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WikiLeaks website, pummeled by attacks, loses home
AP ^ | December 01, 2010 | PETER SVENSSON

Posted on 12/01/2010 11:38:12 AM PST by george76

The website of WikiLeaks, the organization that just released a trove of sensitive U.S. State Department documents, appears to have lost or left its main Web host, Amazon.com.

The main website and a sub-site devoted to the diplomatic documents were unavailable from the U.S. and Europe on Wednesday, as Amazon servers refused to acknowledge requests for data.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: wikileaks

1 posted on 12/01/2010 11:38:15 AM PST by george76
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To: george76
WikiLeaks website, pummeled by attacks, loses home

Multiple leaks about foreign countries out in the last 6 months ..nothing.

Leaks regarding the shenaigans of banker elites coming out in January...shut down the next day.

2 posted on 12/01/2010 11:41:04 AM PST by hoyt-clagwell (5:00 AM Gym Crew)
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To: hoyt-clagwell

I guess you didn’t actually read the article...


3 posted on 12/01/2010 11:46:01 AM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: george76

IIRC, the site was just moved to Amazon because of attacks.


4 posted on 12/01/2010 11:47:59 AM PST by bcsco
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To: hoyt-clagwell

That’s EXACTLY what got ‘em hoppin’.


5 posted on 12/01/2010 11:51:14 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Not under the influence of Hope-nosis.)
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To: bcsco

The site seems to be working fine from it’s new host in Sweden. New material going up on it today.


6 posted on 12/01/2010 11:52:30 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Cementjungle
The site seems to be working fine from it’s new host in Sweden.

Hopefully, not for long...

7 posted on 12/01/2010 12:00:01 PM PST by bcsco
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To: george76

I had heard that both Assuage and his servers had been offered safe haven in Bolivia or someplace.


8 posted on 12/01/2010 12:46:49 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: hoyt-clagwell

AMEN!! NOTHING happened to Wikileaks and the creep UNTIL Hillary and the BANKS were threatened! The military people are EXPENDABLE to Obama.


9 posted on 12/01/2010 1:18:42 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: brytlea

Who reads the articles ?


10 posted on 12/01/2010 1:23:02 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
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To: Ann Archy
The military people are EXPENDABLE to Obama.

Fixed:

The military & little people are EXPENDABLE to Obama.

11 posted on 12/01/2010 1:37:41 PM PST by hoyt-clagwell (5:00 AM Gym Crew)
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To: al baby

LOL not a lot of people. More fun to just post. And faster too!


12 posted on 12/01/2010 2:27:04 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
Thanks george76.


13 posted on 12/01/2010 7:45:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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