Community | November 26, 2010 | 58 comments

Wikileaks Website Back Up Again - Urges People Download Insurance File

Developing Story....This is interesting, to say the least. Whistle-blowing organization Wikileaks is urging the public to download their ever-so-famous “insurance” file from The Pirate Bay, according to a recently transmitted tweet. This file, nearly 2GB in size, is said to contain thousands of secret U.S. documents aimed at embarrassing the nation’s government, and potentially causing harm to the United States’ relations with allies.

The file has been around since this Summer and is heavily encrypted [AES-256]. In the event of Wikileaks’ founder’s [Julian Assange] death (or some other unspecified reason), the secret key would be released — exposing the documents to all who have downloaded and obtained the key.

We’re not sure as to why Wikileaks is now urging users to download the file, but it just may be that they’re soon planning to release the key.

This is a developing story. Stay tuned.

Update: The WikiLeaks website has gone down.
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58 comments // Wikileaks Website Back Up Again - Urges People Download Insurance File

  • CarlosIsDown
  • jubal
  • jubal
    • +1
      jubal  

    • Releasing the information will likely demonstrate the lies and corruption inherent in the enterprise that so many people are mystified about

    • 1 year ago
  • Itsbatman_Durr
    • 0
      Itsbatman_Durr  

    • i just hope that the rape charges against Julien are either false, or if true they dont get washed away as simple government retaliation. While i don't think he and wikileaks are unbiased or above tweaking the facts for what they believe is the greater good, i do appreciate the work they do to get the info out there. i have doubts as to the veracity and importance of the info they release, but it deserves to be made public knowledge for all to investigate and draw their own conclusions.

    • 1 year ago
  • monkeyeatmusic
  • jubal
    • +5
      jubal  

    • What is likely going to be release is the key for the insurance file that is highly encrypted with AES256. That is what I have read.

      Whatever happens its going to be a delight to see the diplomatic sparks fly.

      Wikileaks is the only site that I know of that has the balls to hold transparency up as a lantern and put the power mad elite on notice.

    • 1 year ago
  • Vierotchka
  • jubal
  • Vierotchka
  • mik661
  • Vierotchka
  • mik661
  • Russell_Kompinski
  • s_peak
    • +1
      s_peak  
    • jubal:

      AES256 has been cracked, just like AES128, and every other type of encryption ever made, as far as I know. Even CIA level encryption (probably still AES256) was cracked in less than a week on a challenge (or maybe a contract).

      You can't stop hackers. There is always a way in. Releasing this file means we should see the contents very shortly, even without a key.

    • 1 year ago
  • hunzedog
  • MizPiz
  • galwayman
  • CaptSutter
  • Vierotchka
  • MotherForTruth
  • freecrack
  • MotherForTruth
  • CaptSutter
    • +6
      CaptSutter  
    • freecrack:

      We should follow Julian's lead on this. Everything in its proper place. The accusations about Julian's private life are completely irrelevant to the war crimes. If the allegations are true then he should face the music. Either way the war crimes documented in "War Diaries" should pursued no matter what kind of person Julian Assange is in his private life.

      Julian said clearly they are two different things and we should not let anyone cheapen the crimes documented by slandering the messenger.

    • 1 year ago
  • ozoneocean
    • +4
      ozoneocean  
    • MotherForTruth:

      From what I've heard of it, both women said the sex was consensual, but he refused to wear a condom.

      Sounds VERY much like they're stretching for something against him. It's pathetic really.

    • 1 year ago
  • Vierotchka
  • MotherForTruth
  • Prijedor
  • mik661
    • -2
      mik661  
    • CaptSutter:

      The crimes are very relevant. It shows what kind of reckless, self centered individual person Assange is who only seems to care about his own self aggrandizement. Maybe we should listen to the people close around him who seem to have personal knowledge of his increasingly erratic behaviour.

    • 1 year ago
  • s_peak
    • +5
      s_peak  
    • mik661:

      I think it's more important to go after the war criminals who run our lives and own everything, first... otherwise... the governmental brand of "reckless" and destructive behavior that has been going on for centuries will continue uninhibited. It's sad that, to me, leaking this information is just about the only defense we have against corruption anymore.

      Besides... they DID go after Assange in court... and they lost, which means that the crimes of the men accusing Assange are even MORE relevant, because it's possible they tried to now frame him and push him out with fear.

      You're really more comfortable letting an entire government full of war criminals and corruption to run rampant and free in light of the messenger of this information being accused of rape? I mean... I think rape is a very serious crime, and everyone should pay for crimes against humanity of any degree... but the big picture of it all, is that our government thinks they can run the world with fear, and defame or destroy anyone in their way (probably like in the case of Assange)... and there's no way anyone should advocate for that type of behavior. Erratic is nothing. The corporations and politicians that run our country (And world) now classify as sociopaths and megalomaniacs who will kill the environment, cheat their employees, knowingly distribute tainted goods, or any number of other evil deeds all in the name of money. Assange's behavior is angelic when compared to that of our government (read: handful of globalist corporations) personified.

