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WikiLeaks Can Survive Swedish, U.S. Assange Probes, Lawyers Say
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WikiLeaks, the website under fire for leaking classified U.S. government documents, may be impossible to silence even as its founder sits in jail and American prosecutors contemplate espionage charges.
The website, which releases leaked files online, can replicate its data if shut down and doesn’t need a high-profile leader like founder Julian Assange, said John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which promotes freedom of information on the Internet.