Seems like right after the yearly christian holidays the Wikileaks plate is being re-heated. A subpoena has been issued asking Twitter to provide certain information to the United States Department of Justice. This seems like a way of propagating fear and intimidation towrds anyone with any kind of link or support towards Wikileaks.

(way) Better writers than me have posted good articles here:

• Iceland blasts US demand for lawmaker's details in WikiLeaks probe
• The Excuse is Wikileaks the Object is Freedom of Speech the Subject is Authoritarianism
• The Number of Wikileaks Supporters will only Increase

A group has started organising protests in Spain and is calling for others to organise events in other countries -> Free Wikileaks (dot EU)

One of the Twitter accounts targeted is that of Birgitta Jónsdóttir, there are a few others.

Hello Anonymous. Some people have criticised your actions, called you a "kiddie script" and/or claimed you have hurt "the cause". I tend to disagree because:

• You made noise and raised awareness
• Nobody was hurt and no credit card numbers stolen
• You have been trying other things as well, faxes, phones, videos, paper etc. this shows your goal is not to simply take down web sites
• When things are so openly absurd reactions cannot be avoided
Oh and:
• "They" started it..

Some say you guys are a bunch of kids, if it is true it only adds to your credit.

DDOS does seem to be illegal in many places, but it is definitely not the worst thing that has happened to our world. For me (and many others) these actions were closer to protest then to attacks.

The past week or so has been quite interesting and seems this pending issue will not simply "go away", at least not that easily. I have gathered a few interesting links about what's up and down, I will try to update this.. (there are so many pages about this it's out of control).

Wikileaks

• Petition to governments
• Mass-mirroring Wikileaks - Become a mirror
• twitter.com/wikileaks
• Mirror list status
• Australia blames the U.S.
• Don't shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths - a word from Julian Assange
• WikiLeaks Shines a Light on the Limits of Techno-Politics
• DataCell's word on Visa's behaviour
• Dear PayPal: Wikileaks is not a terrorist organization
• OVH and Wikileaks - "That's how it should work under the rule of law.
• Federal Bureau of Irony
• Bolivian government publishes cables related to them ! - AWESOME !

Internet Protests

• Cyberattacks Are Retaliation for Pressure on WikiLeaks
• Visa.com taken down by botnet volunteers
• MasterCard attacked by voluntary botnet after WikiLeaks decision
• Wikileaks Twitter account (while it lasts ?)
• Hacker toolkits attracting volunteers to defend WikiLeaks
• Tis the Season of DDoS – WikiLeaks Edition - good ddos timeline with crispy details
• Thousands download LOIC software for Anonymous attacks
• A message from Anonymous
• 2600 Magazine condemns DDoS attacks - It's the comments that I like
• Netcraft attack summary: Part 2

Anon sites/channels (many down)

A few Anonymous channels have been taken down, there are plenty of others coming up, going down, moving around etc..

• AnonOps communication - active
• twitter.com/Anonops - active
• facebook.com/anonops - active (if you happen to use facebook....)
• anonops.net - Seems like Enom has removed the name server for the domain on Dec 8 2010: Domain Name: ANONOPS.NET Registrar: ENOM, INC. Whois Server: whois.enom.com Referral URL: http://www.enom.com Name Server: No nameserver Status: ok Updated Date: 08-dec-2010 Creation Date: 26-oct-2010 Expiration Date: 26-oct-2011
• anonops.info - domain has been de-activated today (Dec 14 2010): Domain ID:D35610231-LRMS Domain Name:ANONOPS.INFO Created On:29-Nov-2010 18:03:09 UTC Last Updated On:14-Dec-2010 01:08:48 UTC Expiration Date:29-Nov-2011 18:03:09 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R126-LRMS) Status:INACTIVE Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
• twitter.com/Anon_Operation - suspended
• twitter.com/Anon_Operationn - suspended

Some people have been deleting their Paypal accounts and leaving a comments about how they feel.