WikiLeaks says major bank is its next target

[harvey007]

Source: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed a fresh "mega leak" will target a major US bank early next year.

Speaking to Forbes magazine, Mr Assange said he was ready to unleash tens of thousands of documents that could "take down a bank or two".

Comparing the documents to the emails that exposed Enron's dealings amid its collapse, the controversial Australian said an existing "big US bank" was the subject of a pending data dump.

Asked about any future leaks, he said: "Yes. We have one related to a bank coming up, that's a mega leak.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/30/3080435.htm

[2Design]

1. BofA?

[harvey007]

7. Could even be First National Bank of Omaha

:think:

or Wells Fargo?

Yeah, probably BofA.

[madmax]

10. Yes, BoA - that's what I saw written somewhere today. nt

[BeyondGeography]

2. Should have been its first target

[boppers]

6. They've been after banks for a long time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Bank_Julius_Baer_lawsuit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Kaupthing_Bank

Brought down an entire nation's economy.

[FrenchieCat]

3. I'll be waiting.

[abelenkpe]

4. Wonder how this will mesh with ongoing investigation

into wall street?

[Hawkeye-X]

5. Bank of America needs to go down.

along with the large banks that's been ripping us off.

It's past time to do a limited nationalization of the large banks (credit unions in some circumstance should be exempted)

Hawkeye-X

[Psephos]

8. Nationalization? No. Break them up into lots of small fry? Yes.

Nationalization does not address the central problem that big = corrupt.

Corruption is a fundamental feature of big power, big money, big organization. How can anyone think that nationalizing a big business is going to clean things up after looking at the perpetual cesspool of corruption in Washington? Seriously?

Decentralized power is the antidote to what ails us in this country. Power is corrosively corrupting, regardless of who holds it.

[leftstreet]

9. Please be Golden Sacs Please be Golden Sacs Please be Golden Sacs

please

[PBS Poll-435]

11. It isn't. Bank of America/Lynch/Countrywide

Not exactly shocked when Ken Lewis stepped down.

Dirty dealings there...


And their market cap is STILL only 110B.