Following the on going saga of the actions taken against both Wikileaks and Julian Assange personally, he has now been arrested and denied bail despite turning up to court voluntarily and realistically probably not being much of a flight risk. Which does make one wonder about the reasons for such action when serveral people offered surety and to cover the bail. The final charges do seem to potentially be quite serious if one can trust any of the reports one hears both from prior to his actually being charged and subsequently due to the difference in how offences are labelled here and in Sweden. The confusion being made murkier by the paper that initially reported the leaked charges also employing Mr Assange as a columnist, which as observed at the Ministry of Truth does cause one to pause and wonder where their leaked and confusing information came from.
But beyond Mr Assanges personal plight, and the unusual and troubling way in which both he and Wikileaks are being hounded by various states remain pertinent questions as to WikiLeaks own agenda. It is also worth remembering that they’re not the only player in the publishing leaked information game, and with (like so many wiki sites) so much tied into Mr Assange as a “celebrity” it may not be the best bet due to it’s own lack of transparency
