For the first time in the dispute concerning the documents posted on the website of Wikileaks, lawyers have appeared, representing the owner of the Wikileaks.org Internet domain, John Shipton, “an Australian citizen currently residing in Kenya, “according to a document filed Thursday in federal court in San Francisco.
In the document, lawyers for Mr. Shipton endorsed the arguments presented in briefs submitted by the various groups - including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press - argued that the order of the Federal District Judge Jeffrey S . White hindering access to the Web site Wikileaks should be withdrawn and the trial should be discarded.