I find this to be a huge technology story. In the past, leaks have generally gone through journalists in newspapers. This had 2 qualities about it. The public d

I find this to be a huge technology story. In the past, leaks have generally gone through journalists in newspapers. This had 2 qualities about it. The public didn't have access to the raw leaked information and the journalists, in most democracies, are protected from prosecution. By making the leaks downloadable on the internet, so much more information has been made available and this is having repercussions that I haven't seen before. The organisation that released the leaks is being attacked from many directions - denial of service, refusal of corporations to handle web services or money and an Interpol alert for questioning about a condom breaking. I don't know how this will turn out but this is history in the making. It will surely have repercussions on the way we will be allowed to use the internet in future.