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The US government,apparently aided by freelance computer hackers,chased WikiLeaks from an American commercial computer network and temporarily stopped the leak of embarrassing diplomatic documents. But within hours,the website was back,publishing from a fortified bunker in Sweden. Undeterred,Assange continued releasing confidential government documents. Some showed how the Obama administration and Congress helped persuade Spain not to charge members of Bushs administration for allowing torture of terrorism suspects.

Amazon.com Inc. prevented WikiLeaks from using the US companys computers to distribute embarrassing State Department communications and other documents,WikiLeaks said on Wednesday. The WikiLeaks site was inaccessible for several hours before it returned to servers owned by its previous Swedish host,Bahnhof,housed in a protective Cold-War era bunker. Tech blogs have compared it to a lair from a James Bond movie.

Amazons move to evict WikiLeaks from its servers came after congressional staff called the company to inquire about its relationship with WikiLeaks,Senator Joe Lieberman said in a statement on Wednesday. The companys decision to cut off WikiLeaks should set the standard for other companies being used to distribute its illegally seized material, he said.

The White House said it was taking new steps to protect government secrets after the release of thousands of sensitive US diplomatic cables. Officials said National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has appointed a senior aide to identify and develop changes needed in light of the document dump.