this would set for British embassies abroad, but also, where would foreign embassies based in London feel they stood? Will we see embassies being closed in protest? No idea how closely other South American countries may or may not choose to stand with Ecuador on this. Out of curiousity, laugh at my naive observation if you will, but my understanding is that any kind of container may be labelled as a diplomatic bag. Surely the ambassador would be able to accompany a large and heavy bag carried by two or three staff out of the embassy and through the airport? It would not be an unusual pattern for a DOS attack to fire one short attack and then disappear completely. They would probably persist to be seen as exerting themselves. Whereas 100,000 genuine hits could easily be generated by a few tweets from accounts as followed as wikileaks. So I suggest you were probably subjected to a large spike of normal traffic. Be happy about it! Your web host should be able to tell from a quick analysis of the web logs. Thanks Jon. It came through after my next comment questioning where it had gone. I'm glad it is under such a heavy load. This is of the utmost importance. The very fabric of everything I hold dear about my country is under threat. 'Somebody' Mills above asked "what about the rights of the accusers? The women claiming rape". Agreed, but look more losely please before reiterating establishment lines