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Bragi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 11:01 AM
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Is it now illegal to DISCUSS the online attacks?
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I gather that: +

"Some (web)sites have received federal court orders to cease any further online documentation of the attacks, which targeted Visa, Mastercard and other financial companies who froze Wikileaks accounts, a source close to the situation tells us."

<http://gawker.com/5709789/noose-closes-around-pro+wikileaks-vigilantes>

Huh?

What the hell is "online documentation of the attacks"? Are courts now giving the FBI and the U.S administration the power to shut down mere discussion of the ddos attacks on enemies of wikileaks?

If so, this has to be a low point for the Obama administration's record on free speech.

And if the people supporting WikiLeaks are prevented from attacking the parties who are preventing Wikileaks from revealing war crimes and lies, what happens then?

Does Obama think they will back down or go away, or that they will take steps to
bring the whole Internet down?

And if they do this, is this actually what the U.S administration wants to do?

As in: if a free and open Internet means that our war crimes will be revealed, then we will allow it to be shut down, and then rebuild it so it is no longer a free and open platform for free expression?
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