Forbes: WikiLeaks info dump on a major US bank coming in January

[Generic Other]

Early next year, Julian Assange says, a major American bank will suddenly find itself turned inside out. Tens of thousands of its internal documents will be exposed on Wikileaks.org with no polite requests for executives' response or other forewarnings. The data dump will lay bare the finance firm's secrets on the Web for every customer, every competitor, every regulator to examine and pass judgment on.

http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/an-interview-with-wikileaks-julian-assange/

[SpiralHawk]

1. "It's not me. Smirk." - Neil 'Silverado' Bush (R)

"Been there. Done that. Smirk." - Neil 'Silverado' Bush (R)

[Swamp Rat]

7. k&r for the reminder

:thumbsup:

[tabatha]

2. oooh, this ought to be good.

BOA ?

[Autumn]

3. Yes!!!! I so look forward to this one.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: May God keep him safe.

[Generic Other]

4. Like Enron he says!

Oh boy!

[SpiralHawk]

5. BFEE Third Reich Banksters, Inc.?

Not very likely?

[Autumn]

8. I am so excited. I'm cooking dinner, drinking wine

and doing the happy dance. I hope he hangs those fuckers. Whichever one it is. Maybe he has more on other banks? That would be wonderful.

[Parker CA]

13. He says he has info that could bring down one or two banks. Should be interesting!

[Very_Boring_Name]

6. Can't wait for this!

[Mojambo]

9. This is really going to bring the establishment down on them

We can't have Wikileaks peeking into the business of our financial overlords!

[WillyT]

10. Go WikiLeaks !!!

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

:kick:

[malaise]

11. It would be great if they all jumped thinking it was their bank

about to be exposed

[WillyT]

21. + 1,000,000,000... What You And That Sign Said !!!

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[Parker CA]

12. It's worth the time to read the entire interview. Really a terrific piece. Kick and Rec!!

[seafan]

14. I hope it's Gold Sacks. Happy New Year indeed.

Looking forward to more truth. It will not be denied.

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In a rare, two-hour interview conducted in London on November 11, Assange said that he’s still sitting on a trove of secret documents, about half of which relate to the private sector. And WikiLeaks’ next target will be a major American bank. “It will give a true and representative insight into how banks behave at the executive level in a way that will stimulate investigations and reforms, I presume,” he said, adding: “For this, there’s only one similar example. It’s like the Enron emails.”

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Pardon me a moment....



September 25, 2008: Protests in front of the New York Stock Exchange.

[yurbud]

15. not soon enough! When do we get the Goldman Sachs dump?

[Autumn Colors]

16. And after that, I want something on Monsanto to be in there!! (nt)

[Generic Other]

18. BP too!!

:woohoo:

[arcane1]

29. Damn right!!!!

Hell, I'd prefer they get hit FIRST!

[Missy Vixen]

17. So, are we betting?

My money's on Wells Fargo or Bank of America.

Goldman Sachs might be nice, too.

[PBS Poll-435]

24. Not WF, for sure. BoA or Chase. nt

[Generic Other]

30. I hope there's stuff showing how the bailouts were spent.

Wanna see the cashed check and a itemized accounting of expenditures!!

[jtrockville]

26. JP Morgan could be in the running.

[arcane1]

28. I'm going with Goldman Sachs

but that may just be because I rewatched "Capitalism, a Love Story" last night and have freshly-stirred hatred for them today :)

[Kaleko]

19. Why wait til January?

[Kaleko]

25. On second thoughts...

it's great to have all of our too-big-to-fail bankers shitting their pants in fear of disclosure for the next month or so.

You are a hero, Mr. Assange.

[arcane1]

20. Sweet!

Nobody can yell "treason" over something like this! :evilgrin:

[tishaLA]

23. Oh Sister Sarah will. She won't be denied! She'll claim it's

a treasonous act to attempt to undermine capitalism, which is inherently intertwined with national security or some other bullshit.

[arcane1]

27. Good point

I should've said Nobody can justifiably yell "treason"...

[glinda]

31. I think he should expose her and her crazy conservative Groups.

[PBS Poll-435]

22. BoA/Merrill/Countrywide. Oops! nt

[Pavulon]

32. Good for them. This is whistleblowing, not a felony

unlike dumping classified data.

[Generic Other]

33. It's a worker revolt if 50% of their leaks come from private businesses

I hope this puts the corporats on notice. Stab your workers in the back and there may be blowback.

REMEMBER ENRON folks! Expose the bastards. Shine a light on the cockroaches. Let us all watch them scurry!!!

[Generic Other]

34. $90 billion for bonuses this year!!! Hope we get to read about that!!

America’s top five financial firms – Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase – have set aside almost $90 billion for bonuses.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9652482

[Major Hogwash]

35. It has to be Bank of America, they're going to up their service charges next year.

If you try and write a check on your account, they're going to charge you $5 for handling it.
Another $5 to send it back to you after it is cancelled.
And yet another $5 to include the number of the check on the statement.

And you thought using computers to track financial transactions was going to lower costs!!