Julian Assange arrested (merged)

Skybird · 12-18-10, 06:05 PM

The Bank of America has stopped all financial transaction for Wikipedia.

Considering that Wikipeaida has announced revelations about at least one American major bank for the near future, I wonder if one should take note of this cable shedding new light on Visa and Master having blocked Wikileaks earlier.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...isa-mastercard

Visa and Mastercard seem to have seriously lobbied for the Russians not shutting off their internal transaction market to these companies and making it illegal to transmit data on national transactions to foreign nations (means: the US).

For the Russians, the dominance of Visa and Mastercard on the Russian market (85% market share), is a serious concern, for they must fear that in case of a crisis or conflict America would strike by simply shutting down the national transaction services and by that doing serious damage to the Russian economy. That's why Russia wants to establish its own credit card system in Russia, and it is a very reasonable and healthy reason. I wonder why they even made any compromise now. The russian system will be establishe from 2012, but Visa and Msastercard will still be allowed to transmit data on national transactions done by these companies to America.

I wonder if the Bank of America is is the one being hit by the Wikileaks revelations, so that it acts like it does. Considering that BoA and Visa and Mastercard have no problem with doin g service for racist organisations and other highlyx dubious customers, the reasons mentioned so far that Wikileaks'S activities violates business contracts sounds like nothing but a foul excuse.

That the US government certainly did it'S share to convince these companies to help drying up Wikileaks, I think is not needed to be explained in detail.

I personally have drawn two consequences. I have cancelled both my Visa card and my Paypal account.

TLAM Strike · 12-21-10, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The Bank of America has stopped all financial transaction for Wikipedia.

Wikileaks not Wikipedia. Those two come up linked quite a bit but are not in anyway related in development or organization.

All they share is the Wiki name.

Capt. Morgan · 12-24-10, 02:29 AM

The storey continues,

The Bank of America has recently been buying up disparaging domain names , like bank-of-america-blows.com, apparently in preparation for the upcoming bank-leaks next month.

It would appear that they have something to hide.

On the Canadian front, the U.S.A. was upset at our lenient trade policies towards Cuba. Who would have guessed?

krashkart · 12-24-10, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Capt. Morgan

The storey continues,

The Bank of America has recently been buying up disparaging domain names , like bank-of-america-blows.com, apparently in preparation for the upcoming bank-leaks next month.

It would appear that they have something to hide.

I'm very interested to see what 'leaks has on them.

Quote:

On the Canadian front, the U.S.A. was upset at our lenient trade policies towards Cuba. Who would have guessed?

Our tax dollars hard at work, I see.

TarJak · 12-24-10, 06:20 AM

Curiouser and curiouser: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/tec...223-196mv.html

Capt. Morgan · 12-24-10, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Curiouser and curiouser: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/tec...223-196mv.html

Thanks for the link, that's one of the clearest looks through the all murk of Assange's current situation - plus we now all know that he enjoys crayfish parties.

I would imagine that Wikileaks will avoid releasing anything embarrassing to government of Great Britain for the next little while.

TarJak · 12-24-10, 05:19 PM

Bergstrom's involvement certainly seems to be politically motivated. It will be interesting to see whether the Swedish prosecutors actually proceed with the charges or whether the questioning and investigation will see them dropped once again.

I think the deleted tweets and blogs a quite telling though in terms of the clumsy attempt to clean up evidence. Surely they know you can't erase anything from the internet once it's in the public domain.

onelifecrisis · 12-26-10, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt. Morgan

I would imagine that Wikileaks will avoid releasing anything embarrassing to government of Great Britain for the next little while.

So they wouldn't release anything like this then.

12-18-10, 06:05 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,816 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The Bank of America has stopped all financial transaction for Wikipedia. Considering that Wikipeaida has announced revelations about at least one American major bank for the near future, I wonder if one should take note of this cable shedding new light on Visa and Master having blocked Wikileaks earlier. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...isa-mastercard Visa and Mastercard seem to have seriously lobbied for the Russians not shutting off their internal transaction market to these companies and making it illegal to transmit data on national transactions to foreign nations (means: the US). For the Russians, the dominance of Visa and Mastercard on the Russian market (85% market share), is a serious concern, for they must fear that in case of a crisis or conflict America would strike by simply shutting down the national transaction services and by that doing serious damage to the Russian economy. That's why Russia wants to establish its own credit card system in Russia, and it is a very reasonable and healthy reason. I wonder why they even made any compromise now. The russian system will be establishe from 2012, but Visa and Msastercard will still be allowed to transmit data on national transactions done by these companies to America. I wonder if the Bank of America is is the one being hit by the Wikileaks revelations, so that it acts like it does. Considering that BoA and Visa and Mastercard have no problem with doin g service for racist organisations and other highlyx dubious customers, the reasons mentioned so far that Wikileaks'S activities violates business contracts sounds like nothing but a foul excuse. That the US government certainly did it'S share to convince these companies to help drying up Wikileaks, I think is not needed to be explained in detail. I personally have drawn two consequences. I have cancelled both my Visa card and my Paypal account. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

12-24-10, 02:29 AM	#3
Capt. Morgan Commander Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Just east of the west coast. Posts: 463 Downloads: 424 Uploads: 0	The storey continues, The Bank of America has recently been buying up disparaging domain names , like bank-of-america-blows.com, apparently in preparation for the upcoming bank-leaks next month. It would appear that they have something to hide. On the Canadian front, the U.S.A. was upset at our lenient trade policies towards Cuba. Who would have guessed? __________________ There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. -- Admiral William Halsey

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12-24-10, 06:20 AM	#5
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Curiouser and curiouser: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/tec...223-196mv.html

12-24-10, 05:19 PM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Bergstrom's involvement certainly seems to be politically motivated. It will be interesting to see whether the Swedish prosecutors actually proceed with the charges or whether the questioning and investigation will see them dropped once again. I think the deleted tweets and blogs a quite telling though in terms of the clumsy attempt to clean up evidence. Surely they know you can't erase anything from the internet once it's in the public domain.