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It's website warfare over WikiLeaks

Cyberspace is battleground for supporters, attackers

BY RAPHAEL G. SATTER AND JILL LAWLESS

Associated Press

"Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, questioning the reliability of leaked U.S. cables referring to his nation as undemocratic and corrupt, said the fact that Assange is in custody shows that the West has its own problems with democracy.
"Why was Mr. Assange hidden in prison?" Putin said. "Is this democracy?"

LONDON -- Skirmishes raged across cyberspace between WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group, with websites on both sides of the battle line taken out of service or choked off by attacks.