[governance] FW: [IP] WikiLeaks sold classified intel, claims website's co-founder

[Riaz K Tayob]

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7 December 2010 Last updated at 14:52 GMT


  Wikileaks' Visa payments suspended


Visa Europe has begun suspending payments to whistle-blowing website 
Wikileaks ahead of carrying out an investigation into the organisation.

It follows a similar move by rival payments processor Mastercard on Tuesday.

Visa's announcement comes after Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange was 
arrested by police in London.

Mr Assange, whose website has published secret documents, is wanted in 
Sweden on sexual assault allegations.

Wikileaks relies on online donations to fund its operations, which will 
now not be possible using both Visa and Mastercard debit and credit cards.

A spokeswoman for Visa Europe said its investigation would determine the 
nature of Wikileaks' business, and "whether it contravenes Visa 
operating rules".

She added that Visa Europe could not suspend payments to Wikileaks 
immediately, and that the process took a certain amount of time.

Mastercard said in its statement that it was "in the process of working 
to suspend the acceptance of Mastercard cards on Wikileaks until the 
situation is resolved".

Online payment firm PayPal and internet giant Amazon have also cut their 
links with Wikileaks in recent days.



On 2010/12/06 02:47 AM, Lee W McKnight wrote:
> But wait there's more...
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> Lee
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> From: Dave Farber [dave at farber.net]
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 5:43 PM
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> Subject: [IP] WikiLeaks sold classified intel, claims website's co-founder
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> From: "RJR rjriley.com<http://rjriley.com>"<rjr at rjriley.com<mailto:rjr at rjriley.com>>
> Date: December 5, 2010 5:20:49 PM EST
> To:<mailto:dave at farber.net>  dave at farber.net<mailto:dave at farber.net>
> Subject: WikiLeaks sold classified intel, claims website's co-founder
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> Interesting claims, hard to tell what the motive may be.
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> Ronald J Riley
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> WikiLeaks sold classified intel, claims website's co-founder
> Selling secrets 'lucrative,' but 'usually cloaked in some kind of public benefit'
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> Posted: December 05, 2010
> 2:40 pm Eastern
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> © 2010 WorldNetDaily
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> One of the early members and co-founders of the tight-knit, secretive WikiLeaks operation charged today that the website and its co-founder, Julian Assange, sold intelligence information the site had obtained.
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> John Young, whose name was listed as the public face of WikiLeaks in the site's original domain registration, also alleged that the website is a lucrative business.
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> Young said he left the site in 2007 due to concerns over its finances and that WikiLeaks was engaged in the selling of documents.
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