Via the Palm Beach Post
"It's the start of the information war, it really looks like that," said Pascal Gloor, vice president of the Swiss Pirate Party, whose Swiss Web address, wikileaks.ch, has been serving as a mainstay for WikiLeaks traffic.
"There is a whole new generation, digital natives, born with the Internet, that understands the freedom of communication," he told The Associated Press. "It's not a left-right thing anymore. It's a generational thing between the politicians who don't understand that it's too late for them to regulate the Internet and the young who use technology every day."
Via Dave Ross
Meantime CBS's Mark Phillips says Wiki-leaker Julian Assange continues to hide in Britain -- consulting with his lawyer:
"With the threats against him, including assassination threats, he's not breaking cover."
You'd think he'd published a picture of Mohammed or something. He didn't do that. But he sure has published an unflattering portrait of America's friends, and the penalty seems to be similar.
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