the Wikileaks revelations were fading into 'non-news' before this story came out.
I do not think that the importance of these and future leaks is to be judged by the loudness of immediate media coverage. The impact of the Wikileaks document dumps could be felt long into the future, e.g. if they support charges brought before American or international courts against US staff, institutions, and contractors currently involved in Afghanistan.
Calomniez, calomniez; il en restera toujours quelque chose.Keep the lies coming, something will stick.Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
What the Pentagon, the ruling elite, and the rest of us likely learned or should've learned -- before the weekend Assange incidents -- is pretty unpleasant: that most Americans don't care much (or nearly enough) about the obscene, and brutal to civilians, way the U.S. conducts its wars. I just don't think, after the relative low-keyness of the outrage over the Wikileaks revelations, seeing how little real impact it seemed to have, that the Pentagon and the powers that be in the U.S. worry that with the next slew of revelations 'the U.S. public will get really mad.'
Wikileaks is not a big deal to the powerful. Still, to teach him a lesson I suppose there is some motivation to 'teach Assange a lesson'. Just not a real strong one. fairleft
The next doc dump, due imminently, is going to concentrate on the CIA.
Meanwhile trust in justice is at such a low ebb now that the Swedish case seems to have convinced almost everyone of Assange's honesty and credibility.
