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tzs
on Dec 9, 2010
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Anonymous in The Economist
Probably someone tipped them off. What were they supposed to do then--make an exception for Assange because he's in the news?
newt
on Dec 9, 2010
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make an exception for Assange because he's in the news?
because Swiss banks are so rigorous about closing the accounts of third-world tinpot dictators?
bertil
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Those are not the same type of accounts: usually, tinpot dictators have “anonymous” accounts, where the local regulation is that you are not supposed to notice who owns it (but yet, you still recognize him as the owner).
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