WikiLeaks Mirror Sites Continue as Insurance Despite Julian Assange Arrest
"WikiLeaks now has 355 sites. Thanks to YOU," said a tweet Sunday on the @WikiLeaks feed.
The mirrors page lists just 208 of these sites. That page encourages folks to create more mirrors "in order to make it impossible to ever fully remove WikiLeaks from the Internet."
WikiLeaks began the release of more than 250,000 classified US diplomatic cables last week.
Meanwhile, authorities in London have arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on an arrest warrant regarding allegations of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion issued by Sweden. Assange denies the claims.
Assange will appear in court later today and his attorneys have said he will fight extradition to Sweden because he fears being turned over to the US.
PayPal yanked WikiLeaks from its services so no more donations can be made to WikiLeaks via PayPal. Before that Amazon booted WikiLeaks from its servers, forcing WikiLeaks to find a Web host in Sweden.
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A spokesman for WikiLeaks said the arrest of Julian Assange does not affect plans for the release of more documents and that the company will continue its mirror sites as insurance the leaked cables get out.
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9 Comments
Post a CommentNicely reported.
btw, the number mirrors now stands at 1885. and quite some of these sport the .ru tag. can the arms of US reach that far?
Let us see if the US can win where every other government has failed: fighting a net-based, amorphous, popular, hi-tech, anonymous 'enemy' one doesn't need to have. US is powerful, but not that powerful.
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Very nice reporting!
Excellent reporting!
These people are playing into the hands of the enemies of the free world. They are compromising the safety, security and playing smack into those, who keep their secrets under wraps. Good reporting - siva
We should have nipped this in the bud, months ago.
This type of leakage needs to be stopped. It is putting our service members at risk and our government and America's safety in jeopardy. The release of confidential information is criminal and needs to stop. cheers for the reporting