WikiLeaks.org Getting the Shaft

Wikileaks.org is a system for totally anonymous, liability-free leaking of documents to the general public...an essential tool in the times of increased opacity at all levels of government and business. It is a site that I would link you to right away, if I could. Unfortunately, I can't. A California court has ordered a Domain Name Registrar (the entity that keeps the addresses to websites) to stop allowing access to wikileaks.org because it leaked information about the banking practices of entities within the Cayman Islands. So, basically, the US government is restricting press freedoms on a worldwide scale on behalf of private interests doing business in another country. Wikileaks has been instrumental in the political process through its leaking of Guantanamo Bay detainee treatment manuals, national ID card procedures in Britain, etc. They have managed to keep their site running using different domain names, and you can access information about the current issues here. The text of the court's injunction can be found here.

Sad.