U.S. Government Denies Trying to Take WikiLeaks Down: But They Should Pin a Medal on the Hacktivist Who Is!

I am not a fan of WikiLeaks.  Let me make that abundantly clear before I proceed any further. 

I do think that this web site needs to go away, before any of the data that the site is releasing gets anyone killed, or before WikiLeaks volunteers start being targeted for assassination by various intelligence agencies from around the world.

Remember, Russia poisoned one of its enemies with radiation a couple of years ago.  The KGB used to carry out hits around the world.  The Israeli intelligence agency has a very active hit squad as well, and has used them to maximum effect both inside and outside of Israel.  Our own CIA is currently firing missiles at terrorists in various areas of the world.  There are dozens of other intelligence agencies who could really get nasty if their government orders them to take out a few key WikiLeaks people.

While I don’t think that a drone strike against WikiLeaks would happen in Great Britain, or in Sweden, or any other U.S.-allied country, it’s entirely possible that a foreign power might not feel the same restrictions in conducting an operation in a U.S.-allied country.

We do have some sort of patriotic hacker who is attempting to hurt WikiLeaks, in the same way he’s taken down jihaddist web sites spouting al-Qaeda propaganda.  The U.S. government shouldn’t move against this person, even if he is breaking the law to stop a group that is also breaking the law. 

He’s doing the U.S. government a huge favor.  Pin a medal on him!

While no one has yet died from the WikiLeaks data dumps, it’s only a matter of time now, and the U.S. government SHOULD be waging cyberwar on WikiLeaks to prevent U.S. soldiers, spies and diplomats from getting killed. 

I also believe that it’s not in U.S. national interests to have foreign leaders toppled due to WikiLeaks data dumps.  The Yemeni President is particularly vulnerable, as are Arab leaders who publicly denounce the saber rattling between Washington and Tehran, but secretly pressure the U.S. to bomb Iranian nuclear sites.  The Saudi King is of particular interest.

This is not about the First Amendment.  The press in this country is covered by the First Amendment, as are its citizens, but not a foreign-owned (private) company that is headed by an anarchist. 

We can make due without WikiLeaks.