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  WikiLeaks Supporters Plan US Foundation to Restore Funding       : Information Clearing House

  WikiLeaks Supporters Plan US Foundation to Restore Funding       : Information Clearing House
WikiLeaks Supporters Plan US Foundation to Restore Funding

Whistleblowing website's backers look to break 'bank blockade' 500 days after Visa, MasterCard and PayPal blocked donations

By James Ball

April 21, 2012 "The Guardian" --   High-profile US supporters of WikiLeaks are planning to establish a foundation to break the 500-day "banking blockade" that has disrupted donations to the whistleblowing website.

WikiLeaks was forced to suspend many of its publishing operations in October last year after Visa, MasterCard and PayPal refused to process supporters' donations to the website, reducing its donation income by about 95%.

The move, which came after the US senator Joe Lieberman called on US companies to cut off services to WikiLeaks, was called a blockade by the organisation's editor-in-chief, Julian Assange, and came without any legal orders or actions against the site.

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