Long Live WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hit out at "abusive elements of the
United States government" yesterday.
Assange broke his recent silence after he was forced to move his
website from the US to Switzerland.
It was effectively taken off the internet when the US firm who
"translate" the address withdrew.
EveryDNS said they were forced to do so when the Wikileaks website
once again became the target of hacking attacks. This was affecting
other clients, they added.
The move will raise suspicions that EveryDNS have come under pressure
from the US government to cut ties with the site.
It comes after Wikileaks released more controverisal, secret diplomatic emails.
Assange hailed the young American soldier suspected of leaking
classified US cables as an "unparalleled hero".
He praised US Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, 23, without
confirming he was the source of the leaks that have deeply embarrassed
Washington and its allies.
Assange yesterday lost a legal bid to overturn a Swedish court order
demanding his arrest for questioning over allegations of rape and
sexual assault.
The 39-year-old Australian is believed to be in hiding in England as
the latest publications on his whistle-blowing website fuel global
uproar.
Scotland Yard are refusing to comment on his possible arrest.
Assange, in an online question and answer session, said Wikileaks'
actions had been dictated by the moves of "abusive elements of the
United States government" against the group since April.
Meanwhile, France has become the first country to contemplate banning
Wikileaks.
The country's industry minister Eric Besson pledged to "remove" the
whistle-blowing website from people's computers.
In a letter leaked to journalists, Besson wrote: "I ask you to
indicate to me as soon as possible what action can be taken to ensure
that this internet site is no longer hosted in France.
"This situation is not acceptable. France cannot host an internet site
that violates the secrecy of diplomatic relations and endangers
people."
The technical problems involved would clearly be enormous. Many would
simply re-route to foreign servers so that they could read the
information.
It took wikileaks.org six hours to get back up and running yesterday
after the site's owners found a new provider.
But many of the internal links on the site were still not working and
were returning error messages.
Amazon have already pulled Wikileaks off their servers after coming
under intense political pressure.
Wikileaks have angered the US and other governments by publishing
almost half a million secret documents, mostly about the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq.
United States government" yesterday.
Assange broke his recent silence after he was forced to move his
website from the US to Switzerland.
It was effectively taken off the internet when the US firm who
"translate" the address withdrew.
EveryDNS said they were forced to do so when the Wikileaks website
once again became the target of hacking attacks. This was affecting
other clients, they added.
The move will raise suspicions that EveryDNS have come under pressure
from the US government to cut ties with the site.
It comes after Wikileaks released more controverisal, secret diplomatic emails.
Assange hailed the young American soldier suspected of leaking
classified US cables as an "unparalleled hero".
He praised US Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, 23, without
confirming he was the source of the leaks that have deeply embarrassed
Washington and its allies.
Assange yesterday lost a legal bid to overturn a Swedish court order
demanding his arrest for questioning over allegations of rape and
sexual assault.
The 39-year-old Australian is believed to be in hiding in England as
the latest publications on his whistle-blowing website fuel global
uproar.
Scotland Yard are refusing to comment on his possible arrest.
Assange, in an online question and answer session, said Wikileaks'
actions had been dictated by the moves of "abusive elements of the
United States government" against the group since April.
Meanwhile, France has become the first country to contemplate banning
Wikileaks.
The country's industry minister Eric Besson pledged to "remove" the
whistle-blowing website from people's computers.
In a letter leaked to journalists, Besson wrote: "I ask you to
indicate to me as soon as possible what action can be taken to ensure
that this internet site is no longer hosted in France.
"This situation is not acceptable. France cannot host an internet site
that violates the secrecy of diplomatic relations and endangers
people."
The technical problems involved would clearly be enormous. Many would
simply re-route to foreign servers so that they could read the
information.
It took wikileaks.org six hours to get back up and running yesterday
after the site's owners found a new provider.
But many of the internal links on the site were still not working and
were returning error messages.
Amazon have already pulled Wikileaks off their servers after coming
under intense political pressure.
Wikileaks have angered the US and other governments by publishing
almost half a million secret documents, mostly about the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq.
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