    • 1 year ago
  • mik661
    • -1
      mik661  
    • s_peak:

      A man can be judged by his company. How telling is it that signifigant numbers of his own organization are now speaking against him. I am sure that families of the men recklessly named in his rush to publish papers and burnish his image as the saviour of man kind are glad to sacrifice their lives to assuage western guilt.

    • 1 year ago
  • MotherForTruth
  • mik661
    • -2
      mik661  
    • MotherForTruth:

      Of course everyone is out of step but Johnny. Only Assange can be believed only Assange knows the truth. I cant wait till this narcissistic megalomaniac meets his just fate.

    • 1 year ago
  • s_peak
    • +2
      s_peak  
    • mik661:

      War criminals don't deserve my sympathy. They were colluding to destroy entire nations of people using war and torture. I think there's a big difference between Assange and them. If assange is proven guilty of anything, he should pay for that, too... But it's more important to stop the genocide and war that we're paying for unknowingly with all of our tax dollars. Call it an opinion.

      Are you defending the government's use of war for profit and power or do you just really hate Assange?

    • 1 year ago
  • mik661
    • -1
      mik661  
    • s_peak:

      What I think is that he really isnt doing anything. I predicted that when the they broke the war documents that within weeks it would be old news and within months it would be like it never happened. Except for the people that he left swinging in the wind. Tell me honestly what you are doing differently since he released that information. Are you voting differently? Did you go protest publicly? Write a letter to congress? You are doing now whatever it was you were doing before whether good, bad or indifferent. But that kid who stole the documents is probably going to do some hard time in federal or military prison. Some of the people named as helping the us in afghanistan will probably be hunted down, tortured and executed with the rest of their family. I post on current because I like a good argument, it helps blow off steam and sometimes even contemplate why I think or do the things that I do. I have no delusions whatsoever that it changes anything in the world. I feel the same about wikileaks and no I dont like Julian Assange I think he is the worst kind of opportunist.

    • 1 year ago
  • treewolf39
    • +1
      treewolf39  
    • mik661:

      Other whistle-blowers would disagree. It may take ten years for this information to put some of the wrongs to right. It is always better to know what your government is up to. It may be that the american public is just to lazy to care, but the rest of the world pays more attention to these kinds of crimes against humanity. Nothing in the leak surprised me in the least. Oh BY the way these leaks are giving cover for our allies to leave the war; so some good is already coming from it.

    • 1 year ago
  • mik661
    • -1
      mik661  
    • treewolf39:

      When the pentagon papers came out it certainly contributed to the end of the Vietnam conflict. But the war was about to die anyway. Any affect on the current conflicts would be the same a contribution to something already underway with debatable value. I don't see that any lasting changes were incurred then and I don't see any now.

    • 1 year ago
  • treewolf39
    • +1
      treewolf39  
    • mik661:

      Its is more like a push in the right direction, though I do see your point. War is awful! The two that we are still in were needless and only serve to create more conflict. Vietnam, what good came from that police action? They are still trying to remove land mines.

    • 1 year ago
  • Vierotchka
    • +1
      Vierotchka  
    • Image
    • mik661:

      In Defense of Julian Assange

      Defend Julian Assange

      By WikiLeaks Staff Editorial

      18 November 10

      Why Our Editor-in-Chief Is Busy and Needs to Be Defended

      In October 2010 Julian Assange won the Sam Adams Award for Integrity. He has also been awarded the 2009 Amnesty International Media Award and the Economist Index on Censorship Award in 2008. It is important to remember that accolades such as these do not come without tremendous hard work.

      The expose of the Afghan War Diaries was a moment of media history, orchestrated by Julian Assange. He brought together The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Spiegel, three of the world's most reputable newspapers to collaborate with WikiLeaks on exposing more than 90 000 secret significant action reports by the United States relating to the war in Afghanistan. This involved a huge amount of administration in order to co-ordinate all four media partners' publishing schedules and a lot of time to carefully construct the levels of trust needed to bring together three major newspapers who were also competitors.

      Since 2007 Julian, WikiLeaks and the Sunshine Press have been behind international front page stories that have changed the world. However, every story exposing abuses by powerful organizations, whether they be from New York or Nairobi results in a counter attack. Such the importance and veracity of revelations must be defended. Immediately after the Afghan War Diaries he conducted seventy-six interviews in three days maximizing the impact of the disclosures. It is very important for WikiLeaks to create a global platform with which to reach all corners of the earth. This demonstrates to those who wish to expose wrongdoing and misconduct that there is a way to do so without putting themselves at risk. He remains a messenger who big governments and their agencies can, and constantly do, attack while all the time keeping the source of the information published safe.

