I'm schocked by WikiLeaks case...

You are right, lilwonders456. I'm sorry I had misunderstood the news I heard today. Actually Sweden was the country which put him on the INTERPOL list, as you said. But the assumption that the US had inspired the prosecution of him was just the opinion coming from Julian Assange. However, it is really strange that the INTERPOL has began to look for him just these days when he has announced that there will be new documents published in WikiLeaks in the nearest future. It sounds like an attempt to to intimidate him. But, or course, there is no formal evidence to such an assumption.

The timing is suspicious. Personally I think this guy has ticked off enough countries and world leaders that I think they are investigating him to find anything they can to stop him. These charges could be true...they could be false. Who knows. As I said...we will have to wait and see what happens. Right now no one knows where this guy is...so they may have a hard time finding him.

thought I would give you an update. It would seem the US MIGHT have gotten a seal warrant for his arrest. Also some elected officials are trying to get wikileaks declared a terrorist organization so that the US government can freeze all its assets. There is talk of him maybe being detained as a "enemy combatant" if the US gets a hold of him. which means he gets the same treatment the guys at Gitmo get. Amazon has stopped being it's US server. I am guessing due to BIG TIME preasure from the US government. check out cnn and fox and other news organizations and you will read all about it. I don't really know how to feel about this right now. I don't want lives in danger...but then I also don't want the government to be able to label whoever they want as an "enemy combatant" just because they speak out critically of our government...or try to prove they have committed illegal acts. This is getting interesting...but not in a good way.

I don't have any idea whether the young man sought out wikileaks or if it was the other way around. He is the betrayer, but the common good was not served by publicizing the material. And if they were the instigators, they should be charged with espionage.

I agree with you that cases like this could serve to keep people from giving need information, for fear of having their names disclosed. But I don't think that WikiLeaks would be responsible for that. These were the institutions which were not able to save their information, not WikiLeaks. I think it's totally wrong to blame the website which disclosed the documents. They just dis their job. If the authorities will succeed in putting Assange in a prison, then the other people will be in fear - these who have an important information about lawless actions or whatever. They will be afraid to give the facts for publicity, because, if you do so, you are risking to get persecuted. In that's a feature of a totalitarism.

Thank you for the response, millertime. First, it's not about "if there was...". By disclosing the secrets of the USA, Assange has already disclosed also some secrets of MY COUNTRY. In the correspondence between the Embassy of the US in Riga and the government of the US there appeared some facts about MY COUNTRY'S politicians who have strong ties with the government of Russia. By the help of WIkiLeaks the society of MY COUNTRY has got to know that some politicians have been influenced by Russia to adopt a certain position in a relation to the war in Georgia. Although we cannot be sure that these facts are true because the Embassadors often base their reports on local rumors, newspaper articles and other unchecked sources, generally I think it's a benefit for MY COUNTRY. Of course, it's hard to imagine how would I feel if there was someone who had disclosed the correspondence of the Embassies of my country. It might be that I wouldn't think it wrong that my government would want him stopped. But I clearly know that I WOULDN'T BLAME THE PLATFORM/MEDIA/PUBLISHER in such a case! I would blame the treacherous employees of the institutions who had disclosed or made easily disclosable the secret documents and would want them punished. Not WikiLeaks!

I agree with you. That's why I said earlier that this could be a precautionary measure. He has been leaking information for quite some time. Is the INTERPOL investigation really about the information he hold or the rape accusation is something that will have to be determined, though you're right it is very suspicious, the timing is just too close But in any case interpol will only investigate, he will be properly incarcerated by the courts with the proper jurisdiction. Now the problem would be what INTERPOL would do with him once they arrest him for investigation...

I'm also convinced that every offense should be investigated. And, if there is a reason, a person who committed a crime should be punished. But here the conjunctions we see look very suspicious. It seems that they want to catch the young man to obtain the names of the persons who handed in him the secret documents.

Just felt a need to correct you but Amazon threw them off their hosting service and are being hosted in Sweden only as far as I am aware. I am blaming here for creating the platform which is being used for the bad. If it was only good then we would not complain but a lot of the information is hurtful and dangerous. I am holding those that leaked the information out responsible as well, sorry if that wasn't clear as he didn't steal it, just have the user what they needed and in some form encouraging more theft.