How WikiLeaks Keeps Its Funding Secret -- Wall Street JournalThe controversial website WikiLeaks, which argues the cause of openness in leaking classified or confidential documents, has set up an elaborate global financial network to protect a big secret of its own—its funding.
Some governments and corporations angered by the site's publications have already sued WikiLeaks or blocked access to it, and the group fears that its money and infrastructure could be targeted further, founder Julian Assange said in an interview in London shortly after publishing 76,000 classified U.S. documents about the war in Afghanistan in July. The move sparked international controversy and put WikiLeaks in the spotlight.
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My Comment: I am sure there are many fans of Wikileaks who have deep pockets and who would be more than happy to fund Wikileaks. But with the law slowly encroaching upon the operations of Wikileaks, and with financial firms and organizations being warned that they must abide by the rules and regulations on how such monies can be transferred .... the days of Wikileaks operating as a major source of news and information .... I suspect that those days are quickly coming to an end.
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