Cryptome to be Terminated by Verio/NTT

George Maschke writes "Cryptome, a website concerned with encryption, privacy, and government secrecy, has received two weeks' notice from Verio that its service will be terminated for unspecified "violation of [its] Acceptable Use Policy." Cryptome has a history of making publicly available documents and information that governments would rather keep secret. For the notice, and a public response by Cryptome webmaster John Young, see Cryptome Shutdown by Verio/NTT."

Already down - thanks slashdot

[Anonymous Coward]

No need to wait for two weeks to shut down a site. Just submit it to slashdot
and get it shut down in minutes.

Re:any good soul?

[iminplaya]

ALL people :-) In fact, you look like you could use some help, my son. Meditating and concentrating on your navel might lead you to the path of righteousness. Then just watch the signs...until you get to the...fork..in..the..road. There you will get stuck to see if you are done.

Re:No, that only applies in a democratic country

[kestasjk]

I bet Cryptome was brought down by special request of George W. Bush himself! The guy is an evil super-villian behind everything.

Yesterday I couldn't find my goddamned keys anywhere; I put them right there on the side and the next day they were gone..
Bush won't think twice about shorting your car battery, rusting your bike chain or cutting holes in the bottom your pockets; he's just that evil. My co-workers say I need to stop ranting about Bush and that I should get back to work.. Clearly a violation of the 2nd amendment!
This is another example of Bush working his evil ways through an innocent ISP.

Patriot act blood for oil McCarthy state of fear American dream blah blah blah.

archive.org

[achenaar]

This sort of thing always makes me want to check the site out for juicy stuff.
archive.org wayback machine cache [archive.org] is my friend.

Re:No, that only applies in a democratic country

[myowntrueself]

No, Bush is so evil he makes bullets rust.

Which is why he gave orders that all US bullets should be coated in pig fat.

Not only does it stop them from rusting but it also sends your enemies to hell if they are Jews or Moslems or Christians (and it happens to be a Friday).

Evil, evil brits!

[PresidentEnder]

So the British "intelligence" services, the same ones that said Saddam Hussein had huge stockpiles of WMD that could strike the UK in 45 minutes, can get a website turned off it America? The ISP just weasely pulls the plug without negotiation just because some guy with a British accent rings up?

First they invent global warming as an issue (Margaret Thatcher, of all people). Then they give us bad intel, embroiling us in an unwinnable quagmire of a war. Now they attempt to close down our only source for real information! Somebody is still upset about the events of the late 18th century.