Whatever we might think of Wikileaks, it remains a case of freedom of speech.
And from what I could read, its cables weren't harmful to innocent citizens, but to some corrupted state apparatuses and to the seriousness of the US Department of State.
In fact, the leaks might have been leaked by the DC guys themselves, to warn their foxy allies or to shake them for a better cooperation. The near absence of Israel from the list will be the cake of Conspiracy Theorists.
Interpol couldn't even find a suitable law to arrest him, and so came this stupid Swedish rape law (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11946652). The arrest of Wikileaks' founder, Julian Assange, looks like a disproportionate abuse of power.
As someone who lived in several Developing Countries, I got used to such stories. I know of several cases where an opponent to the regime gets arrested because of a car accident or an attempted rape.
And has Assange raped, what made his arrest so quick? There are dozens of thousands of dangerous criminals whose locations are well known to Interpol, but who are allowed to live freely where they are now. There were pressures for his arrest!
In my opinion, his stay in prison will give enough time for those who want to persecute him on higher charges to assemble enough files for that.
And this is very bad for the image of the United States of America.
By pressuring on a NATO ally and Interpol to arrest Assange, the US government is once again dragging its name through the mud.
The decade 2000-2010 witnessed many such deeds: a war that was supposed to bring democracy and that brought ethnic cleansing, a firm stand on Darfur and a total neglect in Gaza, Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, criticism to Iran's pseudo democracy and praise for Saudi Arabia's obscurantist state, etc.
Why do some people in DC try so hardly to discredit the image of such a great nation?
Lula led the way to repair this error (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11966193). He must be followed.
" Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances ." (First Amendment to the United States Constitution)
I will stick to this holy text, and therefore I implore Barack Obama, the Hope of Elections '09, to ask for Assange to be freed, in the same way he asked for the liberation of Liu Xiaobo.
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