling less confident in this President because it is happening on his watch. To bad the wiki release don’t include the Roswell alien crash, the real story on Dealey Plaza and Area 51.
Report Post »60yroldfemale
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:08pmWah,wah,wah. I kicked the big boys in the junk and now they are beating the crap out of me.
Report Post »What exactly did this girly-man expect would happen?
Reminds me of that song about the junkyard dog.
I disagree with Judge Napolitano a lot but that is because he is basing his opinions on precedent law which is what got us into this trouble in the first place. One lawyer gets a judge to buy his theory and it rolls downhill from there.
ronmorgen
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:01pmQuick pass a law to enable us to control the flow of information.
Report Post »Cuthalu
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:00pmGood! Release all that info tough guy, cause all it is showing is how incompentant the Obama adminstration really is.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:55pm“Attorney General Eric Holder said this week that the leaks jeopardized national security, diplomatic efforts and U.S. relationships around the world.”
I’m not holding my breath on this one. So far Holder’s whole emphasis has been to harm, not help our country.
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:55pmAnother case of “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should”.
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:50pmJudge Napolitano makes an interesting argument that what he is doing is no different than a journalist. I say let them release it all get it all out in the open. Time to blow this thing wide open and see if there is really any true dirt. Most of the info is old and more like HS gossip.
It will also shows the gov’t hand in all of this as they were quick to shut down Prada & Rolex knockoff sites yet allowed this site to operate. Nothing but them taking advantage of a crisis to crack down on the internet…. regulate it (Sunstein) through the FCC. Watch what the other hand is doing kids!
Take back America and screw political correctness through http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:00pmThe point is that the FCC wants the public to scream “SAVE US”. First military documents, then (coming up) banking docs. What else has been leaked to him, and from where?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:33pmCorrect me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Assange, just 4 days ago, make a statement that Hillary Clinton should resign from politics, referring to the possible release of the financial documents? Now I see Hillary Clinton just two years ago hungry for the Presidency, making a statement that after her current position, she’s done with politics.
Report Post »Tyrone
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:49pmThe real problem as I see it is how easily an Army private was able to obtain all this information. Why is there no concern or outrage by the media on how easily that this was done? Who are they trying to protect?
Report Post »Midwest Belle
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:53pmTrust me, the private didn’t do it on his own. he had help. Lots and lots of help.
Report Post »60yroldfemale
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:15pmJust who do you think all those NEW government employees are?
Report Post »I tried to work for the government once. I worked in a position where items were sold each day and at the end of the month we were supposed to do an inventory, silly me I actually counted everything and discovered $11,000 worth of missing merchandise.
They wanted to fire me, but being the government, they just transferred me with an admonition ‘to sin no more’.
I went back to the normal world.
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:17pm@Midwest Bell
I have given some thought a poster here at the Blaze talked about once; he mentioned having worked in the intel part of the military, and I talked with a couple of other ex-intels. They each reminded me of the Walker family spy ring, father and son having worked in the navy intel supplying it to the Soviets for a decade or more.
So one agent or traitor placed in the right place, and right time with patience could have placed a bug in the system another operator could hack and exploit; or acting alone, carefully get into areas that most would not – again this traitor private most likely had help; yet it is possible.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
BetterDays
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:58pmDepending upon his MOS, say if it were crypto communications, rainforms, then yes the Private could have done all this by his self, in less than a year. As a x-military with a TS in a ultra-secret rate I know that the information is out there, and all it would take is one bad apple.
Report Post »steinie44
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:49pmthe author, FCC
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:55pmor the state department, or the executive branch… any of those. If military leaks don’t work, try the banking industry, then how about some medical records or social security numbers. Come on all private sector hackers, shut this pos down. Before Big Brother shuts everything down.
Report Post »Border Fox
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:44pmHe can run, but he can’t hide… From JUSTICE!
Report Post »dkhartman
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:48pmWe need Walker Texas Ranger, stat.
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:09pmhe can run… but he will just be very tired WHEN we catch him
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:41pmThis smells like a set-up to justify iron-fisted internet control by the powers that be. This whole thing has been playing out like a script. So who’s the author?
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:46pmGreat observation. He’s an operative…
Report Post »Midwest Belle
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:52pmDidn’t you know? GEORGE SOROS!!!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:59pmThis is definitely all about controlling the Internet, you’re right.
Glenn showed that there is a Soros tie to Lassange’s lawyer.
