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Wikileaks Now Hosted By the Swedish Pirate Party

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-voted-for-the-other-guy dept.

oskii writes "During his visit to the the Swedish capital Stockholm, Wikileaks spokesman Julian Assange has struck a deal with the local Pirate Party. The party, which participates in the national elections next month, will host several new Wikileaks servers to protect freedom of press and help the whistleblower site to carry out its operation."

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  1. Re:Great move, Pirate Party. by SydShamino · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sort of like how Sinn Fein is/was separate from the IRA? Not trying to make some sort of stupid terrorist analogy, but many movements have a tangentially-associated legal, political wing.

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  2. Re:Nice move by BitZtream · · Score: 0, Troll

    So let me get this straight ... they (pirate party) make an obvious move to turn it into a political fight when it isn't ... and you're saying the Swedes are too stupid to figure it out, so they'll assume anyone attacking Wikileaks is attacking the Pirate Party?

    I'm sorry, Sweden isn't nearly as retarded as you seem to think it is. I highly doubt anyone would take it as a direct attack on the Pirate Party with the exception of those too ignorant to matter anyway. If anything it just makes the Pirate Party start to look like idiots, making attacks on them much easier.

    How many people do they intend to take on at one time? The RIAA/MPAA and several governments ... including the US ... I don't know about you, but if I was a Swedish citizen I'd have serious doubts about voting for someone who regularly bites off far more than they can chew.

    This was a stupid move, but fitting considering the parties involved. Kill two birds with one stone.

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  3. Dick Cheny by tekrat · · Score: 0, Troll

    So explain to me then how Dick Cheny and Robert Novak conspired to "leak" the name of a CIA operative that was actively engaged in operations, compromised her and everyone she had contact with, but that wasn't treason?

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  4. Re:Source by DrugCheese · · Score: 0, Troll

    So he disobeyed the orders of the officers appointed over him and violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice, why shouldn't his ass be sitting in a cell?

    because of the line you posted: and domestic

    We are breaking international law in the way we conduct things, not to mention constitutional violations. It's his sworn oath protect it. Unless you want to wave your hand and say the laws don't apply in this war, which is what the U.S. has said.

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  5. Re:Nice move by kanguro · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fox News anchormen must identify themselves before posting in slashdot

  6. Re:Source by kanguro · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then put in the same jail bush,cheney and rumsfeld. What they did was far worse.