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Any of the state actors unhappy with this release have undoubtedly looked at the issue somewhat closely.

They'd know:

* a DDOS wouldn't change anything

* wikileaks has decent contingency plans, and are prepared for a lot beyond a simple denial of service

* It'd just get wikileaks in the news more in the run up to the release

Conclusion: Misguided amateur patriots or complete fabrication

On the Wikileaks Twitter feed:

"Now is a good time to download some "history insurance" https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5723136/WikiLeaks_insurance 1:04 AM Nov 26th via web"

Yes, you're right, even if the servers are down, they can leak the key via twitter etc. to this file.

it wasn't that long ago the fbi had hoover, i think you give bureaucrats too much credit