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21-12-10, 18:33
WikiLeaks Founder: We Have Enough Information To Make An Exec At A Major Bank Resign (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/21/wikileaks-founder-we-have_n_799555.html)
The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy First Posted: 12-21-10 08:21
An upcoming data dump by WikiLeaks will be damaging enough that an executive at a major American bank will resign, the organization's founder Julian Assange (http://www.news.com.au/features/wikileaks/wikileaks-boss-julian-assange-turns-on-friends-and-foes/story-fn79cf6x-1225974366476) told the U.K.'s Times in a recent interview.
Speculation has swirled that WikiLeaks may be targeting Bank of America (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/30/wikileaks-targeting-bank-of-america_n_789804.html) in its next leak, which Assange said in a Forbes interview will target at least one major bank. In a 2009 Computer World interview, Assange said that he had a 5 GB hard drive from a Bank of America executive. The bank recently stopped processing WikiLeaks payments (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/18/bank-of-america-will-stop_n_798605.html).
In an interview with the Times, Assange said (http://www.news.com.au/features/wikileaks/wikileaks-boss-julian-assange-turns-on-friends-and-foes/story-fn79cf6x-1225974366476#ixzz18ke5MHk2): "We don't want the bank to suffer unless it's called for. But if its management is operating in a responsive way there will be resignations."
New York Times scribe Andrew Ross Sorkin, for his part, says it's not Wall Street executives who are worried about WikiLeaks' next bombshell, (http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/prospect-of-wikileaks-dump-poses-problems-for-regulators/?pagemode=print) it's Wall Street regulators. Here's Sorkin:
It seems the prospect of gigabytes of e-mail and other documents from financial institutions can be viewed one of two ways: as a treasure trove for regulators to scrutinize -- or as an embarrassment for the United States government, which has spent millions of dollars investigating Wall Street in the last two years without a scalp to show for it. Inside the Securities and Exchange Commission, the organization is bracing for a public outcry, according to people who have recently spoken with some high-ranking officials about the prospect of a WikiLeaks release of bank documents.
If WikiLeaks reveals truly damaging information, Wall Street regulators may in a particularly awkward situation: they'll end up being scooped by an organization that has been branded as a terrorist group (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20023941-38.html).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/21/wikileaks-founder-we-have_n_799555.html?view=print
The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy First Posted: 12-21-10 08:21
An upcoming data dump by WikiLeaks will be damaging enough that an executive at a major American bank will resign, the organization's founder Julian Assange (http://www.news.com.au/features/wikileaks/wikileaks-boss-julian-assange-turns-on-friends-and-foes/story-fn79cf6x-1225974366476) told the U.K.'s Times in a recent interview.
Speculation has swirled that WikiLeaks may be targeting Bank of America (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/30/wikileaks-targeting-bank-of-america_n_789804.html) in its next leak, which Assange said in a Forbes interview will target at least one major bank. In a 2009 Computer World interview, Assange said that he had a 5 GB hard drive from a Bank of America executive. The bank recently stopped processing WikiLeaks payments (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/18/bank-of-america-will-stop_n_798605.html).
In an interview with the Times, Assange said (http://www.news.com.au/features/wikileaks/wikileaks-boss-julian-assange-turns-on-friends-and-foes/story-fn79cf6x-1225974366476#ixzz18ke5MHk2): "We don't want the bank to suffer unless it's called for. But if its management is operating in a responsive way there will be resignations."
New York Times scribe Andrew Ross Sorkin, for his part, says it's not Wall Street executives who are worried about WikiLeaks' next bombshell, (http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/prospect-of-wikileaks-dump-poses-problems-for-regulators/?pagemode=print) it's Wall Street regulators. Here's Sorkin:
It seems the prospect of gigabytes of e-mail and other documents from financial institutions can be viewed one of two ways: as a treasure trove for regulators to scrutinize -- or as an embarrassment for the United States government, which has spent millions of dollars investigating Wall Street in the last two years without a scalp to show for it. Inside the Securities and Exchange Commission, the organization is bracing for a public outcry, according to people who have recently spoken with some high-ranking officials about the prospect of a WikiLeaks release of bank documents.
If WikiLeaks reveals truly damaging information, Wall Street regulators may in a particularly awkward situation: they'll end up being scooped by an organization that has been branded as a terrorist group (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20023941-38.html).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/21/wikileaks-founder-we-have_n_799555.html?view=print