There is little doubt that there are many powerful people who would be quite happy to shut up the found of Wikileaks, Julian Assange. He has been the cause of a few headaches for high officials and this means that there are probably people who would do willing to go to extreme lengths to stop him causing more trouble. This is why the recent shenanigans in Sweden seem very suspicious. Last Friday he was accused of rape and there was an arrest warrant put out for him; this was followed the next day by the removal of this accusation. Now Assange himself is claiming that this is all part of a carefully orchestrated smear complain.
You wouldn’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to smell something fishy going on here. Wikileaks has already released a ton of information that many government officials would like to keep quite. They are likely terrified about what else is going to appear on this website. There are many people who would be very happy to see Assange have his name muddied. He doesn’t even have to be convicted because if you throw enough mud you can be sure some of it will stick.
Wikileaks is one of the prime examples of how the internet can benefit all of us. Those of us who are tired of being misled by governments, or being treated like children who don’t need to know anything, welcome the website. If this website is making some secretive government types nervous, then so much the better. On the other hand, it could well be that Assange has broken the law and if this is the case he should be punished – it all just seems a bit convenient though. It will be interesting to see how this story works out.
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