Meanwhile,the crackdown continues

The White House ordered government agencies to block employees from accessing WikiLeaks from official computers,saying the diplomatic cables leaked by the website remain classified documents.

The recent WikiLeaks disclosure of US government documents has resulted in damage to our national security, the White Houses Office of Management and Budget OMB said in a message to federal agencies.

It reminded them that each federal employee and contractor is obligated to protect classified information and said the whistle-blower websites public release of US diplomatic cables did not mean they had been declassified.

Unauthorised disclosures of classified documents whether in print,blog or on websites do not alter the documents classified status or automatically result in declassification of the documents, the OMB said.

To the contrary,classified information,whether or not already posted on public websites or disclosed to media,remains classified,and must be treated so by federal employees and contractors,until it is declassified by a US government authority, he said.

PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow

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Online payment service provider PayPal has cut off the account used by WikiLeaks to collect donations,another blow to the organisation just as it was struggling to keep its website accessible after an American company stopped directing traffic to it.

PayPal said in a blog posting that the move was prompted by a violation of its policy,which states that our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage,promote,facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity.

The short notice was dated Friday,and a spokeswoman for PayPal declined to elaborate.

Donating money to WikiLeaks via PayPal was not possible anymore,generating an error message saying this recipient is currently unable to receive money.

PayPal is one of several ways WikiLeaks collects donations,and until now was probably the most secure and convenient way to support the organisation.

The other options listed on WikiLeaks website are through mail to an Australian post office box,through bank transfers to accounts in Switzerland,Germany or Iceland as well as through one credit card processing partner in Switzerland.

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