WikiLeaks Site Under Massive Cyber-Attack; Assange May Face Charges from AG Holder

Reaganite Republican ^ | November 30, 2010 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

Talk about pushing your luck... Julian Assange 

now wants to release docs stolen from a major US bank

The WikiLeaks site has come under an extended seige today... it's about time, good grief:

CBS/AP via BlackFive:

The WikiLeaks website said it came under a forceful Internet-based attack on Tuesday morning, making some of the content, including the controversial “Cablegate” documents, inaccessible for hours to users in the U.S. and Europe. 

The site appears to have responded by switching its main hosting base from Sweden to the U.S., making it available again. On Tuesday, traffic to the site went to Amazon.com Inc.’s server-for-rent service, based in the U.S. 

The site, which distributed a trove of U.S. diplomatic documents on Sunday, said in a Twitter message on Tuesday morning that it was under a “distributed denial of service attack,” a method commonly used by hackers to slow down or bring down sites. WikiLeaks didn’t identify the attackers. 

“We are currently under a DDOS attack,” according to one tweet early Tuesday. Shortly after 9 a.m., another tweet was sent, saying, “DDOS attack now exceeding 10 Gigabits a second.” The site, which is devoted to releasing anonymously submitted documents, also came under attack Sunday, but Tuesday’s attack appeared to be more powerful.

And endangering troops and US security is not enough for this cyber-vermin, it seems: now he's threatening to take down a major US bank...

Cubachi via Riehl:

However, Assange an admitted anarchist who loves to commit crisis, is not done. 

As if he hasn’t wreaked havoc enough, now Assange told Forbes magazine that his next expose will be on big businesses and a major American bank. He claims it’ll be comparable to Enron. 

Nice to know that the media loves to glorify this character....

After Rep Peter King (R-NY) and others suggested we should charge Assange under the Espionage Act and label WikiLeaks a terrorist organization, generally-useless Eric Holder is actually threatening to go after him... 

Federal authorities are investigating whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange violated criminal laws in the group's release of government documents, including possible charges under the Espionage Act, sources familiar with the inquiry said Monday.

But other observers looking to assign blame here -such as the ultraliberal Washington Post- are even more shocked to see Obama doing nothing to prevent this rolling disaster. Seems he welcomes still more opportunity (Cloward-Piven) by having the nation in a perpetual state of turmoil and crisis... what other explanation as he sits on his thumb watching this freak rape our national security over-and-over again:

What action did the Obama administration take to prevent the impending release of such volatile information?

State Department legal adviser Harold Koh sent a strongly worded letter urging WikiLeaks to cease publishing classified materials. I'm sure that made Assange think twice. 

Is the Obama administration going to do anything - anything at all - to stop these serial disclosures of our nation's most closely guarded secrets? 

Just this past week, the federal government took decisive action to shut down more than 70 Web sites that were disseminating pirated music and movies. Hollywood is safe, but WikiLeaks is free to disseminate classified documents without consequence. 

With this latest release, Assange may now have illegally disclosed more classified information than anyone in American history. He is in likely violation of the Espionage Act and arguably is providing material support for terrorism. 

But unlike leakers who came before him, Assange has done more than release information; he has created a virtual system for the ongoing collection and dissemination of America's secrets.

The very existence of WikiLeaks is a threat to national security. Unless something is done, WikiLeaks will only grow more brazen - and our unwillingness to stop it will embolden others to reveal classified information using the unlawful medium Assange has built...

Perhaps somebody ought to tap ole Julian on the shoulder right about now and make sure he's aware that there's an organization called the CIA that's in the business of neutralizing those who pose a threat to US national security... just sayin.

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[Paved Paradise]

Whos is this guy? I mean, who is he, really? We know really nothing much about him.

[Paved Paradise]

After asking my question, I realized you linked to info about him on - of all places - Wikipedia. The guy obviously has serious issues... parents who were new age goofballs; screwed up childhood; etc. I’m surprised Obama didn’t put him on his staff at the WH.

How do we prosecute him for releasing U.S. secrets when he is not a U.S. citizen, other than working with Australia about what to do with this destroyer.

[Reaganite Republican]

Well, all I have to say is SHUT DOWN the freaking site already... Obama had NO trouble at all shutting down sites pirating Hollywood movies last week, did he... even seized the domains

If the CIA can’t crash this site... I can’t imagine why not.

And Assange will get his...

[Paved Paradise]

That’s a good point.

[Zhang Fei]

This guy’s continued existence puts the lie to Hollywood movies about CIA assassination teams. The only individuals Uncle Sam sends out to kill the nation’s enemies are military people in camouflage fatigues operating in war zones.

[KosmicKitty]

Wow, first time I’ve seen this guy - he sure does look like a poofter!!

[The Comedian]

Anybody notice that Assange and Maher are never seen together?

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Keith in Iowa]

Charges from AG Holder? What next, a stinging letter of reprimand from the UN Security Council?