the government could not of have done a better job of playing in to Assange's hands than by censoring the web site
first by having the website pulled off Amazon.com
and get this
senator Joe leaberman was on cnn bragging about getting it pulled
I even fallowed a link to wikileaks.ch that lead to a godaddy.com page saying the ownership of wikileaks.ch domain had been revoked
then they got wikileaks pulled off the DNS servers
and
even went so far as to mess with even the routing of most of wikileaks static IP addresses
I don't care what everydns has to say this was the first time that I have even heared of a DDOS attack being dealt with by pulling the IP addresses off of the DNS servers
BUT
even there BS! dose not even come close to explaining why most static IP addresses entered in octet format
were interrupted during net work connection negotiations
DUDE
this is the most worrying aspect of wikileaks is the governments reaction to it
shutting down the free flow of information accessible to the rest of the world is the first step in setting up a totalitarian government
OUR GOVERNMENT JUST DID THAT !!!!

Absolutely nothing in those cables could possibly be worse than government censorship of the inter net

what's next shutting down this and all other linux web sites at the request of MICRO$OFT ?

To me its seems the gubmint is pushing hard for their goal. I think they did all this for the purpose of inciting revolt, which is what they want, they want civil unrest, so they can unleash the guard dogs.

Revolting over Wikileaks? Do you actually think that the average joe gives a flying fig about what happens to either Assange or to Wikileaks? The only place there is "unrest" is online and I don't think the gubmint is too worried about either LQ or Slashdot.

First off, did anyone really expect the government to not react? And second, by publishing boatloads of stuff that is not illegal, immoral or unethical, it was merely secret, Wikileaks has played right into the hands of people who want to censor the Internet. Face it, some things, like the list of critical installations or the identities of Iranian informants, need to be secret. By blindly following the "information wants to be free" crapola, Wikileaks has increased the risk to the US. We want informants in hostile countries and getting the current batch hung isn't going to help find more.

Um, but this was mentioned on BBC and CNN, many will know. Maybe they're just testing the reactivity of the sheep, will they bleat or will they continue grazing ?

I agree whole heartedly with you and reed9 : http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post4182567

This article purports to to give insight to Wikileaks "editorial philosophy". I can't testify to its accuracy: http://theglobalrealm.com/2010/06/08...-transparency/

"Assange does not recognize the limits that traditional publishers do. Recently, he posted military documents that included the Social Security numbers of soldiers, and in the Bunker I asked him if WikiLeaks’ mission would have been compromised if he had redacted these small bits. He said that some leaks risked harming innocent people—“collateral damage, if you will”—but that he could not weigh the importance of every detail in every document. Perhaps the Social Security numbers would one day be important to researchers investigating wrongdoing, he said; by releasing the information he would allow judgment to occur in the open."

'A year and a half ago, WikiLeaks published the results of an Army test, conducted in 2004, of electromagnetic devices designed to prevent IEDs from being triggered. The document revealed key aspects of how the devices functioned and also showed that they interfered with communication systems used by soldiers—information that an insurgent could exploit. By the time WikiLeaks published the study, the Army had begun to deploy newer technology, but some soldiers were still using the devices. I asked Assange if he would refrain from releasing information that he knew might get someone killed. He said that he had instituted a “harm-minimization policy,” whereby people named in certain documents were contacted before publication, to warn them, but that there were also instances where the members of WikiLeaks might get “blood on our hands.”'

Assange says that Wikileaks is going to release documents from bank-of-whoever soon. I wonder how members of this forum will react if their social security number is released as "collateral damage"?

At the risk of falling victim to trolling, another possibility is that there is no gubmint conspiracy, Wikileaks actually behaved in a phenomenally irresponsible manner and as a result, very few people actually care what happens to Assange or Wikileaks.

And that seems to be the root of the problem. From what I've read, Assange seems to live in this theoretical world where by definition, all secrets are evil, so there must be no secrets at all. That is naive in the extreme. It is also probably no accident that he is tweaking the US, which has a history of just flubbering about leaks, as opposed to tweaking a country like Russia or China who have a history of making nuisances disappear.

But, I thought the justice system was about innocent until proven guilty ... and I don't think you speak for the people, do you ? How do you know they don't care ?

When did I say that I'm speaking for anyone but me? And as for people caring, have you seen any outpouring of support for Assange anywhere besides Slashdot?

Where else could I see it ? Where is the voice of the people ?

Wikileaks defended by Anonymous hacktivists
 

It looks like Anonymous has taken the cause for wikileaks:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...626335258.html

"Prosecute Assange Under the Espionage Act
Just as the First Amendment is not a license to yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater, it is also not a license to jeopardize national security."

"The law Mr. Assange continues to violate is the Espionage Act of 1917. That law makes it a felony for an unauthorized person to possess or transmit "information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation."

The Espionage Act also makes it a felony to fail to return such materials to the U.S. government. Importantly, the courts have held that "information relating to the national defense" applies to both classified and unclassified material. Each violation is punishable by up to 10 years in prison."

"Mrs. Feinstein, a Democrat, is a U.S. senator from California and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee."

Well this is getting more and more interesting by the minute:

http://www.justiceforassange.com/

I still think it was set up. Hacking those places doesn't solve anything, it just makes you look bad. It's all just a play on a stage.

Well just sit back and enjoy the show: "All the world's a stage" --Shakespeare

*Grabs some popcorn*

- brianL