Judge reverses order disabling Wikileaks.
Yesterday, a federal judge withdrew his Feb. 15 order disabling Wikileaks.org, “a Web site that allows the anonymous posting of documents to discourage unethical behavior in governments and corporations.” The judge acknowledged that his earlier ruling “posed serious First Amendment questions and might constitute unjustified prior restraint.”
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Took that judge a long time to realize that disabling a website posed a serious first amendment matter.
Must be a Bush lackey.
Check his legal findings and see if they were previously written by someone else.
-GSD
March 1st, 2008 at 5:01 pmOne of his judge friends told him it might be unconstitutional to block free speech maybe?
Anyway…. good job…
March 1st, 2008 at 5:06 pmAccountability could never be overturned on appeal.
Good for the judge getting the hint that his ruling would turn to dust. People who make amends to their mistakes are good people.
March 1st, 2008 at 5:07 pmWAR AGAIN SOON IN LEBANON
The Saudi Arabian embassy in Beirut has called on its nationals to leave Lebanon a day after a US warship was positioned off the country’s coast.
The embassy on Saturday sent SMS messages to Saudis living in Lebanon urging them to leave the country as soon as possible, Al Jazeera’s correspondent said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/ NR/ exeres/ 24F4810C-61CB-4284-AB2B-CCA786434016.htm
March 1st, 2008 at 5:16 pmFrank M - not just to do with Swiss Banks - take a look at the IRAQ leaks
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Iraq
March 1st, 2008 at 5:18 pmThe Saudi Arabian embassy in Beirut has called on its nationals to leave Lebanon a day after a US warship was positioned off the country’s coast.
Kuwait and Bahrain followed with similar calls.
http://english.aljazeera.net/English
March 1st, 2008 at 5:19 pmWho cares about a foreign bank anyway?
Comment by Frank M — March 1, 2008 @ 5:12 pm
Only those of us who are smart enough to get our money offshore,
March 1st, 2008 at 5:21 pmlike the corporations that the Republic Party holds so dear, that’s who.
Or maybe those of us who have property in Paraguay.
Look at Frank M. the fascist bragging about spreading disinformation. You don’t nead Wikileaks to do it Frank, you people bought and paid for the MSM to do it for you.
March 1st, 2008 at 5:27 pm8/ Wikileaks is a very useful site for spreading disinformation. I’m all for it.
thats exactly what you do on this site - a poorly paid Troll - get your ass over to Iraq and stop letting American women fight your war -
March 1st, 2008 at 5:32 pmYour a right James Blunt
good job judge, but with you being a judge, you should have ruled this way from the beginning.
March 1st, 2008 at 5:39 pmWikileaks is a very useful site for spreading disinformation. I’m all for it.
Comment by Frank M —
So Frank, can I call you Frank.
So Frank, do you let your Wiki-leak?
March 1st, 2008 at 5:45 pmI mailed a voter registration form in on 2/28/08 to
520 Delaware ave. in Phila , PA.
Today on the radio(KYW 3/1/08) I hear Hillarys opening her campaign at
520 Delaware ave in Phila ,PA.
WTF ????????????, is the fix in already ??????????????
Why is her office at the same spot as the
voter registration office in Phila , PA .????
I know Rendell the Governor supports her .
March 1st, 2008 at 6:02 pmI would like to Know WTF>
Wow, score one for the people. It’s about time.
I saw a great bumper sticker today. It said:
No! You can’t have my rights, I’m still using them.
March 1st, 2008 at 6:12 pmwell, no wonder the bank wanted it shut down…
Swiss bank Baer denies Web site tax scheme claims
Sat Mar 1, 2008 1:06pm EST
By Thomas Atkins
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank Julius Baer denied on Saturday claims by a Web site that its Cayman Islands branch was used for tax avoidance schemes, one day after a U.S. judge lifted an order that had shut down the site.
Wikileaks.org republished claims by a former Baer employee and self-proclaimed whistleblower that the Zurich-based bank used its international network to help clients avoid taxes after the federal judge lifted the lockdown on free-speech grounds.
March 1st, 2008 at 6:42 pm[…]
http://www.reuters.com/ article/ internetNews/ idUSL0159931220080301
What’s that high-pitched, squealing noise in here?
Sounds like an enraged rodent, perhaps a hamster, has its testicles caught in a wringer…
March 1st, 2008 at 8:55 pmTP ought to start a fascist club for these idiot trolls.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:09 pm“Must be a Bush lackey.”
Yeah, appointed by the retard in chief.
This judge has a history of rulings in which he orders people to reveal whistleblowers or face jail time for contempt.
I can’t be ar*ed to google for it - if there’s interest I shall, posted a link ’bout it on reddit.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:22 pmHa, you fools can’t see that this was just a test run for the shutdown and roundup and internment in case Bushco can’t steal the election this fall. Went right over your heads.
Comment by Gin — March 1, 2008 @ 8:52 pm
More fascist wishful thinking. They are truly afraid that they’re losing it all, and with good reason.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:24 pmHa, you fools can’t see that this was just a test run for the shutdown and roundup and internment in case Bushco can’t steal the election this fall. Went right over your heads.
