Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Wikileaks Shutdown: Censorship Is Censorship
'The Zurich bank says: "It was the sole objective of Julius Baer to have
legally protected documents removed from Wikileaks. We brought legal
action against the website only after our initial efforts proved
unsuccessful. In the course of taking such action, the bank has been
made the subject of serious defamatory allegations. Such allegations are
based on forged and stolen documents and are unequivocally denied. We
have always sought to act in the best interests of our clients and shall
continue to do so."'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2008/feb/23/internet.usa
"Such allegations are based on forged and stolen documents and are
unequivocally denied."
Erm.
So which is it, are they forged or stolen?
If they're forged, then it's simply a case of libel, and it's therefore
questionable whether they had any right to shut down Wikileaks (freedom
of expression, parody, etc.).
If they're stolen then presumably they're genuine, unless Baer is
claiming that they forge their own documents, in which case the Swiss
Federal Banking Commission might want to have a word.
"We have always sought to act in the best interests of our clients"
A.k.a. tax evaders.
So, to recap ... Baer Bank unequivocally denies that the document's are
genuine, unless they are stolen, in which case they are genuine and
Baer wants them back, and demands that the Website that published these
fake document's be taken down, in order to protect the interests of tax
evaders, the financial dealings of whom are accurately documented in
these fake documents that Baer unequivocally denies are genuine.
I see.
Meanwhile Wikileaks is still up, sans the FQDN:
http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Wikileaks
If they're looking for a FQDN, wikileaks.slated.org is available. ;)
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