No matter what Lassange does, let’s all remember that this was a failure to secure the information from being released, not a failure of free speech.
Some Lefty once asked “Where’s the crowded theater now”. The crowded theater is free speech’s threats to national security. Those who yell “Fire” are the one’s who want to take your freedoms.
Report Post »TruthLover
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:00pmEXACTLY what I keep thinking….just a set up to make us all clamor for “Net Neutrality” and guidelines as to what is “legal” online content to post, view or search. I also think this guy fancies himself an old fashioned Bond villain, he certainly has the Muahahahahaa….maniacal laugh look about him!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:19pmGood point, but I’m not sure they wanted something this big. I agree with Glenn, this is another step at creating chaos and distrust of government so they can rush in with a solution. This goes far beyond the Internet.
Report Post »Moonbat
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:02pm@ Truthlover
I don’t think you quite get net neutrality. The idea is that all websites should be treated the same by ISPs. Verizon, for example, shouldn’t be able to decide that Media Matters should run faster than the Blaze on your computer. That‘s what’s at stake. Net neutrality has absolutely nothing to do with regulating content.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:03pmNickDeringer.. there was ALREADY chaos and distrust of not so much government but the Politicians.. Personally I don’t think there is much they could leak that would surprise or shock people.. 20% of the people would rather sit and beleive what Politicians are saying and doing is for their good.. which means 80% of the people already have a healthy distrust of the the GOVERNMENT and know government can not save them. Most people like to see wikileaks or any other LEAKS because it verifies what people already know in their guts to be true.. it does however give them faith that SOMEONE will unlock the truth and we will find it out.. I still can’t figure out what the big deal about this last leak is however, I can see why the leaders of all countries are shaking in their boots about the Wall Street one..I beleive it will show many emperors without any clothes but a big room of gold..
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:51pm@ozchambers
The clear difference in your analogy is that shouting “FIRE” in a crowded theater when there is no fire is lying to incite panic. What WL did was publish the truth, things said and done by our diplomats. If it incites panic who’s fault is it really? The messenger who released the information or the perpetrators that did the actions?
Report Post »EP46
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:07pmI believe it is a set-up also. Remember FCC VOTES on Net Neutrality on Dec 21st even though congress said ‘no’, they are going ahead. This is the first step to control the air waves…radio, tv. internet.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:13pmEven if for some reason Soros is not behind this (and there may be secrets HE does not want to have exposed, would danger his assault upon us) the administrations cronies have already said ‘never let a emergency go to waste.’
So someone most likely will do something.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:02pmIts a plot started by Glenn Beck – actually I really don’t think this is that much of a big deal. But then again I was wrong about Obama so I could be wrong about this. http:/maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »KimNTennessee
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:23pmThat‘s exactly what I’ve been nervous about. This has everyone in such an uproar and I fear it will be used to justify more government control of the internet. After Amazon kicked them off this week I felt all kind of red flags go up. I think anyone releasing classified documents is a criminal and should be arrested but at the same time I am nervous it’s going to be used against freedom of speech by the government. I don’t know – there’s just more to this than we know. God Bless the U.S.A.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:41pmSounds like every other Communist “We will Crush Capitalism” Rant !
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:40pmHe is threatening a “mass release”??? Careful everyone, that may be a code phrase that he is coming to rape you…tighten your belts America and don’t bend over.
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 4:44pmor even lean forward…
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:07pmWell obambi can’t let his friends on wall street be exposed now can he..
his papasoros might get cross
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:28pmThe powers that be are hacking like crazy, while corrupt govt. officials freak out. Who’s next??
Report Post »It could very well be that we are witnessing the incipient stage of worldwide Internet restrictions, and that would be a major historical event.
slimster
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:44pmAmazon booted wikileaks, because the info put “innocent” people at risk. How are people innocent if the info wikileaks released incriminates them for what they said?.. Are they not supposed to be held accountable for what they said, or what they say or believe doesnt make them not “innocent”…. Amazon is stupid.
Report Post »crazedbanshee
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:02pm@slimster…How do you think we gain most of our intel on corrupt governments? What may help us could be considered treason in the country the people are from that are giving us intel. Look at what happened to that girl in China who was speaking out.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:11pm@The blazers
Could this be the ‘event’ beck has warned about – Obama is in Afghanistan, Net Neutrality is soon to begin about the 21st of the month (if I hear right), and Progressives are preparing final acts to cram down the throats of the nation.
