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Scientology vs WikiLeaks and the entire internet

rkamens's picture
Submitted by rkamens on Fri, 2008-04-11 03:46.

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Scientology_threatens_Wikileaks_over_secret_cu...

The cult of Scientology has one again tried to censor one of their online critics, but it's not going to work this time. In the past, Scientology has abused the DMCA to force site owners to take down "copyrighted" internal information from their religious organization. They have also been known to use murder and some people have had to flee the country to escape their grasp. I have taken on Scientology before on a small scale, and they are no ordinary foe. But this attack on Wikileaks is unacceptable, and those who wish to stop the free flow of infomation must be held accountable for their actions and said information must be freed.

Their war online tells a different story, as hackers have claimed a clear victory against Scientology, widely distributing Scientology's information and using their hacking skills to take down Scientology sites when they threaten the freedom of information. In fact, DDoSes and defacements have become a common sight on Scientology's servers. So far, every attempt to censor Wikileaks has been un-sucessfull but there's no reason to wait until their site is shut down to distribute the documents.

The best way to combat those who wish to censor information is to make the censored materials as widely and publicly available as possible. In this spirit, I will be distributing these doucments to anybody who requests them. If you would like a hard copy of these documents, you may email me at 2600denver {at} gmail.com, or write to our secure mail drop at:

PO BOX 601
Glen Arbor, MI
49636

I would appreciate if you could throw in a dollar or two to cover shipping and reproduction costs but this is absolutely not required and we will ship these documents on a CD to anybody within the borders of the United States free of charge. (International shipments will require a small amount of money to cover postage).

I have no doubt that scientology will pursue this case to court, so it's critical that we all chip in to support the insuing legal battle. If you can spare even a dollar, please donate to wikileaks at
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks:Donate

Documents and legal threats available from wikileaks at:
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology_collected_Operating_Thet...

Mirrors:
If you would like your site added here, just throw me at email at 2600denver {at} gmail.com and I'll get it up here ASAP.
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~mflaschen3/banned/scientology-ot-levels.pdf
http://file.sunshinepress.org:54445/scientology-ot-levels.pdf
http://wikileaks.org/leak/scientology-ot-levels.pdf

In solidarity and waiting,
Comrade Ringo Kamens

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