Friday, July 13, 2012

Wikileaks Victory - In Iceland

Whistleblower website WikiLeaks achieved its first major legal victory in a pushback against the U.S.-led financial blockade that’s crippled the publication and sapped more than 95 percent of its resources since 2010.

In a ruling by the Reykjavík District Court in Iceland, credit card processing company Valitor, partner of both Visa and MasterCard, is required to un-block future payments to WikiLeaks within the next two weeks or face $6,000 in fines every additional day it delays.
  Raw Story

Is $6,000 a day much of an incentive? It would be for me, but I don't know about a credit card processing company.

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