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| Bank of America cuts off WikiLeaks | |
| 2010-12-19 | |
| [Al Jazeera] Bank of America has joined several other financial institutions in refusing to handle payments for the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. In a statement on Saturday, the bank said it will no longer process any transactions that it believes are intended for the site, which has released thousands of secret US diplomatic cables. "This decision is based upon our reasonable belief that WikiLeaks may be engaged in activities that are, among other things, inconsistent with our internal policies for processing payments," the bank said.
Other financial institutions, including Visa and PayPal have also stopped handling payments for WikiLeaks, moves which hurt the site's ability to accept donations and support publishing efforts. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 moves which hurt the site's ability to accept donations and support publishing efforts At least the for-public-consumption schtuff. The really valuable information will be paid for by ways that don't involve credit cards or donations. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-12-19 11:47 |
| #1 If someone would translate, I'd be grateful. The statement is vague, but I think the meaning is clear: "We are not going to aid and abet, either directly or indirectly, active espionage and sedition against the United States." |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2010-12-19 11:45 |