Whistle-blower Site Taken Offline

[lookfar]

Not sure if this has already been posted, so apologies if it has. I just came across this news article about wikileaks & thought I'd share it here. I haven't ever looked at the site myself, but it sounds like it was quite interesting.... Did anyone else ever view this one?


The case was brought by lawyers working for a Swiss bank
A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US.
Wikileaks.org, as it is known, was cut off from the internet following a California court ruling, the site says.

The case was brought by a Swiss bank after "several hundred" documents were posted about its offshore activities.

Other versions of the pages, hosted in countries such as Belgium and India, can still be accessed.

Full story here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7250916.stm)

[allweknow]

How can they take a website offline?
Surely thats not legal?

[niftygifter]

If its Credit Suisse or Citibank Zurich, then they are about to get their just desserts anyway, so removing info about them, is just delaying their exposure.

Nifty:cool:

[killmicrosoft]

new site
http://freegovinfo.info/node/853

old site
past this into google www.wikileaks.org and look on Cached (should be first link)

[lookfar]

How can they take a website offline?
Surely thats not legal?

Hi allweknow & welcome to the forum :)

I'm not sure of the legal implications of this as I was unaware of the site until today. But it'd be interesting to find out though.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it here....:D

[lookfar]

If its Credit Suisse or Citibank Zurich, then they are about to get their just desserts anyway, so removing info about them, is just delaying their exposure.

Nifty:cool:

Hey nifty :)

I'm not aware of the original story here, can you give a brief summary to save me delving into loads of info please?:D

[lookfar]

new site
http://freegovinfo.info/node/853

old site
past this into google www.wikileaks.org and look on Cached (should be first link)

Hi killmicrosoft & welcome to the forum :)

Thanks for the updated link. You seem very IT savvy, I sure wish I was, lol!!:o

It's good to have you onboard & hope you enjoy it here....:)

[killmicrosoft]

goto
http://freegovinfo.info/node/853#comment-23227
scroll down and click on
Top Secret postings and security
click on
Secrecy News
click on
Secrecy Federation of American Scientists
in the search bar put LASERS IN SPACE
and click go
then click on the file LASERS IN SPACE TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS FOR ENHANCING US MILITARY ...

this document if you read it will tell you about project bluebeam

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fas is a us gov site

[killmicrosoft]

please copy the file before they take it off

[killmicrosoft]

this is the bit in the doc u want

Holographic Projector

Operational Concept. This concept, which would fall into the force enhancement mission area, was considered in the Spacecast 2020 study, and as a truly novel idea provides evidence that the strategic studies did consider “out of the box” ideas. However, the concept ignores the fundamental physics of generating holograms. The concept is a “system that could project holograms from space onto the ground, in the sky, or on the ocean anywhere in the theater of conflict for special operations deception missions. This system would be composed of either orbiting holographic projectors or relay satellites that would pass data and instructions to a remotely piloted vehicle or aircraft that would then generate and project the holographic image.”94 The apparent intention is to generate three-dimensional images of sufficient quality to make the observer believe an actual object is being seen. For example, projecting the face of Allah over Baghdad has been mentioned as one application of this concept for PSYOP missions; projecting the image of a tank would be a deception mission that could force enemy troops to move out of their position, exposing themselves to attack. There have even been suggestions by anonymous sources that these holographic images could be made to produce speech as well, which is theoretically possible using the photo-acoustic effect in air. This effect has been proposed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a laser-based emergency broadcast system.95

Operational Enhancement. If this concept were achievable, there would be great operational enhancement. There would be a tremendous “dual-use” benefit to the entertainment industry if the technology were releasable.

Key Enabling Technologies. A hologram is basically an interference pattern that has been recorded in some medium, such as film or a nonlinear crystal. The pattern is generated by overlapping a laser reference beam that has a very smooth phase front with a laser beam that has been scattered off the object to be imaged. The two beams interfere, creating bright and dark regions that, when reilluminated with a suitable optical source, recreate the image to an observer who looks at the hologram from the right point of view. Ideally, a laser is used to view the hologram, although “white light holograms” produce fairly good images using regular incandescent bulbs. The key technologies here are finding some way to generate the interference pattern in air and then illuminate that pattern with a visible laser beam, or possibly sunlight if the angle is correct, to create the image for the intended observers. Modulating the interference pattern would be required to create the illusion of motion.

Challenges. The ability to create holographic images is well established, but creating them in an uncontrolled environment like the open air is almost inconceivable. Making images that are realistic enough to confuse an enemy is highly unlikely in the next 30 years. The ancillary concept of auditory project, however, is feasible and demonstrated, but probably would not be done from a space-based platform given the difficulty of controlling the region of air that is modulated.

Scoring. Even the Spacecast 2020 study ranked this idea as “so far in the future” that it is not worth further consideration.

Technical feasibility: 1. Technical maturity: 1. Operational enhancement: 5. Cost: 1. Total Score: 8.

[lennart]

Can you give a direct link to the document please! I can,t find it!

[killmicrosoft]

http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/occppr02.htm

[lookfar]

Can you give a direct link to the document please! I can,t find it!

I'm glad I wasn't the only one having trouble finding it :)

Thanks for the link KM :)

[killmicrosoft]

pdf version of this file


http://www.uploadhut.com/id193792/LASERS (http://www.uploadhut.com/id193792/LASERS IN SPACE TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS FOR ENHANCING US MILITARY CAPABILITIES.pdf)