From the article: "The White House unexpectedly cut short the time period for the petition." This is distinct, by the way, from a separate outage for maintenan

From the article: "The White House unexpectedly cut short the time period for the petition." This is distinct, by the way, from a separate outage for maintenance: "The site ALSO went down for 'maintenance' following a Wired article that sought support for the campaign." (Emphasis added.)