SENATORS PRAISE COMPANIES STANDING UP TO WIKILEAKS, INTIMIDATION

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., released the following statement in support of companies that have severed their business relationships with Wikileaks and are now facing intimidation from hackers sympathetic to Wikileaks who are attacking the companies’ websites.

            “Companies that are cutting off their services to Wikileaks in the wake of its release of 250,000 stolen and classified State Department cables are doing the right thing as good corporate citizens and deserve the support of the American people. The Wikileaks data dump has jeopardized U.S. national interests and the lives of intelligence sources around the world. This is no time for business as usual. While corporate entities make decisions based on their obligations to their shareholders, sometimes full consideration of those obligations requires them to act as responsible citizens. We offer our admiration and support to those companies exhibiting courage and patriotism as they face down intimidation from hackers sympathetic to Wikileaks’ philosophy of irresponsible information dumps for the sake of damaging global relationships.”

 

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