Not to fuel the flames, but PayPal seems to be down and it might be in response to pulling WikiLeaks.
Distributed Denial of Service attacks have plagued both WikiLeaks and those who abandon WikiLeaks, making one wonder which is the safest side to be on. In addition to that, we have suggestions from Government officials to their employees that they don't read or show any support for WikiLeaks or the Instigator behind it.
The decision on whether or not to extradite Julian Assange is taking place while he's in custody are for the alleged sexual assault of two Swedish women. not U.S. charges. In fact, according to Guardian, he hasn't even been formally charged in Sweden yet, making extradition hearings somewhat ridiculous.
Both sides of the WikiLeaks sensation have their valid points with Australian citizenship, strange sexual assault reports with no charges, attacks on MasterCard and PayPal for betraying Julian Assange/Wikileaks, and people in the government employ or people paranoid about their U.S. Government being afraid to read it make the issue almost too convoluted to take in.
While no charges have been filed in the U.S., the website has been censored and blocked at every outlet. Pressure on independent businesses not to support or help WikiLeaks has been sweeping, and has had its desired effect. Whether he is right or not in publishing the cables, until he is declared to be a criminal by the Government of the United States of America, his cyber-persona and websites should be allowed to continue. The fact that the Federal Government is talking about charges within the last day or so doesn't mean he had been charged. Forget Comcast, here's a real Net Neutrality issue.
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