The Wikileaks "Poison Pill"

After all the leaks so far, is this really much of a threat?

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has circulated across the internet an encrypted “poison pill” cache of uncensored documents suspected to include files on BP and Guantanamo Bay.

One of the files identified this weekend by The Sunday Times — called the “insurance” file — has been downloaded from the WikiLeaks website by tens of thousands of supporters, from America to Australia.

Assange warns that any government that tries to curtail his activities risks triggering a new deluge of state and commercial secrets.

The military papers on Guantanamo Bay, yet to be published, have been supplied by Bradley Manning, Assange’s primary source until his arrest in May. Other documents that Assange is confirmed to possess include an aerial video of a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan that killed civilians, BP files and Bank of America documents.

I say shut them down and let them release whatever they will. Rip the bandage off, in other words, and let's end this guy's leverage over the rest of the world.

Will there be embarrassing revelations? Possibly, but so what? There not going to be anything world ending in there, so let's just put an end to it.