• WikiLeaks suspends publishing due to lack of funds
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[IMG]http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/media/ALeqM5gmUXsfKjvPXDCzdmBXCs0vNNdlLA?docId=photo_1319462322198-1-0&size=s2[/IMG] [TABLE="width: 0"] [TR] [TD="colspan: 3"]WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the website would begin "aggressively" fundraising (AFP/File, Warren Allott)[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [QUOTE=AFP]LONDON — The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks said Monday it was suspending publishing classified US diplomatic files to focus instead on fundraising "to ensure our future survival".WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said that as a result of a financial "blockade" mounted by Visa, Mastercard and other companies, it was "now forced to temporarily suspend its publishing operations and aggressively fundraise". WikiLeaks has enraged US authorities by releasing tens of thousands of classified diplomatic cables. Many relate to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while others contain frank and sometimes embarrassing assessments of world leaders made by US diplomats. Assange said in a statement that since December last year, "an arbitrary and unlawful financial blockade has been imposed by Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union". "The attack has destroyed 95 percent of our revenue," he added. "The blockade came into force within 10 days of the launch of Cablegate as part of a concerted US-based, political attack that included vitriol by senior right-wing politicians, including assassination calls against WikiLeaks staff." The former computer hacker said the blockade "has cost the organisation tens of millions of dollars in lost donations at a time of unprecedented operational costs". He added: "We have commenced pre-litigation action against the blockade in Iceland, Denmark, the UK, Brussels, the United States and Australia. "We have lodged an anti-trust complaint at the European Commission and expect a decision by mid-November as to whether the European Commission Authority will open a full investigation into the wrongdoing of Visa and MasterCard." "A handful of US finance companies cannot be allowed to decide how the whole world votes with its pocket," he added. Assange is currently embroiled in a fight against extradition from Britain to Sweden, where he is wanted in connection with allegations of rape. He denies the allegations and says they are politically motivated. [/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jmoOqTnCEw06nkHEaTIyO77ZtbOg?docId=CNG.b16472fefaad3cb71e3b9bc3d741b03b.6b1[/URL] This is sad
But they are releasing information about horrible information that is sensitive and people die and they are terrorists so it's all good. /sarcasm/ Sad day indeed. I hope the blockade gets released.
You should have heard the argument this guy was giving up on the BBC world service. They ran out of time though.
What exactly does he need funds for? Server costs? Does he pay to get info from others? Hope things end up well for him. EDIT: Just went to the Wikileaks site. I saw that he needs 1.2M for legal costs.
Maybe he'll get his moneh if he puts a picture of him with 'A personal appeal from wikileaks founder Julian Assange' on wikileaks
Is the "blockade" legal or not? Not quite up to date with laws about stuff like that.
He needs to put up pictures of naked celebrities and then ask money for them
[QUOTE=kaven;32941440]Is the "blockade" legal or not? Not quite up to date with laws about stuff like that.[/QUOTE] Probably is, under some very obscure definition.
[img]http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/41782_2219041556_599_n.jpg[/img] [B]I TOLD YOU ABOUT CUTTING BACK ON FUNDING. I TOLD YOU, DOG.[/B] [editline]24th October 2011[/editline] but seriously, tough shit. I liked that site.
[QUOTE=kaven;32941440]Is the "blockade" legal or not? Not quite up to date with laws about stuff like that.[/QUOTE] Its in theory legal because a private company can do what ever they want. Its not a formal legal blockade, its just companies refusing to do business with Wikileaks / Assange.
[QUOTE=kaven;32941440]Is the "blockade" legal or not? Not quite up to date with laws about stuff like that.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Gunray_eu_bg.jpg[/IMG] [B]Completely![/B]
[QUOTE=znk666;32941643]He needs to put up pictures of naked celebrities and then ask money for them[/QUOTE] Goddamn, he would be swimming in money then. Scrooge McDuck style.
He always could have a "catch Assange" cross country race. All proceeds from the benefit goes to his legal fees, and whoever gets catches Assange gets a free dinner and a visit from the FBI!
[img]http://juicenothing.com/images/J0-artwork-externals/wikipedia-beg.png[/img] 1.2 million in costs [I]sure assange[/I] guess anti-extradition lawyers are expensive
[QUOTE=Contag;32944289][img]http://juicenothing.com/images/J0-artwork-externals/wikipedia-beg.png[/img] 1.2 million in costs [I]sure assange[/I] guess anti-extradition lawyers are expensive[/QUOTE] I know it would be a dick move but I'd just drop Assange at this point, if Assange is any sort of man he'd realize that he's forcing Wikileaks down with him.
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Glen Beck is probably having an orgasm right now.
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