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Twitter Informs Users Of DOJ WikiLeaks Court Order, Didn’t Have To

The US Department of Justice  has served Twitter with a 2703(d) court order to reveal information about accounts related to people associated with WikiLeaks. The order is a request for account data including the ominous "correspondence and notes of record related to the account" for users Jacob Appelbaum (@ioerror), Rop Gongrijp (@rop_g), Birgitta Jonsittir (@birgittaj); Julian Assange and Bradley Manning from November 1, 2009 to present.

Twitter Informs Users Of DOJ WikiLeaks Court Order, Didn’t Have To

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Comment on Amazon, WikiLeaks and the Need for an Open Cloud by Otto

I wouldn't say that it calls the idea of the cloud into question. But it does certainly show that Amazon is not a trustworthy facility to host your data or services.

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Wikileaks Is "A New Form Of The Press"

Here are some appearances I’ve been making regarding Wikileaks, transparency, and press freedom.

On CNN with John King Thursday night talking about the hacking of MasterCard et al, quoting this Guardian editorial arguing that the attacks are a form of civil (cyber) disobedience in defense of a free internet:

Here’s a link to BBC audio, on the same subject, discussing the shift from power-to-power to peer-to-peer architecture.

The Berliner Zeitung asked for a brief op-ed. Here’s the English text:

Should Wikileaks be stopped? The question is somewhat irrelevant. The movement it exemplifies – transparency – cannot be stopped.

I’m not saying that secrecy is dead. We still need secrets – about security, crime, privacy, diplomacy. But we have far too many secrets in government. One thing that Wikileaks reveals is the abuse of government secrecy.

But now governments will have to learn how to operate under the assumption that anything they do can be seen on the front page of this newspaper. Is that a bad thing? I don’t think so. I say that government must become transparent by default, secret by necessity.

Transparency breeds trust. Whether for government or journalism or business, operating in the open enables the opportunity to collaborate with constituents.

We in journalism must recognize that Wikileaks is an element of a new ecosystem of news. It is a new form of the press. So we must defend its rights as media. If we do not, we could find our own rights curtailed. Asking whether Wikileaks should be stopped is exactly like asking whether this newspaper should be stopped when it reveals what government does not want the public to know. We have been there before; let us never return.

This post originally appeared at BuzzMachine and is republished here with permission.

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See Also:

• The Press Should Not Support The Government's War On Wikileaks
• NPR: Love Ya, But You’re Wrong For Barring Journos From Going To The Stewart/Colbert Rallies
• Wikileaks Has Given Power To Transparency

Wikileaks Is "A New Form Of The Press"

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Comment on Does the World Need a Data Haven for WikiLeaks Info? by Roland

WL only needs a temporary host for its files. It can email all the major papers with time/date & URLs. Then (thru a front) make its files available on Amazon or elsewhere. Sure, they get kicked off in a day, but that's all they need. They will do it again, using a different front. Shutting WL will be an exercise in futility, and a mistake. Getting kicked off only improves their reputation, and lowers that of Amazon and the USgovt.

Comment on Does the World Need a Data Haven for WikiLeaks Info? by Roland

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Comment on Does the World Need a Data Haven for WikiLeaks Info? by x

An honorable man would apologize directly to the he harmed.

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Wikileaks Lost Domain Name, Amazon Services Following DDOS Attack, Changes Its Web Address

The DNS Company EveryDNS.net have terminated its services to the controversial Wikileaks domain name. Citing the reason as the large scale DDOS attacks. But Wikileaks has already reappeared using a Swiss web address.

Wikileaks Lost Domain Name, Amazon Services Following DDOS Attack, Changes Its Web Address

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Comment on The Cloud Meets the Law: Where Wikileaks Went Wrong by Matt

I'm not a lawyer, but doesn't Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protect Amazon from prosecution anyway? "(c) Protection for “Good Samaritan” blocking and screening of offensive material (1) Treatment of publisher or speaker No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."

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WIKILEAKS DOWN AGAIN AFTER DNS PROVIDER PULLS THE PLUG

The WIkileaks saga continues.

First Amazon pulled the plug and stopped hosting the site. Then it went back up, as it was hosted by a company in Europe, presumably this one.

Now a new problem: It's US-based DNS provider EveryDNS has pulled the plug, all the DDOS attacks.

The site can be reached by going directly to its DNS number: http://88.80.13.160.

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See Also:

• Check Out Photos Of The Incredible Bombshelter Fortress Where The Wikileaks Archives Are Stored
• How Lieberman Got Amazon To Drop Wikileaks
• Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant For Wikileaks Founder

WIKILEAKS DOWN AGAIN AFTER DNS PROVIDER PULLS THE PLUG

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Check Out Photos Of The Incredible Bombshelter Fortress Where The Wikileaks Archives Are Stored

Forget Amazon. Wikileaks has far better host for its secret information.

The Wikileaks archive is now stored in a former bomb shelter in Sweden, according to the LA Times. The ultra-secure location in the Pionen White Mountains features solid-steel doors that could withstand a nuclear attack. Inside the high-tech facility looks like the Batcave.

Wikileaks had previously used this facility but switched to Amazon earlier this year.

Joseph Lieberman will have a harder time shutting down this one.

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Check Out Photos Of The Incredible Bombshelter Fortress Where The Wikileaks Archives Are Stored

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Comment on Amazon Unplugs WikiLeaks After Government Pressure by Derrick Harris

Let's not ignore the possibility of the government coming after Amazon for hosting the content. Might not the message have been "take it down, or else"? Wikileaks should have known better than to do anything within U.S. jurisdiction, where there was guaranteed to be some action taken.

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WikiLeaks Founder Added To The Interpol Wanted List

Days after Internet whistleblower WikiLeaks released 251,287 U.S. diplomatic cables to major media organizations including the New York Times and Der Spiegel, international police organization Interpol has placed founder Julian Assange on its wanted list for "Sex Crimes," in a warrant issued by the Public Prosecution Office in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Interpol mediated charges here are in connection with rape allegations made by two different Swedish women back in August.

WikiLeaks Founder Added To The Interpol Wanted List

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Rep. Peter King Defends His Call For WikiLeaks To Be Designated A Terrorist Org.

Rep. Peter King (R-NY), frequently the first pol to jump into the fray with the most headline-friendly remarks,  has called for WikiLeaks to be designated a foreign terrorist organization.

This morning he told Morning Joe that by doing so "we would be able to seize their assets, and we'd be able to stop anyone from helping them in any way, whether it's making contributions or giving free legal advice....either we're serious about this or we're not!"

King, who is the incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, also said he intends to hold "full hearings" on this to find out how the leak happened. 

Said Joe Scarborough: "Should you not focus first on figuring out how we failed before going after WikiLeaks, I understand what you're saying about WikiLeaks, I think you may be overstepping a good deal."

Said King: "We have to walk and chew gum at the same time, we have to do both."  Indeed.  Video below.

 

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Rep. Peter King Defends His Call For WikiLeaks To Be Designated A Terrorist Org.

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