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Wikileaks.org Closing Doesn't Secure Bank's Client Info

Privacy groups file to intervene in case

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 28, 2008 3:00 PM CST

(Newser) – Legal action resulting in the closing of whistleblower site Wikileaks.org has backfired for the Swiss bank that sought to protect confidential information about their clients, the AP reports. Popular outrage over the closing of the site over its posting of documents from Bank Julius... Read full story »

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