Comment by Gin — March 1, 2008 @ 8:52 pm
Good to know EVERYTHING can be traced so that once these criminals are out of office and new federal attorneys are appointed people like you can be tried for acts of treason.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:42 pmComment by good_golly — March 1, 2008 @ 10:08 pm
Flagged for spamming.
March 1st, 2008 at 10:11 pmyer gonna have to shorten that up a tad for the base, gooney.
all those words are going to confuse the heck out of that 19% stronghold.
just stick to the Obama in a dress, or that star spangled banner/no flag on the lapel - he’s a terrorist in drag fiasco.
That’s the kind of sh*t that sticks w/ your peeps.
it’s gonna be a rough run for ya double “G”. Once it’s over, your stuck w/ them. Have fun and keep it simple… for god’s sake.
March 1st, 2008 at 10:28 pm“This sounds odd to anyone familiar with the Syrian ruler’s record of permitting anti-American fighters, weapons and cash to flow from his country to Iraq, his violent destabilization of Lebanon, his arming of Hizballah and his playing host to the command centers of the most radical Palestinian terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Jihad Islami.”
The usual lies from the usual liars. Nothing to see here, move along. gg hasn’t a clue, and the fear is palpable.
March 1st, 2008 at 10:53 pmSome Russian sources commented that Brezhinsky was still bent on making trouble for the Kremlin, and may even have tried to persuade Assad to break off Damascus’ military ties with Russia, including the Russian Navy’s use of Syrian Mediterranean ports.
yeah, some enemy of freedom, trying to win the Cold War. Maybe Obama should have hired Rumsfeld instead.
Bwahahahahahaha!
March 1st, 2008 at 10:55 pmA good judge. Impressive.
March 1st, 2008 at 11:34 pmU.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are planning to descend on Washington from Mar. 13-16 to testify about war crimes they committed or personally witnessed in those countries.
BIG TROUBLE FOR THE US - Exposed
http://www.michaelmoore.com/ words/ latestnews/ index.php?id=11010
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:55 amUN chief deplores Gaza assault
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has condemned Israel for using “excessive” force in the Gaza Strip and demanded a halt to its offensive after troops killed at least 100 people over five days - more than 60 on Saturday alone.
At least a third of those killed have been children, according to medical sources in Gaza.
BUSH - Nothing to say
OBAMA - nothing to say
CLINTON - nothing to say
WHAT A USELESS GOVERMENT THE US HAS AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE
Think progress - Nothing to say
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:12 amHave you noticed that the latest polls seem to favor McCain in the general election against Obama?
Where are all those missing polls? Are you out massaging the data?
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 amHave you noticed that the latest polls seem to favor McCain in the general election against Obama?
Where are all those missing polls? Are you out massaging the data?
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — March 2, 2008 @ 9:44 am
have you noticed that those same polls are republiscum-owned and operated? Have you noticed that McStain is lucky to draw 1500 to obama’s 15,000? have you noticed that you shat most of your brain out this morning and flushed it, Jason Hitler? Have you noticed that your party is at 19% in the real polls? Have you noticed that Americans are sick of your lies and treason?
Now, practice this: President Barack Hussein Obama. Get used to it, you’ll be hearing it for 8 years.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:57 amBUSH - Nothing to say
OBAMA - nothing to say
CLINTON - nothing to say
WHAT A USELESS GOVERMENT THE US HAS AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE
Think progress - Nothing to say
Comment by Anjuna Laguna
and this is the true heart of the problem in the middle east…….heartbreaking
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 aminternational opinion polls quite often show that citizens in countries the world over consider the U.S. to be the biggest threat to world peace. Somehow, I don’t think you’ll be hearing anyone in the British press calling for *them* to be invaded or sanctioned for that reason any time soon.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 1/ hi/ world/ americas/ 5077984.stm
http://www.ft.com/ cms/ s/ 0/ 70046760-27f0-11dc-80da-000b5df10621.html
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/15262
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 amGeorge Bush is the world’s leading terrorist, and the USA is now the terrorist nation that it accuses others of being. Polls showing the USA as the biggest threat to world peace are correct.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:59 amHave you noticed that the latest polls seem to favor McCain in the general election against Obama?
Where are all those missing polls? Are you out massaging the data?
Comment by Jason M. Hendler
Even if this were true, which it is not, moronic trolls actually think that McCain can beat Obama when Democrats are voting in two to three times the number of Republicans who are voting? Once this becomes a real race between Obama and McCain, I bet that we will see Obama beating McCain by at least 10%.
The thing that National polls don’t take into consideration are 1) regional results, we all saw how wrong the National polls were in the many states that Obama took and 2) the number of people who vote.
Poor trolls, certainly are in panic mode these days, aren’t they.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 amThe frightwing is PETRIFIED.
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm>Wikileaks is a very useful site for spreading disinformation.
Unlike Fox, who asserts it has legal right to lie to its viewers.
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:55 am