WikiLeaks To Ship Servers To Micronation of Sealand?

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WikiLeaks To Ship Servers To Micronation of Sealand?

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @05:24AM from the crossing-the-line dept.

Velcroman1 writes "Julian Assange's investors are in the process of purchasing a boat to move WikiLeaks servers offshore in an attempt to evade prosecution from U.S. law enforcement, FoxNews.com has learned. Multiple sources within the hacker community with knowledge of day-to-day WikiLeaks activities say Assange's financial backers have been working behind the scenes on the logistics of moving the servers to international waters. One possible location: the Principality of Sealand, a rusty, World War II-era, former anti-aircraft platform off the coast of England in the North Sea. Based on a 1968 British court ruling that the facility is outside the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom, Sealand's owner has declared the facility a sovereign state, or 'micro-nation.'"

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I can think of dumber ideas by YrWrstNtmr · 2012-01-31 05:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Not many, but there are some. Moving it to Mogadishu, for instance.
Good deal on a ship by zule666 · 2012-01-31 05:53 · Score: 4, Funny

I think Costa Cruise lines has a good deal on a slightly used ship Wikileaks could use.
Get you own Sealand email address by synthespian · 2012-01-31 05:55 · Score: 4, Funny

http://www.sealandgov.org/announcements/get-a-sealand-email-address
Let's make Sealand a financially stable nation. :-)

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Re:Wow, does that PR stunt even work anymore? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-31 05:59 · Score: 0, Funny

A few island nations scared of global warming might beg to differ.
I find it amusing that Americans could be so fearful of a couple of guys thousands of miles away marooned on a platform in the ocean.
Re:Wow, does that PR stunt even work anymore? by TheRaven64 · 2012-01-31 06:41 · Score: 4, Funny

Well then, the thing to do is to have two versions of Wikileaks. One that only publishes things not about China, and is hosted in China, one that only publishes things about China, and is hosted in the USA...

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Re:Wow, does that PR stunt even work anymore? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-31 07:41 · Score: 2, Funny

The "Principality of Monaco" is ... a city state. And while you are technically correct that Monte Carlo is not a nation, and in the year 3000 being technically correct is the best kind of correct .. you are also a useless blowhard. Because Monte Carlo doesn't have its own judges... since Monaco as a whole doesn't have its own judges. They're all French.