Common Dreams – by Lauren McCauley
In what they describe as an “Insurance Release,” Wikileaks posted links for a series of encrypted files to their Twitter feed and Facebook page Friday, urging readers to download and mirror the links, in a digital threat they hope will “nullify attempts at restraint.”
Though not uncommon, many are speculating that the size of the files—one at an impressive 349 gigabytes—in conjunction with the timing of their release—raises the possibility that these files contain “some serious material.”
WikiLeaks ✔ @wikileaksWikiLeaks releases encrypted versions of upcoming publication data (“insurance”) from time to time to nullify attempts at prior restraint.
Please mirror: WikiLeaks insurance 20130815-A: 3.6Gb http://wlstorage.net/torrent/wlinsurance-20130815-A.aes256.torrent … B: 49Gb http://wlstorage.net/torrent/wlinsurance-20130815-B.aes256.torrent … C: 349GB http://wlstorage.net/torrent/wlinsurance-20130815-C.aes256.torrent …
The secure files can only be accessed with a ‘key,’ which WikiLeaks will presumably provide to the general public if and when deemed necessary.
Many note that the links were posted just ahead of the sentencing of Bradley Manning while NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden continues his attempt to evade U.S. prosecution in Russia.
Internet speculation, according to Aja Romano of the online journal The Daily Dot, has decided that “‘insurance’ may be code for ‘back off’ to the U.S. government.”
“The size of one of the files is 349 gigabytes,” Romano notes, “which means that there’s either A) enough textual data inside to power a nationwide security crisis for the next 300 years or so, or B) a few very incriminating pieces of video footage.”
“I’m getting the feeling these people are spreading some serious material,” added Facebook onlooker Angel Gabriell.
Further, Business Insider reports:
We can garner at least one thing of note from the file names alone: They probably have a very high level of encryption. The end of the files, “aes256,” likely stands for Advanced Encryption Standard-256 bits.
It’s a way of locking up your files that even the NSA has approved for use on top-secret data.
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Just more of the Wikileaks soap opera. If they’re in the business of exposing the truth, why do they have so much data that we can’t see right now?
Why hasn’t whatever they’re hiding now been “leaked” long ago?
I’ve wondered the same thing JR. I think it’s insurance to keep Assange alive. Much like Snowdon, etc.
I don’t condone it, just think this is a possible explanation.
I see — I didn’t consider that.
Snowden and Assange are part of the scam. No one is going to hurt them.
The US-UK stasi attack on the Guardian and Greenwald is nothing more than posturing. Sure they destroyed hard drives and computers in the Guardians offices, but what about all the mirrored sites and private downloads saving all that encrypted data?
I realize that there are probably hundreds if not more that now have these files and cannot open them. Big deal, it’s all still there waiting for a key to be released.
THE STORMTROOPERS HAVE ACHIEVED NOTHING!!! 🙂
Don’t dismiss the possibility exists that certain google searches have vexed the Queen to the degree she move her abdication forward to avoid the excrement that will hit the fan after a false flag including these search terms:
pelindaba + obama + blatchford + thatcher + zuma + shale + kelly + cook + FIELD MCCONNELL ( nukes from South Africa, last known posit Chicago )
malloy + title pending + dhs + dmort V + hseep + crisis actors + vision box + SEPTEMBER 11 + FIELD MCCONNELL ( Connecticut has no Sheriffs )
Re ‘.. an impressive 349 gigabytes..’
Yet no mention of Israel. Not all that impressive.. is it?