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Cryptome to be Terminated by Verio/NTT

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-this-the-whole-story dept.

George Maschke writes "Cryptome, a website concerned with encryption, privacy, and government secrecy, has received two weeks' notice from Verio that its service will be terminated for unspecified "violation of [its] Acceptable Use Policy." Cryptome has a history of making publicly available documents and information that governments would rather keep secret. For the notice, and a public response by Cryptome webmaster John Young, see Cryptome Shutdown by Verio/NTT."

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  1. Re:No, that only applies in a democratic country by Threni · · Score: 0, Troll

    > This has what to do with Cryptome?

    I was replying to your comment, which was similarly off-topic.

    > My only point was that it's not "Bush", it's the FBI/whatever organization/bureau/agency.

    That *is* Bush, because he's sits above them.

    > People who think everything bad the government does can be attributed to the president aren't going to actually think about who is
    > screwing up, and so nothing gets fixed.

    I can't speak for other people, but I think it's worth going after both the personal ultimately responsible for everything which happens below him AND whoever is responsible.

    Personally, I find it highly unlikely that Bush had anything to do with this site's current situation. I'm sure it'll find another host soon, and/or be hosted via torrents.

  2. Re:No, that only applies in a democratic country by Achromatic1978 · · Score: 0, Troll

    That *is* Bush, because he's sits above them.

    Exactly.

    "I'm the leader."

    "I'm the commander-in-chief. It's for me to worry about these things. It's for you to go about your business."
  3. Re:No, that only applies in a democratic country by cryptoluddite · · Score: 0, Troll

    And I do blame those people who voted for Bush. A lot.

    People say Hilary voted for the occupation, so blame her. Well she's only 1/100th of the senate, but more to the point it passed 77-32, so she is 1/27th responsible. Now say you know somebody in Florida 2k, it was about 550 votes difference so any voters in Florida that voted for Bush is 1/275 responsible. Those who didn't vote are 1/20th as responsible as Edwards.

    Or in other words, voters in Florida are almost as responsible for this mess as a senator. So, yeah, we should blame them for this and if you know somebody that voted for Bush you need to remind them ever single chance you get that it's in no small part their fault. Every time then complain about the war ask them why they voted for it. Every time they say how bad the debt is ask them why they voted for it.