The US lobbied Russia this year on behalf of Visa and MasterCard in an attempt to ensure the payment companies were not “adversely affected” by new legislation, according to American diplomats in Moscow.
A state department cable released this afternoon by WikiLeaks reveals that US diplomats intervened to try to amend a draft law going through Russia’s Duma. Their explicit aim was to ensure the new law did not “disadvantage” the two US firms, the cable states.
The revelation comes a day after Visa – apparently acting under intense pressure from Washington – announced it was suspending all payments to WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website. Visa was following MasterCard, PayPal and Amazon, all of which have severed ties with the site and its founder Julian Assange in the last few days.
This just gets better and better.
#17 That “pansy old-fashion” country you’re referring to would have never allowed an embarasment like the one this admin has just let happen. A lot of people would have lost their jobs already and Assange would be condemned by the whole country.
So, as you can see, that pansy nation you call upon would have never backed you up. Boy, how the good old days are being missed.
#20 And you know Assange is not an arrogant, self-centered prick, how?
Why are you surprised by this?
Why do you think Ron Brown died?
The conspiracy theories are he was done on behalf of Pakistan or Bill Clinton, which are substantial in that at the time a substantial minority of blacks believed that he was murdered, so it is impossible that Obama who went to racist Rev Wright’s church did not hear of these rumors, and probably kept him from making Hillary VP, just in case.
If you discount the conspiracy theories, then the reason he died was to make some sales for Enron.
Hey taco breath # 21 pedro, what the #$!@#$ do you know!
You are such the classic brain dead idiot and nothing more then a stepford wive to Fox News who can only regurgitate what Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, and Orielly tells you.
Your continuing attempts at circular logic shows you have mastered it, and make me laugh and gives me hope your kind will annoy people to vote against the Republicans so they can avoid another BUSH.
#23 Didn’t you hear your Demagogue overlords? Dumbya’s still president. That’s how deep the change has been. It was so radical a change that we’re 360 degrees. Is that what you mean by circular logic? Because you’re spot on!
# 24 pedro
“360 degrees. Is that what you mean by circular logic?”
Yes circle jerk, that’s exactly what I mean.
As an idiot, you mentally just can’t venture away from where you rhetorically started!!
#25 Oh c’mon mustard, don’t hold back. Tell me how you really feel.
# 26 pedro,
Ok, I’ll honor your request::
As I’ve said in other posts:
You seem to be a envious mindless sycophant moron of your false conservative Gods: Fox News, Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, and Orielly.
Your posts are allays entertaining; it’s like reading Dumb Dora comics, and still again and again you are dumber.
I congratulate you on your honest and certifiable dumbness!!!
Carry on envious moron!!!