I doubt it matters in the slightest. Were it not minor sex charges it would be something else. Assange seems to like the attention and in the game he is playing I doubt there is any such thing as bad publicity.
The thing to bear in mind is that the project WikiLeaks has set in motion is working as intended. The arrest of Assange was anticipated and does not alter the fact that the project continues to work as intended. Whether the project will achieve its immediate goal remains to be seen. In the long run, if WikiLeaks 1.0 fails in its mission, doubtless WikiLeaks 2.0 will benefit greatly from the lessons learned and will present a much more formidable challenge.
Whether Assange or his colleagues are still at liberty to author WikiLeaks 2.0 themselves is probably irrelevant.
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Date: 2010-12-09 11:42 am (UTC)The thing to bear in mind is that the project WikiLeaks has set in motion is working as intended. The arrest of Assange was anticipated and does not alter the fact that the project continues to work as intended. Whether the project will achieve its immediate goal remains to be seen. In the long run, if WikiLeaks 1.0 fails in its mission, doubtless WikiLeaks 2.0 will benefit greatly from the lessons learned and will present a much more formidable challenge.
Whether Assange or his colleagues are still at liberty to author WikiLeaks 2.0 themselves is probably irrelevant.