Comments on: Free Speech Has A Number: 88.80.13.160

Whistleblower Web Site Flourishes Overseas Despite Judge's Order To Block Domain Name

[voidmaster-2009]

Open defiance of an order such as this is really the only effective way of combating this type of high-handed and illegal government interference. I operate a web site of my own and will by the end of the day post a very conspicuous link to wikileak.org; well actually directly to their IP address: 88.80.13.160.

[pilgrimsway-2009]

If there was a secret radical Muslim in the white house as president what would He CHANGE? Would He CHANGE the way to make it easy for terrorists to get into this country to over through this country? Would He CHANGE the laws for any of His kind? Would He hang out with those who supported tyranny? Would He impose martial law? Could He start unjust wars for His hidden ideology? Could His decisions CHANGE the course for America? Would He change your civil liberties? Last of all would He change your right to vote? Believe me when I say there are no one with hidden agenda%u2019s in this world! If there was a secret radical Muslim in the white house as president what would He CHANGE?

[rushman71]

"You want the truth!!! You can''t handle the truth!!!"

[inventagod]

Gee whiz - maybe I will go to the sites to see why a judge would want to shut them down.

OK, I am back, and although someone in government probably recorded my IP while there, it seemed that the presumed guilty at Wikileaks are not as guilty as those they are exposing.

Why a judge would not just remove the offending post is beyond me, unless some ''extremely wealthy and in some cases, politically sensitive'' clients from the U.S., Europe, China and South America'' are lining this guys pockets with $$$

[random_radar]

Wow, I am surprised that this article got published. Can we expect to see a shake up in management at cbsnews.com soon? Or maybe a "suicide" by the unnamed reporter who posted the story?

The judge obviously knows what he needs to do, but apparently a few other people haven''t been talked to yet to clarify their obligations to the rich and powerful.

Its stories like these that almost make me think we still live in a free country. Almost, but not quite...

[lochlan-2009]

The question is how can this judge possibly excuse his actions without pointing out the string pullers that forced his hand? Thanks judge for whistleblowing your violations to the world so the rest of us can go find the site and see what the political elite are trying to make sure the rest of us don''t see.

[gunownerdan]

"Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom. The cause of liberty, the cause of American, cannot succeed with any lesser effort."
-- President John F. Kennedy, January 29, 1961

[bwessels]

Wikileaks does not get it. The Constitution is just a "d*mn piece of paper." Your rights have been removed in a "signing statement." Prior restraint is now 100% legal. So is Stalin-style citizen surveillance. Get used to it, comrade. Or is this where we say, "seig heil, Bush?"

[rf35]

This ruling needs to be reversed or struck down by a higher court. It sets a dangerous precedent. The individual stolen bank documents could have been ordered removed, but shutting down the entire site amounts to an attempt at government censorship of the Internet. Are we suddenly living in China?

[oleander8]

There''s big money behind this judges decision - unbelievable!