Uncle Sam vs. Wikileaks

The US government is going all out in its efforts to crush WikiLeaks. The website that spreads "leaked" information on the web.

The soldier accused of leaking the stuff PFC Bradley Manning is being held in the guardhouse in solitary confinement and is only able to communicate with the outside through a military lawyer.

The FBI has been called into investigate and to hunt down Manning's coconspirators who presumably include the genius behind Wikileaks Ausi hacker Julian Assange. Mr. Assange is on the run and could face criminal prosecution in the US. No word yet on whether the Predator Drone will be called in to make an airstrike on Mr. Assange's location.

The media establishment in the US is parroting the government party line on Wikileaks as treason and threat to national security. Wikileaks is not a threat to National Security it is a threat to traditional government and media power.

As I've pointed out elsewhere government can use none of its power to shut down Wikileaks. Nor can the media censor it for its own purposes. This effectively destroys the power of journalism and greatly reduces the power of government.

Expect governments all over the world to cooperate on a major effort to kill Wikileaks and possibly Mr. Assange. Also expect a major war between Wikileaks and government and Wikileaks and the media establishment. Some sleazy tactics will be used to smear Mr. Assange and anybody who helps him.

This will continue until governments realize that they can use outlets like Wikileaks for their own purposes. When that happens they will accept them. Until then Mr. Assange had better learn to watch his back and sleep with a gun under his pillow.