This website seems to be making a lot impact in recent times.

It could potentially be a game changer. Assange has is eyes on the future and is quite deliberately trying to achieve his vision of open information.

The key observation is that power relies on internal communication of confidential information that differs from the public communication.

WikiLeaks basically undermines public relations and state secrecy while holding high status individuals accountable for misleading the public.

Oh and I think it's a great thing since power constantly misleads the public to achieve immoral objectives.

If there had been a perfect communication of information to the public in 2003, we would have never had Iraq.

The wildcards are as follows:

1. The scope and significance of leaks correlates to the increase of security (individual prosecution or government apparatus extension). How far will the government go to prevent leaks?

2. What are the technological limitations of security and encryption? Can non-government groups like WikiLeaks compete with government and corporate security in the long run?

3. Even if compelling evidence for alternative narratives to government activity are formed from leaked information, will the mainstream press act to undermine these or communicate them beyond academic/specialist circles?