The server that housed WikiLeaks is now for sale on eBayWired.co.ukThree years ago, it was the most notorious server on the internet, home to WikiLeaks and its cache of secret government documents. Now, it could be yours. Bahnhof, the Swedish ISP that originally hosted WikiLeaks, has put the machine up …
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One MP, Douglas Carswell, described his horror when he discovered many of the 351 ‘anti-privatisation’ postcards he has received over the past three weeks were bogus. More: continued here
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Read More »Editorial: Thoughtful reform needed on food stamps – Aiken Standard
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Read More »Douglas Carswell claims many of the 351 ‘anti-privatisation’ postcards he has … – Daily Mail
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