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Wikileaks looks to the oceans to safeguard its servers
SHADOWY PUBLIC INFORMANT Wikileaks reportedly is looking to relocate its servers into offshore datacentres.
Fox News' sources have claimed that Wikileaks is in the process of working out a way of shipping its servers to offshore datacentres as it tries to avoid the seemingly global jurisdiction afforded to US law enforcement agencies. Although Fox News seems to imply that the offshore North Sea platform commonly known as Sealand is the destination, there is no evidence that the one-time British World War II antiaircraft installation has the means to support a web site such as Wikileaks.
One of Fox News' sources told Rupert Murdoch's US 'fair and balanced' news outfit, "If you get a certain distance away from any land, then you're dealing with maritime law. [...] They can't prosecute [Julian Assange] under maritime law. He's safe. He's not an idiot, he's actually very smart."
Moving Wikileaks' servers to a data haven in international waters would be a move that would surprise few. It is widely thought that should its servers reside in international waters, the authorities - in particular US authorities - will not be able to touch them legally. This is a theory that has yet to be tested, and it is likely to be something of a legal minefield for all parties involved.
Although Sealand has been around for the best part of 70 years, it hit the headlines when The Pirate Bay tried to buy it in a bid to host its servers on the platform. That deal fell through but the owners of the platform, who have declared it to be a country in its own right, have long ago suggested that hosting servers is a viable proposition.
Wikileaks' servers are located in various countries and, while authorities have been going after the organisation's founder, Julian Assange, others behind the organisation seem to be acutely aware that its servers are pretty high up on the US authorities' wish list. µ
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Umm...why is WikiLeaks being considered a criminal organization when they didn't break into any systems?
I think they'll need a really long fiber optic cable if they try this approach.
I doubt the U.S. Navy will provide defense for a criminal operation at sea. Last I heard they were arresting pirates and seizing their crafts so this would include Wikileaks ships.
Hasn't he heard of the US Navy? It may interest him to learn that they can sink ships, drop bombs and invade anything next to or in or on the sea.
And being governed by maritime law can work both ways. The Somali pirates don't get served with a properly written/approved arrest warrant, do they?
Perhaps Wikileaks won't be so "secure" after the pirates hijack their ships and servers? It would be an easy way to extort a ransom.
Assange and his cronies are going to be up the creek without a canoe before long.
LOL -- what a joke. With Wikileaks outside of any sovereign state the U.S., aided and abetted by their lick-spittles (the Brits) can bomb the hell out of Wikileaks and claim defense from a hostile agency. Job done. Bye-bye Wikileaks :-))