Something is coming, and sooner than we expect, Dec 10 is the UN human rights day; and what would be a better ‘final revenge’ by this moron than to release all hell in one shot of alleged ‘violations of the rights of men’ on that day.
Watch and be ready. Someone in the administration will do something to take advantage of this situation. Of course assange is finding out too that when you play with Dragons, get ready to be bit.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:16pmReal Censorship bill 645
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/ventura-show-fema-and-feminizing-uranium-lead-google-trends/
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:45pm@Tower7
thanks, passing it on, interesting article.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:59pmIf the Russians go after the guy, it might go something like this in the headlines…
Update: Wikileaks founder accidentally fell in front of train arriving at the station, somehow he also was the only one present at the time.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:20pmSNOWLEPORD, it’s been done before
Billionaire Merckle commits suicide
By James Wilson in Frankfurt and Andrew Jack in London
Published: January 6 2009 15:26 | Last updated: January 6 2009 19:10
Adolf Merckle, one of Germany’s wealthiest men, committed suicide after weeks of talks with creditors designed to save his businesses from being consumed by disastrous investments and the global financial crisis.
The billionaire, 74, was said by his family to have been “broken” by the sight of his business empire, which ranged from pharmaceuticals to cement, crumbling. He died on Monday evening, apparently hit by a train a few hundred metres from his home in southern Germany.
Report Post »NoVampires
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:52pmCould we please show us a precious little birth certificate, college records including law school transcripts and admission records. Thank you. Just grow some balls and do it. Assclown. It’ll get you killed quicker, but do it anyway.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:39pm@Tower7
Yes I do remember hearing of that. Thank you.
Report Post »NoBromides
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:49pmI am of somewhat mixed feelings on this one. On the one hand it is gratifying to see the smarmy politicians get caught with their pants around their ankles. But as Glenn says, are we really learning anything that we didn’t already know in our gut? On the other hand, I hate to see the ease which US sensitive/secret files are filched and distributed to the harm of many individuals.
I agree with SLeopard that something would appear to be coming and is closer than the horizon. Heads down below the lip of the trench.
WVdad
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:17pm@ Tower 7
Report Post »Prolly why they wont close the borders, blame the missing people on the human smugglers
jzs
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:09amsnowleopard3200 {mix art} is right. This could very well be “the event” foretold by Beck, a mere mortal, but one with the tongue of Christ and the vision of one of Christ’s prophets. I thought for awhile that the contrail off of California might the The Event in Beck’s oracular prophesy, but now I’m thinking it must be something else, probably this.
Under the guise of national security – so called – Obama will clamp down on the internet as he did with Amazon. Then he’ll force net neutrality down our throats. The claim is that a net neutrality insures that all of us can access any website whatsoever, but the reality is that net neutrality will eliminate conservative websites from being accessed by anyone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality).
Once internet access to conservative websites is prohibited, then FOX and Michael Savage will be shut down, also in the name of “national security.”
I don‘t have Glenn’s God given gift of prophesy, but I see clearly what will happen once the voice of American patriots has been shut down. The next step is an assumption of dictatorial powers by Obama: he’ll eliminate the filibuster by decree, and then “relocate” Jews into FEMA camps. Then conservatives and members of the Tea Party (don‘t think everyone on this website isn’t already monitored). Then, like Hitler, he’ll exterminate all the Jews and anyone else who disagrees with his plan for a New World Odor. Civilization as we know it will fail, and we will all become slaves.
God give us the power of Love in this last, desperate moment of civilization.
Report Post »slimster
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:28am@crazedbanshee
Report Post »Yeah…. Encouraging Iraqi jehadist to wage acts of terrorism in turkey is the same as collecting intel on corrupt entities?… No.
thepatriotdave
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:29amI say keep the pressure on Assange. He’s going to release all documents sooner or later anyway, so him threatening to release them sooner is a zero sum game. He needs to be met in a dark alley for an education of how the real world works.
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 2:03amAssange would have nothing to leak if some DADT brilliant in the military intelligence branch
wasn’t FEELING upset and betraying his uniform and oath, not to mention his country.
The subversion and treason laws need to be enforced.
I find it hard to believe SO much information was stolen at THIS time in our history.
This whole thing could be doublethink, and an excuse to monitor ALL net traffic without warrant.
Not that it isn’t already, simply now they can point to this as a reason for doing so.
I do hope he gets to release the bank info though…
should be as “amusing” as the FED’s “accounting” release this week.
What a mess everything has become, something is definitely coming to a head.
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