Bank Julius Baer Issues Statement On WikiLeaks

dtwood writes "The bank that got WikiLeaks.org erased from DNS finally hired a PR agency and issued a press release filled with half truths and non-statements. Tynan on Tech has it, along with some brief commentary. Worth a look."

Comments

Um... ok

[downix]

Can someone please tell Mr Baer that anything he says will be used against him in the court of public opinion?

Sounds like his lawyers are getting nervous.

Re:Um... ok

[Anonymous Coward]

Or like that time when the American's in Iraq were claiming they were winning.

heh.

they make a good point:

[greenslashpurple]

"The posting of confidential bank records by anonymous sources significantly harms the privacy rights of all individuals." Especially individuals engaged in tax fraud.

Re:they make a good point:

[howdoesth]

Isn't being engaged in tax fraud a prerequisite for having a bank account in the Cayman Islands?

Re:they make a good point:

[Trails]

Not that I'm a fan of his or anything, but Chavez was democratically elected. If all it took to be called a dictator was being a blowhard with some odd policies that haven't panned out so well, and foreigners wondering what the hell your country was smoking to have elected such a douche, then I know a certain schmuck in the white house who's a dictator.

Re:they make a good point:

[CTilluma]

Then we should launch an invasion on most companies out there. We must bring down the dictators. The only safe companies would be the ones who don't use secretaries or Dragon Naturally Speaking.

Looks like my dreams have been canceled

[Dice]

Sigh.

I was hoping this story wouldn't get big. I was really hoping that I'd found a bank through which I could launder and stash various... shall we say... "unreported monies". Like a stack of $100 bills the size of a small room. Homeland Security can be really unforgiving about that sort of thing, you know?

Re:Looks like my dreams have been canceled

[KublaiKhan]

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Re:Looks like my dreams have been canceled

[compro01]

Homeland Security can be really unforgiving about that sort of thing, you know? the DHS? don't make people laugh, they're wussy amateurs compared to the IRS. they've got what it takes to take what you've got, along with everything you'll ever have. the government takes receiving "their" money very very seriously.

Re:Non-truths?

[Itninja]

I think any reasonable person knows what a half-statement. It's a completely legitimate. Most English professors.

Re:Non-truths?

[whoever57]

Non-truths and half-statements?>br>
What the hell is that??

I think that any Brit will know that the correct term is being "economical with the truth"

Re:Example

[everphilski]

a bag of walnuts!

Re:Non-truths?

[HTH NE1]

So, which is it, Julius Baer? Are these documents forgeries, or are they real documents and therefore subject to banking privacy laws? You don't get to have your cake and eat it, too. Have you not heard of superposition? It's a matter of quantum legal entanglement.

Re:Okay now . . .

[91degrees]

They didn't say the material is not authentic. Just that they deny that it is authentic. Slight, subtle difference. Assuming it is authentic, the first is a direct lie whereas the second is an honest statement referring to a second statement that may or may not be true.

Re:Liar and a leaker...

[cube135]

Leaked material, by definition, need to be authentic documents. If they're not, it's not leaked material-it's falsified trash.

Re:Non-truths?

[The Angry Mick]

Have you not heard of superposition? It's a matter of quantum legal entanglement.

Is that when the plaintiff gets to be on top, or is it the other way around?

Re:you forgot the subtext

[Txiasaeia]

Despite what you may have learned on "It's a Wonderful Life," papa and mama dollar bills do not procreate and create baby dollar bills in safes.

Re:You fail.

[RasputinAXP]

Personally, anyone with user ID over 13k is a nooblet.