Judge Threatens Free Speech in US, Xmas Islands to Rescue!

Wikileaks.org was created as a space where whistleblowers could anonymously leak information about governments, corporations, and other institutions, in an effort to keep them accountable, without the threat of retaliation. According to the New York Times, "It has posted documents said to show the rules of engagement for American troops in Iraq, a military manual for the operation of the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and other evidence of what it has called corporate waste and wrongdoing." However, Judge Jeffrey White of the Federal District Court of San Francisco issued a permanent injunction on Friday forcing the site's domain name registrar to disable and lock the domain name. This ruling came in response to a court case brought against the site by a Julius Baer Bank and Trust in the Cayman Islands based on documents published on the site that purported to show "reveal secret Julius Baer trust structures used for asset hiding, money laundering and tax evasion.” Right...because banks in the Cayman Islands are known for their stellar records on helping the US government fight tax evasion. Luckily, this judge (like many of our lawmakers) was totally clueless about the workings of our beloved 'intarwebs.' New York Times journalists aren't, and those damned liberals love them some free speech. So, they let us know exactly how to access the page, both by IP address and through mirror sites in Belgium, Germany, and (I kid you not) the Christmas Islands. People all over the webs have been publishing these links, along with the forbidden documents, on their own sites. While this ruling will almost certainly be overturned, two things stand out: one, the US government is perfectly willing to censor the internet, just like all the big nasty furren' governments you hear about on TV, and two, people REALLY, REALLY don't like it. Are you listening, presidential candidates?