Sunday, March 2, 2008

Wiki allowed back online

The Associated Press reported that the wiki website wikileaks.org, was granted the right to reopen again in the United States on Saturday.  The website claims to have posted over 1 million leaked government documents, including the operation manual for the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.  The website was originally shutdown when it was accused by Julius Baer, a Zurich-based bank, of posting account information stolen by a former employee.  This raised free speech concerns when it was considered whether the legal measures carried out were "constitutionally appropriate," rather than just removing the sensitive information.  The Associated Press and the ACLU were among the several organizations that filed briefs on the case.


Megan Humphreys

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