      Because of the nature of the work performed by WikiLeaks both the organization and Julian Assange are constantly under attack. Their servers are under attack. Their security is under attack and their work resources and finances are under attack. This results is a lot of time-consuming administration and means working through a lot of bureaucratic steps to re-establish the efficient running of an organisation. When finances are frozen, as was the case with Money Brokers Limited in August this year (the WikiLeaks account was closed because of "watchlisting" by the US after publication of the Afghanistan documents) it resulted in many letters back and forth, instructing a legal team to administer the situation and still to date there has been no resolution. In just the last 14 days he has met with more than 9 lawyers (excluding Swedish lawyers) in in defense of WikiLeaks' publishing activities, agreements and sources. Similarly, Julian Assange is subject to these sorts of attacks on a personal level.

      He and WikiLeaks both have been attacked in the media by Leon Panetta, Director of the CIA, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and highest ranking officer in the US and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates not to mention the well recognized media personalities such as Marc A. Thiessen, a former bush administration chief speech writer and currently a Washington Post columnist who wrote "Assange is a non-U.S. citizen operating outside the territory of the United States. This means the government has a wide range of options for dealing with him." Christian Whiton, a Fox News contributor, said "WikiLeaks should be declared 'enemy combatants'," indicating they should be dealt with outside the law and Jonah Goldberg, a conservative syndicated columnist asked "why wasn't Julian Assange garroted in his hotel room years ago?"

      Attacks such as these create an extreme need for security and he must always be conscious and personally vigilant - a task that is both time consuming and mentally exhausting. The major government players such as the CIA and the Pentagon do not stop at just Julian but also target many WikiLeaks volunteers or associates. Two volunteers and an American WikiLeaks spokesperson have been detained and questioned in the United States along with other individuals alleged to be participant to his publishing activities such as Bradley Manning, an alleged source who is being held as a political prisoner in the United States. Mr Manning's mother's house in Wales was raided by the FBI together with local police earlier this year.

      The result is a constant need for legal and political support and managing this from afar and throughout many continents is no small task. Furthermore Julian Assange does not take these matters lightly having been privy to bad experiences in the past - while working on the extra judicial assassinations taking place in Kenya, two WikiLeaks' affiliates being assassinated.

      Read more at: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1011/S00181/in-defense-of-julian-assange.htm

    • 1 year ago
  • mik661
    • 0
      mik661  
    • Vierotchka:

      Yes it takes lots of work to convince some military peon to commit treason and then dump the documents unedited onto their website. When you steal and publish classified materials then you should expect to get some heat from the authorities. I feel bad that he is stressed out by playing james bond.

    • 1 year ago
  • Vierotchka
  • jubal
  • Vierotchka
  • treewolf39
    • +3
      treewolf39  
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    • http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/wikileaks-turkey-helped-al-qaeda-iraq/
      This just in....

      US diplomatic cables set for imminent release by WikiLeaks will reportedly show that NATO ally Turkey aided Al Qaeda in Iraq, while the US supported the PKK, a Kurdish separatist group fighting Turkey.

      The claim was made in the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat, reports Reuters:

      The next release is expected to include thousands of diplomatic cables reporting corruption allegations against politicians in Russia, Afghanistan and other Central Asian nations, sources familiar with the State Department cables held by WikiLeaks told Reuters on Wednesday.
      The allegations are major enough to cause serious embarrassment for foreign governments, the sources said.
      According to the London-based daily al-Hayat, the WikiLeaks release includes documents that show Turkey has helped al-Qaeda in Iraq - and that the United States has supported the PKK, a Kurdish rebel organization that has been waging a separatist war against Turkey since 1984, the Washington Post reported.

    • 1 year ago
  • s_peak
  • treewolf39
  • jubal
    • +7
      jubal  

    • You have to download a torrent program in order to download the archive. It is all of the documents from the Iraq War as well as all of the Diplomatic communications that are being talked about now.

      Its insurance in case they try to off Julian for exposing the global diplomatic conspiracy.

    • 1 year ago
  • KSirys
  • Russell_Kompinski
  • Russell_Kompinski
    • +3
      Russell_Kompinski  
    • KSirys:

      Also you can google their(wikileaks) twitter and they provide a legitimate torrent link you can trust. Go and download the .torrent file. When prompted how you want to open the file: open with utorrent (or whatever torrent program you decide.)

    • 1 year ago
  • KSirys
  • TomTucker
  • Vierotchka
  • Vierotchka
  • CaptSutter
  • jubal
  • mik661
    • -1
      mik661  
    • jubal:

      You give him to much credit. Next year this time nothing included in those files from the wars in Iraq and Afganastan will even be a blip on the radar in this country. The only people who will be affected will be the people he hung out to dry while feeding his ego with this supposed public service.

    • 1 year ago
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