Sinking Ship? Wikileaks Domain Provider Cuts Ties, Forces New Name
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Wikileaks was forced Friday to switch over to a Swiss domain name, wikileaks.ch, after a new round of hacker attacks on its system prompted its American domain name provider to withdraw service.
WikiLeaks’ U.S. domain name system provider, EveryDNS, withdrew service to the wikileaks.org name late Thursday, saying it took the action because the new hacker attacks threatened the rest of its network.
“Wikileaks.org has become the target of multiple distributed denial of service attacks. These attacks have, and future attacks would, threaten the stability of the EveryDNS.net infrastructure,” EveryDNS said in a statement.
EveryDNS provides access to some 500,000 websites.
In a tweet on Friday, the owner of EveryDNS, Dynamic Network Services Inc., wrote that “trust is paramount: Our users and customers are our most important asset.” It did not specify whether it was referring to WikiLeaks, however.
WikiLeaks confirmed the move in a separate tweet, saying “WikiLeaks.org domain killed by US everydns.net after claimed mass attacks.” It was not clear where the alleged attacks were coming from.
WikiLeaks has previously claimed that intelligence agencies from the U.S. and elsewhere have been targeting its site, which has spilled thousands of embarrassing U.S. diplomatic cables as well as classified U.S. military documents.
Earlier this week, WikiLeaks’ Swedish server host, Bahnhof, confirmed that the website had been hit by a cyber attack just before it leaked thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic cables.
In addition to the latest batch of sensitive documents, WikiLeaks has angered the U.S. and other governments by publishing almost half a million secret documents about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is not clear how WikiLeaks obtained the diplomatic documents, but the U.S. government’s prime suspect is an Army private, Bradley Manning, who is in custody on charges of leaking other classified documents to WikiLeaks.
On Wednesday, Amazon.com Inc. — which had provided WikiLeaks with use of its servers to distribute embarrassing State Department communications and other documents — evicted it. The site remains on the servers of its Swedish provider.
The ouster from Amazon came after congressional staff questioned the company about its relationship with WikiLeaks. Sen. Joe Lieberman praised Amazon’s action and said it should “set the standard” for companies WikiLeaks is using to distribute “illegally seized material”
In its decision to terminate the service for Wikileaks, EveryDNS cited what it called a violation of the provision stating that a member should “not interfere with another member’s use and enjoyment of the service.”
Andre Rickardsson, an expert on file-sharing and information technology security at Sweden’s Bitsec Consulting, said domain name providers normally don’t drop their clients unless the clients themselves have breached their user contract. “WikiLeaks is not behind the disturbance here, but individuals trying to disturb WikiLeaks’ operations,” he said.
Rickardsson said he had never experienced a user being shut off under similar circumstances.
“I don’t believe for a second that this has been done by EveryDNS themselves. I think they’ve been under pressure,” he said referring to U.S. authorities.
Mark Stephens, the London-based lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, also speculated that outside pressure had forced EveryDNS to pull the plug on WikiLeaks.
“Pressure appears to have been applied to close the WikiLeaks domain name,” he wrote on the micro-blogging website.
Assange, a 39-year-old Australian, has been out of public sight for nearly a month. Sweden has issued an Europe-wide arrest warrant for him over allegations of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion, but the exact nature of the allegations are still unclear.
Assange’s Swedish and British lawyers claim their client has attempted to assist in the questioning but so far Sweden has turned down his offers. According to his lawyers, he has also yet to receive formal notice of the allegations.
An American defense official has also indicated that U.S. government lawyers are investigating whether Assange can be prosecuted for spying. He is also risks legal action in his homeland, where Australia’s Attorney General Robert McClelland has said Australia would detain Assange if possible in response to the warrant filed in the Swedish case by Interpol.
Assange has spoken publicly lately only through online interviews.
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Raphael G. Satter in London contributed to this report.
