i have always said that the "rich boys" who run the world would cut off the internet if it really started to hurt them. but i didn't think they'd have the cajones to do it directly. i thought they'd blame it on "terrorist hackers" instead, and pretend that they were trying to "solve the problem", and always just "'succeeding" enough so _they_ had access, but the public didn't, or got it only in very sporadic bursts. but current events prove they won't bother with a charade. they're now cutting any cord they can that leads to wikileaks. oh sure, at first they did it with cowardly denial-of-service attacks that they tried to lay off on anonymous individuals. but anyone with even half a brain knew that was not true... it didn't take long, though, for the government to come out and start to take direct action that was loud and aggressive. you probably are just as familiar with those actions as i am, so i won't bother to recount them, except for one which you might not have heard about: raytheon has told its employees that they cannot read wikileaks even on their own machines in their own homes; it'd jeopardize their security clearances. welcome to your future, people... your boss owns your ass... so if you think you're gonna use the internet to take down the repressive government you elected to run your country, or the businessmen who really do, might wanna think again. -bowerbird