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Re: U.S. officials deny technical takedown of WikiLeaks


From: Ken Chase <ken () sizone org>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:56:48 -0500

On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 08:17:30PM -0600, Jorge Amodio said:
  >> However, given the political climate and general network cluelessness in the
  >> government sector, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to spend an hour or so
  >> thinking what you'd do if the humorless guys in dark suits and sunglasses
  >> showed up with a court order to cut off your customer's access to Wikilieaks,
  >> even if you aren't their upstream.
  >
  >If you get a court order I guess you have two choices, one is to
  >comply with it and the other get used to wear a nice pair of matching
  >bracelets until your attorney shows up.

And if they come and ask the same but without a court order is a bit trickier
and more confusing, and this list is a good place to track the frequency of and
responce to that kind of request.

/kc
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