Posted on 11/29/2010 6:55:32 PM PST by markomalley
back then, (in your Dad’s day) men had chests.... (C.S. lewis)
I hope you all will join me in boycotting Ecuadoran weed (as fine as it is)!
Good info — thanks.
ICE didn't shut down the websites. It compelled the DNS registry operator to redirect their domain names to another location. The servers themselves aren't in the US, but the company operating the *.com registry is a US company and subject to US jurisdiction.
Wikileak's main servers are in Sweden, but there are at least two KNOWN mirror sites. Some of their domain names are in a US-company domain name registry, but not all of them. The US government can't shut down those domain names in registries operated by non-US companies.
Ecuador is a very poor and corrupt nation where police do little. Also, South America was where many Nazis, Communists, and Muslims end up. Argentina helped Nazis flee to Argentina/South America because of Juan and Evita Peron.
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