How Lieberman Got Amazon To Drop Wikileaks

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/how_lieberman_got_amazon_to_drop_wikileaks.php

Early this week, after hacker attacks on its site, Wikileaks moved its operation, including all those diplomatic cables, to the greener pastures of Amazon.com's cloud servers. But today, it was down again and mid-afternoon we found out the reason: Amazon had axed Wikileaks from its servers.

The announcement came from Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Lieberman said in a statement that Amazon's "decision to cut off Wikileaks now is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies Wikileaks is using to distribute its illegally seized material."

Committee staff had seen news reports yesterday that Wikileaks was being hosted on Amazon's servers, a committee spokeswoman told TPM. The service, we should note, is self-serve; as with services like YouTube, the company does not screen or pre-approve the content posted on its servers.

Staffers then, according to the spokeswoman, Leslie Phillips, called Amazon to ask about it, and left questions with a press secretary including, "Are there plans to take the site down?"




WikiLeaks' Amazon Servers Go Offline (LIVE UPDATES)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/01/wikileaks-amazon-servers-_n_790652.html

[PeaceNikki]

1. ok... how did Lieberman do it?

The article states that Lieberman announced it. The title is dumb.

Oh, I see - a staffer called Amazon and was all like "are you gonna take it down?"

And so it was.

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3. *chuckle*

No wonder T LaB liked you. :hug:

[PeaceNikki]

4. Aww

You made me :), and :(

I would have LOVED to see her in action discussing TSA and Wikileaks. I don't know exactly where she would have stood on these, but I would have loved to read her opinion on them. :hug:

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8. Back at ya

:hug:

[xchrom]

2. Wikileaks is scattering the info all over - so good luck, Joe. Nt

[RKP5637]

5. I expect this to happen more in the future - information / positions / whatever

not agreeing with the state. Versions of an internet kill switch. The internet will not be free and open and will be censored at various levels.

[madinmaryland]

6. I am thoroughly amazed by what a douchebag LIEberman is. nt

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7. WikiLeaks website pulled by Amazon after US political pressure

Site hosting leaked US embassy cables is ousted from American servers as senator calls for boycott of WikiLeaks by companies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-website-cables-servers-amazon

The US struck its first blow against WikiLeaks after Amazon.com pulled the plug on hosting the whistleblowing website in reaction to heavy political pressure.

The company announced it was cutting WikiLeaks off yesterday only 24 hours after being contacted by the staff of Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Senate's committee on homeland security.

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The question is whether he was acting on his own or pressed to do so by the Obama administration, and how much pressure was applied to Amazon.

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The department of homeland security confirmed Amazon's move, referring journalists to Lieberman's statement.