The biggest story on the planet at the moment and one of the most confusing too with tangents going off all over the place.

 

For me here are the most worrying things:

 

1. The denial of service being perpetrated by the US on wikileaks via illegal hacking

2. The financial services such as mastercard, visa and paypal not allowing payments to wikileaks

3. American politicians stating they wish Assange to be executed/kidnapped on the streets of London

 

Strangely no action has been taken against the Guardian, New York Times, Der Spiegel, El País, Le Monde and others who are also publishing these documents which were stolen by an American soldier from a shockingly open system. Is Sarah Palin going come onto Fox news and ask for the owner of the New York Times to be executed on his doorstep? No.

 

The documents released are no where near revealing as the actions taken against wikileaks.

The continuing persecution of Julian Assange by the British government is a fucking disgrace.

 

What are these "values" that our western governments go on about?

 

Edit: Rhetorical question. Please don't come back to argue. I canna be arsed.