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Whistleblower Web Site Wikileaks.org Goes Dark (Fox News)
6 January 2010, 5:04 pm

A Web site that for years has let anonymous whistleblowers break stories of corruption and government malfeasance has gone dark and is expected to remain offline until it finds funds to support its operations and fend off lawsuits.

A Web site that for years has let anonymous whistleblowers break stories of corruption and government malfeasance has gone dark and is expected to remain offline until it finds funds to support its operations and fend off lawsuits.

Investigators and governmental watchdogs say Wikileaks.org has been an invaluable tool for exposing corruption and releasing previously unseen documents. Founded in late 2006, the Web site has posted sensitive documents related to the September 11 attacks, Guantanamo Bay and the Church of Scientology, among others.

The site had been expected to return today, according to a post on its default page. But now the home page times out without loading.

more at http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/06/whistleblower-web-site-remains-dark/?test=latestnews

[ethercat]

Wikileaks has been extremely valuable to us in exposing the Church of Scientology, by hosting documents that no one else would for fear of lawsuits.  Its absence, if it cannot be saved, will be a terrible loss, not just to us, but to all who seek to expose injustice.

There is a page online now, explaining the situation, and asking for donations.  I will be contributing today, and urge anyone who has even a small amount of extra money to donate some to them.  All payment types are accepted.

http://www.wikileaks.org/

[Ultrapoet]

I just sent 'em some bucks.  Not much, but what I could do.

[ethercat]

Thanks, Ultrapoet.

[ethercat]

For those of you who do stuff with Facebook, there is a Save Wikileaks group:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=440079755051&v=info

[ethercat]

Wikileaks has provide a couple of new ways to contribute that don't involve Paypal, electronic bank transfers, or international checks/money orders. 

And they say:

We have raised just over $350,000 for this year. Our yearly budget is around $600,000.

It's still a much more worthy cause than many other things people can spend money on.

[Lorelei]

Donated to WL before my medical expenses and before they went down. If I don't get slammed with another $3500+ bill not covered by $450+/month insurance, I may be able to squeeze some more dollars their way.

[ethercat]

Thread unstickied. 

Wikileaks is operating normally now, though I'm sure they would still welcome any donations people want to send their way.

Edit: There's an interesting article about the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, here: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/06/07/100607fa_fact_khatchadourian?printable=true

Anyone who thinks we're doing something risky, by going up against scientology, needs to read this well-written and suspenseful article.