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**ThisIsOK** · 08-13-2010, 12:40 AM

It was Sen. Joe Lieberman who intervened in the case of Amazon for sure, and it does not take much to figure out that paypal, MC, and VISA were all likewise pressured by the US gov as well.

Lieberman pressures Amazon to drop WikiLeaks - Yahoo! News

The lawless Wild West attacks WikiLeaks - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com)

Matt, i know you are not so naive to believe all these corporations all of a sudden at the same time decided wikileaks was in violation of their terms. They were more than happy to service them prior to the cable leak.

The fact of the matter is that wikileaks has broken no laws, so the US gov is applying pressure via their close contacts with the corporate world.

Hence, Operation Payback.

Andrew

Does the possibility that any of these corporations might consider a backlash from their customers for supporting WikiLeaks factor into the equation for you at all? I mean it'd be nice to be able to survive just on the revenue from one client but planning on that may be a little overoptimistic.

08-13-2010, 12:40 AM	#37
ThisIsOK Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 515 Senior Member	It was Sen. Joe Lieberman who intervened in the case of Amazon for sure, and it does not take much to figure out that paypal, MC, and VISA were all likewise pressured by the US gov as well. Lieberman pressures Amazon to drop WikiLeaks - Yahoo! News The lawless Wild West attacks WikiLeaks - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com) Matt, i know you are not so naive to believe all these corporations all of a sudden at the same time decided wikileaks was in violation of their terms. They were more than happy to service them prior to the cable leak. The fact of the matter is that wikileaks has broken no laws, so the US gov is applying pressure via their close contacts with the corporate world. Hence, Operation Payback. Andrew Does the possibility that any of these corporations might consider a backlash from their customers for supporting WikiLeaks factor into the equation for you at all? I mean it'd be nice to be able to survive just on the revenue from one client but planning on that may be a little overoptimistic.
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