As a delegate from the Dominican Republic began his opening remarks, demonstrators wearing "www.WikiLeaks.com" signs taped to their shirts stormed the room, and began throwing mostly empty sheets of paper claiming to hold state secrets of the various members nations in attendance.
Given the nature of the spectacle -- replete with a fake CNN reporter who "announced" the rabble and faux-Secretary of State Clinton "condemning" their "revelations" -- it is unlikely that the melee was caused by supporters of the secret-revealing website, whose founder, Julian Assange, is currently in jail for charges of sexual assault. In fact yesterday, a now-discredited e-mail purportedly from Assange was sent to all conference delegates hinting at such a spectacle.
Given yesterday's e-mail, and other instances of cyber-terrorism plaguing the conference, it is still an open question as to why the Obama administration and the UN didn't provide sufficient security to prevent the ruckus.
After the demonstrators left, the Dominican delegate continued his Christian, free market platform, unfazed.
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| The Christian, market-promoting Dominican delegation, before they were rudely interrupted |
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