[kotrin]

"We have noted that similar attacks have also been carried out against Wikileaks itself, yet so far, nobody has been arrested in connection with these attacks, nor are there even any signs of an investigation into this issue at all,"

I think that is one of the most important points of this article.

[ZachPruckowski]

For a law enforcement agency to investigate the Wikileaks would require Wikileaks to turn over their server access logs, including every visitor to the site for the period of time in question. They would be basically finished in terms of getting dissidents to visit the site or hand over information if they're seen as turning over any sort of visitor-identifying info to any sort of law enforcement agency.

[ghurlman]

Where were Wikileaks' servers hosted at the time? The US cops are going to go after the crimes against US businesses on US soil first.

[tptacek]

Those are in fact the only crimes they are likely to have jurisdiction over.

[_delirium]

If neither the perpetrator nor the servers are in the U.S., theres not likely to be any jurisdiction, but it's not actually necessary for the targeted servers to be in the U.S.; it's sufficient for jurisdiction for the (alleged) perpetrator to be operating from the U.S.

[eli]

Oh, please. What exactly are you suggesting? Do you think Wikileaks reported any crimes or turned over firewall logs to the FBI?

[jacquesm]

Somehow I don't think the protection of Wikileaks' servers figured very high on the priority lists.

[damoncali]

Does the FBI even investigate this sort of thing internationally? Does anyone?

[gloob]

Does anyone?

Countries outside America do have law enforcement agencies for the most part, so yes.

[damoncali]

I meant, does anyone investigate them end-to-end, and not just in their own country? I find it hard to believe that the FBI interacts well with law enforcement in, say, Poland.

[forensic]

well the RCMP and the FBI work together very closely, for one. An American FBI agent can get more done in Canada through RCMP connections than a rich and powerful Canadian can.

RCMP is the Canadian FBI by the way.

[fleitz]

Yes, and vice versa, lets say the RCMP needs someone sent to Syria for 'questioning', then they'd phone the FBI and tip them off that such a person is coming to the US. And the FBI would promptly send them to Syria for 'questioning' of course also ignoring their citizenship and duty to deport people back to their country of citizenship.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Arar

[pt]

Interpol? http://www.interpol.int/public/icpo/default.asp

[runjake]

Google "Interpol", they've been around a little while.

[borism]

I find it hard to believe that the FBI interacts well with law enforcement in, say, Poland.

you might be disappointed. Law enforcement cooperates extensively throughout the World.

[damoncali]

Don't get me wrong. I'm all for laws. I'm just skeptical that they work really well across borders.

[borism]

Don't get me wrong.

I don't :)

I know it's hard to believe, but law enforcement of different countries indeed does cooperate really well, often even if these countries don't have very good diplomatic relationships.

And it's not just Interpol/Europol.

[Semiapies]

Yes and yes, actually. Though the FBI naturally focuses on international actions against US people and companies.

[keegangrayson]

Fbi is domestic, cia is international.

[Semiapies]

The CIA is not a law-enforcement body and would not be involved. The FBI has offices in a number of countries:

http://moscow.usembassy.gov/fbi.html

[jbooth]

A bunch of people in the UK were arrested today as well.

So, yes. Apparently.