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Comments (63)
Camo Pants
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:16pmReally? They moved because of a DDoS attack? Heck, kids do it over a video game all the time, get over yourselves guys, it’s only a bunch of pixels. Get the hard documents, mass produce them, get a plane, drop them over DC for petes sake. Maybe the cost will boost the economy.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:33pmdoesnt anyone find it interesting that nothing was done about wikkileaks until AFTER he said the next leak was on a large bank?
why was Lincoln assassinated?
what did boothe say later and admit to, but i bet you dont know?
how much power do the banks actually have?
he who holds the gold……………holds the power
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-515319560256183936#
Report Post »Camo Pants
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:17pm“he who holds the gold……………holds the power”
Report Post »We don’t hold that gold, that’s for sure. :s
MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:46amGood moves in mysterious ways …time will tell.
Report Post »2smart
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:30amHolder could have started containing this a**hole over six months ago but I guess when your Obama’s boy you do only what your told and only what your told. I’d also like for Wikileaks to do a little in-depth study of Reid, Pelosi, Grayson, Durbin and Schumer. It would be real transparent to see what these individuals have hidden!
Report Post »2smart
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:24amI suggest that they call the new website: pathetic loser.com or cowardly contributions.com
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:18amBelieve it or not folks not all hackers are dope smoking pimply faced kids.
Report Post »petestreet
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:17amLooks like spooky dude and the commie in chief are having a lovers spat ,with the fruteloop in the middle who lives who dies. Remember Dallas?
Report Post »lwilli201
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:11amThe information was illegally obtained. Case closed on that one. Illegally distributed, no doubt. If you spend money you know was stolen, you are going to jail.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:28amAwwww, it looks like the corrupt United States Government has successfully HACKED Wikileaks website to the point of getting it shut down by it’s domain provider.
United States Government, you STILL LOSE YOU CORRUPT LYING BASTARDS.
Snitch on Julian, snitch on. They can’t stop you unless they trump up some falsified charges of rape in a country where the corrupt bastards regularly send people to be tortured outside of the law.
We know the Nazi tactics they use. Everybody sees it too.
The people are WITH YOU Mr. Assange.
We WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, and we DON‘T CARE about the corrupt bastards’ character assassination.
Report Post »cap0ne
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:10amSo, EveryDNS dropped wikileaks.org just to host wikileaks.ch?? How does that make sense?
Report Post »Does EveryDNS think the DDOS will stop just because they changed from a .org to a .ch??
osagetrail
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:08amMove wherever you want but Putin is sending the FSB to kill you and shut you down. They have no sense of humor. Obama has no balls.
Report Post »diablosho
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:42amI would like for them to release the Bank of America stuff though, considering I believe there to be INCREDIBLY ILLEGAL activity going on, that which is probably “encouraged” by the Obama administration. I do NOT like that they release info that harms our national security (and they should be prosecuted/taken out for such things), but going after private companies that are doing wrong, especially if our government owns them…all good in my book!
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:39amLooks like Obama & Co are getting EXACTLY what they want out of these “leaks” afterall…. I smell SOROS.
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:37amI am with Joe and the TJ’s Ghost on this one.
They (Admin) ‘expressed outrage’ after two leaks. When informants were actually placed in danger. They knew how ineffective that would be -Administrations have been expressing outrage since 1991 at a number of Middle Eastern petty tyrants.
Now, however, the State Dpt is embarressed (hello, Hillary? Look at your husband. I figured you’d be used to that by now -just sayin’.) and a Bank has been id’d as the next target of disclosure. They Are On It! None of this seems odd? FCC recently got shot down by congress on an Internet power grab… just a little odd maybe?
He (Assange) enabled and promoted criminal activity and should be punished. Bradley should be tried for treason.
That being said, Wikileaks has given us more transparency in a few months than we have gotten in 16 years of Progressive Government. That should count for something. Really folks, you saw the Rangel Fiasco. If the TEA Party hadn’t just handed the Dems their heads, Ole Charlie would be headed to the Dominican for a celebratory cocktail. Guess he’ll have to settle for a high-class DC joint.
The United States Government has allowed this to continue, why? “Make this President do what he (wants/needs/has) to” Wasn’t that what Van Jones said? Can you think of a better reason than ‘National Security’ to hang a new FCC Beauracracy on?
Where is the outrage at our ‘Diplomacy Corps’ behaviour? Politicians love to be called ‘the Honourable’ or ‘the Distinguished’, but when it comes down to brass tacks this lot are a bunch of petty back-biters. Untrue and faithless.
