Bank of America on Saturday halted all transactions for WikiLeaks, joining other institutions that refuse to process payments for the website that has exposed a trove of US government cables.
"Bank of America joins in the actions previously announced by MasterCard, PayPal, Visa Europe and others and will not process transactions of any type that we have reason to believe are intended for WikiLeaks," the largest US bank said in a statement.
"This decision is based upon our reasonable belief that WikiLeaks may be engaged in activities that are, among other things, inconsistent with our internal policies for processing payments."
The action is the latest blow against the website, which has been exposing classified US diplomatic cables that reveal embarrassing assessments of world leaders and provide a rare glimpse into the work of scores of US embassies.
The United States has angrily criticized the release of the documents, saying it endangers national security, and the US Attorney General has launched a criminal investigation into the site.But Assange has won the support of a collection of anonymous "hacktivists" -- computer hackers who in the name of free speech have targeted institutions that refuse to deal with the website.
I might be too young or navie to comment on such a global issue but i will try my best to express my views on the wikileaks matter . I won't condemn it but in the same time I wouldn't fully approve it as well . Why I won't say wikileaks is bad ? Well , i feel that some behind the scene events should be known to the public as we are afterall , citizens of the state . Shouldn't we know what is happending ? However on the otherhand , Wikileaks releaved really hurtful stuff that harms ties between the countries , as in the Singapore - Malaysia diplomats case . So what is my stand ? Honestly , i don't think i have a stand . But on the Bank of America
case , if i were in control , i wouldn't not have cut ties with wikileaks as it is inviting trouble from hackers .
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