Wikileaks releases embarrassing diplomatic cables, governments unsurprisingly continue to hate them.

I’ve been wondering about how this is all going to turn out.

If Wikileaks continues to operate, the nation states of the world are going to be thrown into repeated turmoil. They simply won’t allow that sort of threat to their power to continue.

If they shut down Wikileaks, it will only be a matter of weeks before half a dozen other sites emerge to carry on the same work. (think Napster)

If they imprison Assange, nothing is going to change. He is being protected by his own people, many of whom understand the workings of Wikileaks and can carry on operations. If they kill him, the consequences might be explosive.

They can’t let this carry on. I predict a combined effort by world governments, probably under the UN to establish some sort of global Internet firewall. They’ll probably call it the “UN Information Freedom Mandate” or some such thing, and attempt to limit Internet access to sites hazardous to international diplomacy.

At that point, we’ll see the establishment of brand new internets, run by underground open-source systems, and the nation states will have to go to actual war against those who participate in those networks.

I’m not sure about how it will all turn out, but I’m guessing we’ll see something dramatic happen here very shortly. I don’t think the US can tolerate an expose of the corrupt banksters on Wall Street… should be interesting.