Report Post »-Line
EqualJustice
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:14amNever let a good crisis go to waste. NET NEUTRALITY on the horizon.
Report Post »Net Neutrality = Democrat Internet Censorship
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:52am@EqualJustice
Exactly. This is such a classic setup that it’s shocking to me that so many people here are falling for it.
In the book 1984 the concept was introduced to the public via the character known as Goldstein. He is a convenient enemy that everybody is told to rail against, and he‘s also the catalyst used to justify the stripping of everybody’s rights. As O’Brien details, whether Goldstein is or is not for INGSOC (the government in the book) or even exists is immaterial, as his “presence” is being pushed as the reason for people to line up and voluntarily surrender their own freedoms. People are taught to hate him, taught to go down a very specific path and make very specific calls whenever his name is mentioned.
The same thing is happening now. This Australian may or may not be in employ of Soros, however, he is being used in either case. He has released nothing that puts actual life in danger. We’re being told falsely that he has by people whom he embarrassed, and we’re being softly nudged to call for his prosecution or even death, for the temerity of daring to expose the horror house inner workings perpetrated by Progressive Ivy League king makers. These very people will benefit wholly from “our” calling for their actions to be made permanently secret. We will fall under their hammer the minute this guy is dealt with.
Mark my words people, you are being set up by one of the oldest tricks in the book, and you’re being set up to justify Net Neutrality, the Fairness Doctrine and eventually, the prosecution and potentially even the execution of any dissenters to the government. This pattern is ages old. Please, take Glenn’s advice and dig through history, learn for yourself what you’re being covertly instructed to do. Please.
Report Post »ronmorgen
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 12:28pmToo many people here are falling for this ploy, and on Glen Becks site of all places. I fully agree with GhostOfJefferson in his analysis that it is a softening up exercise for net neutrality. I kinda like it that the state department got caught with their pants down. What are you going to say when they go after Glen Beck for hate speech?
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:57pmKudos to a well placed vent, the pressure cooker was in dire need. Hildog dropped first.
Report Post »Boojer56
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:40amWhy arrest this clown, Why not put a million dollar bounty for the delivery of his head and only his head.
Report Post »jmf_stl
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:25amWhat if Julian Assange would convert to Islam? We would leave him alone then.
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:21amAll’s fair in love and war! Never retreat, never believe they outnumber us, never believe it’s over, never believe we cannot win. Turn to face the music and play this game of RISK with them. Fight fire with fire.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:16amOh, boo hoo…. poor little anarchists, they are running out of places to hide….
Good, taste the wrath of the US and the world, the fire hasn’t even been turned up to a low boil yet, Assange and his band of criminals are just that – CRIMINALS, and you will all go down hard for your little anarchist nonsense!
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:12amWhere ever he pops up, shut the servers down. We get hit all the time with server attacks. Just keep attacking his servers, pretty soon no one will touch him with a ten foot pole. Much less let his site on our servers.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:33amYou are advocating a crime in order to defeat the free flow of information. You do know that you are now working against conservative values and rule of law, right?
Report Post »avgconservative
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:04am@ghostofjefferson
Now, let me see… the information which you want protected by law, WAS ILLEGALLY OBTAINED AND IS BEING ILLEGALLY DISTRIBUTED.
Who is violating which law? You must agree that the Iraq war and Afghan war are illegal because the people who killed 3000 people on 9-11, should be allowed to be protected by the very law they violated!
Love ‘ya, man… but you are wrong on this one. You didn’t think it through.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:30am@avgconservative
**Now, let me see… the information which you want protected by law, WAS ILLEGALLY OBTAINED**
I have no issue if you want to call for going after the supposed PFC (ha, yeah right, PFC Hillary) who gave out the information. He (if not fictional) is the one with the security clearance, and regardless of whether the information SHOULD have been classified or not, he was duty bound to not release it. So yes, he can be criminally charged, legitimately.
**AND IS BEING ILLEGALLY DISTRIBUTED.**
That is not correct. Freedom of the press is absolute. If you want secrecy, the onus is on you to ensure it (you meaning a government, not you you). This entire situation is a set up, we’re being directed to yell for our own silencing.
