Amy Goodman
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Julian Assange: WikiLeaks Readies Lawsuit Against Credit Card Companies For Blocking Funds
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July 6, 2011
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4:43Now PlayingDemocracyNow.org - During a July 2 discussion in London moderated by Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange discusses a new lawsuit WikiLeaks is filing against Visa and MasterCard for what he calls an "economic blockade" against his whistleblower group, preventing them from collecting credit card donations online. Mastercard, Visa and other financial giants cut off payment methods to WikiLeaks following the release of secret U.S. diplomatic cables last year. "It is an extraordinary thing that we have seen, that Visa, MasterCard [and other companies] are instruments of U.S. foreign policy," Assange says.
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