New York – WikiLeaks Site Kicked Off U.S. Servers After Congressional Inquery

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    FILE - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange pictured during a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, August 14, 2010. EPA/Bertil EricsonNew York – WikiLeaks says Amazon.com kicked its website from its servers, forcing the site to move back to a Swedish provider.

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    Sen. Joe Leiberman says the move by Amazon.com Inc. comes after congressional staffers called the company Tuesday to inquire about its relationship with WikiLeaks.

    The site, which just released a trove of sensitive U.S. State Department documents, took up residence on Amazon’s self-service Web servers after a rash of Internet-based attacks started Sunday against its Swedish host, Bahnhof.

    The attacks made access to the site a hit and miss affair. The site was also unavailable for hours on Wednesday, as Amazon’s servers stopped responding to requests.

    Amazon.com would not comment on its relationship with WikiLeaks.


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    13 years ago

    is this freedom of speech or socialism?

    yosher
    yosher
    13 years ago

    This is espionage and probably high treason. Free speech does not protect any verbal misbehavior, it protects one’s right to express thoughts and opinions that are not iilegal. One may not slander another, one may not request a hit man kill for him and one may not yell “fire” in a crowded movie theater.

    HaNavon
    HaNavon
    13 years ago

    2&3,

    This is totally not comparable to shouting fire in a theatre, crowded or otherwise.
    This is not espionage, this is not treason, this was an act of heroism!

    We, the citizens of planet Earth, have completely been taken advantage of by every government around the world!
    They have propagated false information that has forced us to hate one another in order to fill our sails with the clouds of patriotism and wage wars that line their pockets with gold.

    PMOinFL
    PMOinFL
    13 years ago

    Wikileaks is 100% protected by the Constitution of the US. The Supreme Court has already ruled that the press may release any document or information that is passed on to them without interference from the government. The crime was committed by the traitor(s) who SENT them the information.

    I am perfectly fine with the government executing those responsible for the leak as traitors to our nation. Period. We have the death penalty in these cases for a reason. When one commits such an act, he has already agreed to the punishment. He has decided that he is willing to die… so give him (them) the Saddam Hussein treatment.

    ALLAN
    ALLAN
    13 years ago

    #’s 2,3 and 13 I like your comments. The safety of our country and it citizens at home and abroad should be of the highest priority in this insane world of ours. This breach of national security should never have happened, but since it has… those involved should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

    FactsofLife
    FactsofLife
    13 years ago

    Wikileaks actions have caused grave and severe damage to US interests and are the likely cause for many deaths of US allies and informers. This is a clear act of treason and those responsible are worthy of the death penalty.

    WMDs were found in Iraq according to an article in the 10/25/2010 NY Post. This is common knowledge.

    The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are wasted because they don’t allow the soldiers to fight to win. The war in Iraq is simply allowing Islamic radicals to create a Hamas like anti Israel and anti American state in Iraq. This is all due to President Bush’s simple minded ideal of spreading democracy in Iraq, a plan that would never work with Islamic radicals.