**Who is violating which law? **
As far as I know, only the alleged “PFC”.
**You must agree that the Iraq war and Afghan war are illegal because the people who killed 3000 people on 9-11, should be allowed to be protected by the very law they violated!**
That’s putting words in my mouth. What I do agree with is that the Iraq and Afghan actions are not wars and are constitutionally illegal, because Congress did not fulfill its Constitutional duty to declare war. Branches of government cannot just “pass” their authority to other branches, that defies separation of powers and is utterly against everything the Founders proclaimed and wrote. If you want war, Congress has to declare it, regardless of any laws to the contrary they may contrive later down the road.
**Love ‘ya, man… but you are wrong on this one. You didn’t think it through.**
Actually I have quite a lot really. You guys are going to be shocked when, after this guy is dealt with, that the Eye turns to you and suddenly you find yourself, and Glenn, and Fox news and all dissenting websites, censored. That’s the purpose of this. This propaganda stagecraft is one of the oldest ploys in the book. You’re being set up.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:10amThis is obvioulsy a way to silence the dissent Like this site and glenn’s shows. It is another part of the push for “net neutrlity”, if not total control of the media. Don’t be deceived.
Report Post »Cpriestess
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:10amWikileaks is telling us serious information that informed Americans need to have. The difference between what the media and the government tell us is our foreign policy and what we are actually doing in foreign policy are miles apart.
Report Post »Karzai was crooked, we knew he was crooked and we put him in as Afghan president. Now he takes bags of money from Iran and from us and distributes it to his cronies. Meanwhile American soldiers are trapped out there with no way to win the scenario they are in and an obviously apathetic government.
The people who are really embarrassed by all of this are the liars whose lies have been put out in cyber space. Don’t buy the rap they are trying to sell you, don’t become enraged because someone was brave enough to show you the truth.
NickDeringer
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:23amWhat you forget is that we are a nation of laws and not of leaks. There is due process under the Constitution for dealing with illegal activity. It is not for Julian the Great to decide. It’s for the courts to decide.
I don‘t want to live in a world governed by Juliann the Great’s moral standards.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:32am@Nick
You’ve got to be kidding me.
The people who have us bound from nose to toes in chains of laws and regulations, routinely refuse to follow the Constitution. The things they’ve been exposed doing now, are unconstitutional. And now you’re defending them?
A free press is the one who brings these kinds of misdeeds to light, and that was fully the intent of the Founders. The government is not and has never been a self policing body, hence the very urgent need for an actual free press unrestrained by political correctness. All wikileaks did was embarrass a bunch of Ivy League progressive king-makers, nothing more, and you have a problem with that?
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:01am@GhostOfJefferson
So you’re saying in order to defend the Constitution we have to trash it? If someone doesn’t like the kind of stuff you do do they have the right to publish your credit card statements online? Really?
Report Post »Cpriestess
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:26amNick, while I understand your point may I say simply, if we are a nation of laws, why did the chairman of the Appropriations committee receive a wrist slap for not paying taxes for 17 years? Why have the lions of the financial industry not been prosecuted for stealing billions from investors? Why are we arguing about giving in-state tuition rates to people here ILLEGALLY? And finally why did the Justice Department choose not to prosecute members of the black Panther party for attempting to intimidate voters at a PA polling place?
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:19am@NickDeringer
No, clearly that‘s not what I’m saying. I’m saying that in order to defend the Constitution, we have to STAND for the Constitution at all times. Not just when it’s convenient for our viewpoint(s). This is not war time, we are not at war, we’ve not been at war since 1945, Constitutionally. There are no provisions for allowing government to classify its actions so that we don’t get to see them, except during war and even then for very narrowly defined purposes (strategies, tactics, logistics and plans). What you’re defending lock stock and barrel is the National Security State, a state whose roots start squarely with Woodrow Wilson and get worse from him forward.
These are not things that should be classified. Your government is wanting you to throw your own freedoms on the altar by calling for censorship and silencing of any exposure of your government.
No lives were put in danger. Nobody was put in real harm’s way. The only damage done was to the covered up nasty political wrangling of a bunch of Ivy League Progressives who had no business doing what they were doing and then classifying it. Can you take a step back from the flag waving for just a moment and consider it in that light?
