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U.S. officials deny they are urging technical takedown of WikiLeaks
Sunday, December 5, 2010 8:35 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote:U.S. officials at the Pentagon and State Department denied Friday knowing of any efforts to take down the WikiLeaks website or asking companies to do so. The site's efforts to publish 250,000 diplomatic cables has been hampered by denial-of-service attacks, ejection from its server host and cancellation of its name by its American domain name provider. Each time WikiLeaks has worked out other arrangements to bring the site back online. In written answers to readers' questions posted on the website of the British newspaper The Guardian, WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange alleged "abusive elements of the United States government" were behind the site's technical problems. A State Department spokesman disputed that the U.S. government was involved. "I am not aware of any conversations by the United States government with either any internet host here or any government over there at this point," said spokesman P.J. Crowley. A Defense Department official also denied causing the technical problems slowing the WikiLeaks release of secret U.S. government documents.
Sunday, December 5, 2010 8:51 AM
CANTTAKESKY
Sunday, December 5, 2010 5:09 PM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Sunday, December 5, 2010 5:46 PM
CHRISISALL
Sunday, December 5, 2010 6:29 PM
DMAANLILEILTT
Sunday, December 5, 2010 6:35 PM
Sunday, December 5, 2010 6:42 PM
DREAMTROVE
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: Actually, I'd suspect the Russians, since Wikileaks has said they'll be releasing Russian stuff soon, and the Russians have a history of hacking, service denial attacks, etc. "Keep the Shiny side up"
Sunday, December 5, 2010 7:50 PM
CATPIRATE
Sunday, December 5, 2010 10:11 PM
ANTHONYT
Freedom is Important because People are Important
Monday, December 6, 2010 2:36 AM
Quote:“All the censoring of WikiLeaks is more alarming than the actual content of the leaks. It only further justifies WL’s actions.” “It's not wrong to lie, cheat, steal, corrupt, and torture. It's wrong to let people know about it.” “We elect Governments, not to dictate our freedoms, but to support our liberty. They serve us, we do not serve them.”
Monday, December 6, 2010 7:34 AM
Monday, December 6, 2010 7:49 AM
Quote: Why do they even bother denying it? Do they think someone will believe them? Who's been doing it then? Elves?
Quote: Never believe anything until it's been officially denied.
Quote:the Russians have a history of hacking, service denial attacks, etc.
Monday, December 6, 2010 8:44 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Quote:Originally posted by AnthonyT: Everybody has a reason to take this man offline, and I think everybody who can get it done is trying hard. Including us.
Monday, December 6, 2010 9:31 AM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Monday, December 6, 2010 9:41 AM
Monday, December 6, 2010 9:50 AM
Quote:Originally posted by dreamtrove: And Auraptor's secret files... oh wait, nothing interesting there
Monday, December 6, 2010 11:40 AM
PIZMOBEACH
... fully loaded, safety off...
Monday, December 6, 2010 11:57 AM
Quote: You're right about that. The most boring of all files, probably.
Monday, December 6, 2010 11:59 AM
Monday, December 6, 2010 1:27 PM
Monday, December 6, 2010 4:00 PM
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 6:06 AM
Quote:Originally posted by dreamtrove: Pizmo He's a spy Does anything about that suggest anything? This is obvious information point two: 1) He's not on our side (or anyones) 2) He's a spy I think as a rogue agent he's an asset, and yeah, it's ironic, but it needs to be this way. Any opposition requires secrecy. So does tyranny. But in a wikileaks world, if wikileaks had too much power someone would wikileak them on some rival wikileaks
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