Tuesday, February 19, 2008

WikiLeaks facing US Censorship

I am posting this because the judge in this case has gone too far. A complete and permanent shutdown of the site because one party complains, the judge could have/should have ordered the blocking/removal of the documents from this party until a hearing could be held. This is wrong.

http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Wikileaks

What is WikiLeaks?


Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary interest is in exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to people of all regions who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their governments and corporations. We aim for maximum political impact. Our interface is identical to Wikipedia and usable by all types of people. We have received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.

We believe that transparency in government activities leads to reduced corruption, better government and stronger democracies. All governments can benefit from increased scrutiny by the world community, as well as their own people. We believe this scrutiny requires information. Historically that information has been costly - in terms of human life and human rights. But with technological advances - the internet, and cryptography - the risks of conveying important information can be lowered.

Wikileaks opens leaked documents up to stronger scrutiny than any media organization or intelligence agency can provide. Wikileaks provides a forum for the entire global community to relentlessly examine any document for its credibility, plausibility, veracity and validity. Communities can interpret leaked documents and explain their relevance to the public.


Since the domain name has been blocked, here is direct IP address access to the website: http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Wikileaks



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