If this guy had in fact released pertinent life endangering information, during a time of actual constitutionally sanctioned war, I’d be in front of you in line calling for him to be dealt with. This is not the case on any count. Please, think it through, don’t be led by the nose by Progressives like this.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:21amIt looks to me that we are operating under a different paradigm than we ever have. Extreme times call for extreme measures. Whether the potus and his minions and directors are exposed now or later….they WILL be exposed.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:31amI can recall no issue that has caused as much of an uproar here on the blaze. Wow. polarization.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:54am@Max jones
They’re using our natural decent impulses and honorable patriotism against us. This is psychological manipulation. Why is nobody questioning how this all suddenly became an issue just prior to the FCC Czar’s push for Net Neutrality? Golly folks, take a step back and look at the full picture, these cackling demons are playing y’all like fiddles.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:03amJust whack the guy already, geeze.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:09amSome government most likely will. And after all, does not Obama have a already made and signed hit list including Americans to be taken out on sight? If this guy comes into American hands, then for any crimes he has done, provable by court standards, let him be jailed and the door welded shut to his cell.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:11amIf he goes after the Russians, he might find himself using radio active shaving cream.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:54am@Nickderinger
Or the former soviets may teach us a more substantial lesson; anyone say backpack nuke?
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:56amNational security is very important and classified information plays a significant role in keeping us safe, when it’s classified correctly and within the bounds of the law.
The information shared with WikiLeaks may have contained stuff that was correctly classified; but, it also clearly contained much that should never have been classified, in the first place.
WL published only stuff that should not have been classified in the first place.
Constitutionally, they have free speech rights, they probably could have just dumped the whole thing. That they didn’t do that shows respect for this country, restraint in their actions, and an understanding that not all private information needs to be public.
What they did expose, was top down, inside and out, government corruption, and lots of it.
WL is allowed to do what they did by the 1st Amendment.
If they bribed someone into breaking the law to get at this information, then they would be in trouble.
We’ve seen no evidence of that so far.
If the guy raped those girls, then he should go to jail for it.
If not, and he’s just a philanderer, publish the story so other girls don’t get duped and dumped.
This stuff is not rocket science (like in China Bill Clinton’s case of the MIRV gyros) geez.
Report Post »Conserving Ink
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:00amNothing like some one else’s outrage to help you find your own moral compass. These people knew who they were hosting, they just didn’t care until we did.
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NickDeringer
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:00amWikiLeaks is engaging in Info-fascism and the world is rejecting it. We don’t need no stinking Cyber-dictator.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:29amI’m afraid to say that on any level, grammatical or political, your post did not make a lick of sense.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:58am@GhostOfJefferson
Julian is using information to control what countries do. He is a totalitarian who is dictating to countries his own moral agenda.
If you want a really good explanation try reading Jonah Goldberg’s excellent “Liberal Fascism”
Report Post »Noonien_Soong
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:08amOpen Society- George Soros made contributions to Assange for Wikileaks to let the info out of the bag or emulating the myth of Pandora’s Box. All Assange is doing is an adolescent foolish thing of allowing chaos to take hold in a perverted sense of cleansing.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:08am@Nick
That same charge could be made against every journalist, in any time in history, in any nation. Investigative journalism that seeks to expose corruption in government will necessarily influence the direction of a government, any government, any time, any journalist. We cannot shut down freedom of the press, and we cannot allow ourselves to be sucked into the siren song of calling for what will eventually be OUR OWN silencing.
He has released information that puts nobody in mortal danger. The information he’s released has done nothing but expose a bunch of “Better Than Thou” Ivy League Progressives for the pack of lying backstabbing scoundrels that they are. Nothing more. Why would anybody want that kind of thing covered up?
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:37amRight on Ghost.
The reasons for the flap now are that it was the State Dept rather than the military that got dumped on; and, that liberal leaders were embarrassed by it.
Report Post »Moody4u
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:58amThanks O’bumma!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:08amSo wikileaks has fallen down? OH my that is just soooo bad concerning the stuff they have threatened to let out of the bag. (Massive Gag at this point is understandable).
