[LINK] Paypal execs - "Liar, liar, pants on fire!"

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Speaking at the LeWeb conference in Paris, *PayPal VP Osama Bedier faced 
boos from the audience* when he was asked why PayPal froze WikiLeaks' 
account. *He said the US State Department "wrote a letter saying the 
WikiLeaks activities were deemed illegal in the US"*. However*, the US 
State Department denied it had sent any such letter to PayPal*. PayPal 
lat*er clarified that its decision was merely "based on the American 
government's position".*

In a *new statement 
<https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2010/12/updated-statement-about-wikileaks-from-paypal-general-counsel-john-muller/>* 
released this afternoon, PayPal general counsel John Muller wrote that 
PayPa*l had acted on a letter sent to WikiLeaks, not PayPal itself. 
*"Ultimately, our difficult decision was based on a belief that the 
WikiLeaks website was encouraging sources to release classified 
material, which is likely a violation of law by the source," he said.
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http://www.theage.com.au/technology/security/the-aussie-who-blitzed-visa-mastercard-and-paypal-with-the-low-orbit-ion-cannon-20101209-18qr1.html

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