WikiLeaks Cave Looks Like Bond Villain's Lair (PICTURES)

A man walks inside the Pionen high-security computer storage facility of Swedish Bahnhof, one of the companies to host WikiLeaks servers, Dec. 9, 2010, in Stockholm.

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While WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to fight extradition in a British court, it may not help his defense that newly released photos of the data center storing the document-dumping website's files cast Assange as a James Bond villain.

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Photos of the Pionen high-security computer storage facility in Stockholm showcase a "floating" conference room, designer furniture, decorative waterfalls and engines from old German U-boats that serve as backup generators, all housed in an old Cold War nuclear bunker, according to an account in London's Daily Mail.

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The underground facility stores the secret State Department cables causing headaches for U.S. diplomats around the world as well as the Afghanistan and Iraq war logs WikiLeaks distributed earlier this year, the Daily Mail reported.

Other companies also use the dozens of computer servers at Pionen, which opened in the cave location after a remodel by a Swedish architect who was inspired by Sir Kenneth Adams' sets in Bond films, the Daily Mail reported.

The Swedish cave has proved to be a safe location for the U.S. diplomatic cables Assange obtained. U.S.-based Amazon.com booted WikiLeaks from its servers after being pressured by the Obama administration. A French firm later followed suit.

Swedish law protects WikiLeaks and its sources from prosecution, the Daily Mail reported.

A man walks inside the Pionen high-security computer storage facility of Swedish Bahnhof, one of the companies to host WikiLeaks servers, Dec. 9, 2010, in Stockholm.

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A man works on his laptop in the Pionen high-security computer storage facility of Swedish Bahnhof, one of the companies to host WikiLeaks servers, Dec. 9, 2010, in Stockholm.

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A woman walks her dog past the entrance to the Pionen high-security computer storage facility of Swedish Bahnhof, one of the companies to host WikiLeaks servers, Dec. 9, 2010, in Stockholm.

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[zyzyzyz]

I am tired of all this debate. It's as simple as this ... the USA has egg on its face because of the editorial comments in the leaked cables. None of the cables that wikileaks posted has any content that would undermine the security of the USA. Wikileaks acted responsibly in not posting that kind of information ... if indeed any of that information was in its possession.

My mother taught me not to ever put anything I would be ashamed of in writing. Perhaps the USA needed a better mother?

One more thing ... it's nice to know that secure sites exist for our information and that they are available to anyone.

[documemts]

"...Assange, Julian Assange.."

[documemts]

It's the movie set from "Dr. No".

[gruven13777]

It's really amazing how many people think it's "good" and "morally okay" to steal confidential information and then give it to the media.

I'm guessing that none of you would mind I broke into your houses and stole all your private information and then put all of it on the web for everyone.

You'd all like that and think it was okay, wouldn't you.

[ballm95]

It's not the writers fault he doesn't understand the world outside his cube. Truly, this is a case of watching too many cartoons as a child. Any writer worth their salt would have at least done some research before popping this post off, or of course, he may be totally innocent (read naive) and just posted what he was handed. Poor Mr Sundby, he doesn't know any better.

[John_Merritt]

I am not a fan of redundancy and duplicity, and so commenting on a story that was posted 6 mos ago serves no one any purpose. Next...........

[TheKnowerseeker]

"While WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to fight extradition in a British court, it may not help his defense that newly released photos of the data center storing the document-dumping website's files cast Assange as a James Bond villain." -- I'm not an Assange fan, but this statement is just spin.

[TheKnowerseeker]

"Other companies also use the dozens of computer servers at Pionen, which opened in the cave location after a remodel by a Swedish architect who was inspired by Sir Kenneth Adams' sets in Bond films, the Daily Mail reported." -- NOW they tell me. lol

[Chelsfc]

I'm sure photo's of the underground server bunker in Sweden will tarnish Assange's defense.... rubbish

[rktsci3127]

I would rather have just seen Swedish babes.

[documemts]

Me too!

[wyodutch]

Some of you boneheads want to silence WikiLeaks with assassination and explosives. Fortunately, the United States Supreme Court won't allow it.

"Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell."
- U.S. Supreme Court decision in the "Pentagon Papers"

[pragmatist1]

Odd, just like Assange...