The founder of wikileaks made one major miscalculation; when you play on the level of international politics, then be ready to deal with dragons who have zero mercy with embarrassments. Do not be surprised that one or more governments have been behind the hack attacks.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:29am@Snow
The only thing they’ve let out of the bag is documentation showing how horrible our State department treats people. Nothing was released that endangered anybody, any place, at any time. The only danger posed to the government is that people will see the facade they’ve erected and will then mock the government for the goons that they are.
I seriously don’t get the disconnect many on this site have about this. As a former intelligence operative myself, I can say with some amount of authority that a great portion of what was classified, had no business being classified (regardless of our status of conflict) and what little that was classified for just cause was over classified. What has happened however is that the State (any level) is starting to classify just about everything these days down to receipts for toilet paper. They are covering up stuff so that you and I do not get to see them operate on even a day to day mundane basis. Further, they are classifying deeds that are, for lack of a better word, unscrupulous and Machiavellian. These kinds of things NEED to be exposed and brought forward, and the government lackies who perpetrate them need to have fingers pointed at them and need to be laughed at.
How so many supposedly anti-government (or maybe, anti-big government) types here fall right into line, WHEN ORDERED by the propaganda, is shameful. You people are being told, by a large cadre of Progressive propagandists, that you must beat your chests and demand things like execution against people who have done nothing more than shamed Progressives. What is that all about?
Take a step back and think it through, dismiss the pro-Progressive propaganda for just an exercise, and look at this objectively. You’re being used as tools and pawns in “their” little power game, and eventually they’ll get what they want from you out of this, which is frankly sanction to shut down dissent across the board and sanction to harm or even kill those who dare to speak against government.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:31amWhile 99.9% wants Wikileaks to go away, there is a part of me that would like this guy to start summarily picking through Congress’ financials and see what has been hidden by the dems, starting with Pelosi, Reid and Grayson. I want to make sure they are paying their fair share of taxes on everything, including what the haven’t reported to the IRS, or what they have sheltered that they are criticizing others for having. I don’t believe for a minute they are squeaky clean, especially Grayson. The old phrase, “I think thou doth protest too much” comes to mind.
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:12amI find it interesting that the Administration did nothing for months while it was the military being exposed. It was only after internal memos and cables were released that they began to consider Wikileaks a threat.
Report Post »NavyCombatAdmin
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:22am@GhostofJefferson…
I agree that a free press and some bright light on government shadiness) are exactly what the Dr. ordered, but my concern is, (since I haven’t bothered to see what was released) what impact is this having on other elements, IE: US Troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan, or Intelligence types like yourself that are in the process of gathering info and now may not be able to because the ‘trust’ is gone because of some stupid remark made by a State Dept official has inadvertantly given you and/or our troops a black eye.
I think while this shady crap needs a flash-light shone on it, I think the fall-out from it may to more harm than good… Just sayin’
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Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:43amInteresting that all of these hackers suddenly have a interest in hacking Wikileaks
Report Post »ronmorgen
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:54am@ GhostOfJefferson
Report Post »Exactly as I have seen this all along. You see how easily people are fooled
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:09am@NavyCombatAdmin
That’s the beauty of this. No information was actually released that put human life in danger. Even Beck says as much and is more or less going to bat for this guy.
We should all stop and consider the source of this outrage. Who precisely is directing us to be angry. That alone should clue us in on the real intentions here.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:13amDenial of Service attacks generally only require a large number of synchronized attacking systems.
Individual hackers can do it by taking over large numbers of systems, using viruses and malware.
Large organizations, like unions and governments, can do it with ordinary diagnostic tools by using their vast networks. A simple server push from their IT departments and every system in their enterprise wide, multi-national network is targeting whomever they want, at the same exact time.
As for the WL founder – Gorge Soros – bet he regrets putting this independent Australian guy in charge of it. He was getting his monies worth when it was our military getting attacked; but, State Department, now that GS doesn’t like. He vill pay.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:17amI agree with The ghost of jefferson, totally 100%….lets get back to fearless….We can’t have too much truth.
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:52pmDoes anyone really believe that one guy with a high security clearance can remove so much information without setting off a alarm. I think there is someone or more in the state department releasing this information. There are just to many safeguards built in to military and state department systems .I think there are more involved with these leaks than one gay serviceman.
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