Facing a booing crowd in Europe, a PayPal executive tried to explain why his company blocked donations to Wikileaks. He cited a letter from the State Department calling the secrets-sharing site illegal. Sadly for him, no such letter exists.Speaking at the LeWeb conference in Paris, PayPal VP Osama Bedier faced “boos from the mostly European audience” when he was asked why PayPal froze Wikileaks’ account. He responded:
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