busterspin_previewIt’s espionage.

A long list of key facilities around the world that the US describes as vital to its national security has been released by Wikileaks.

In February 2009 the State Department asked all US missions abroad to list all installations whose loss could critically affect US national security.

The list includes pipelines, communication and transport hubs.

Several UK sites are listed, including cable locations, satellite sites and BAE Systems plants.

BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus says this is probably the most controversial document yet from the Wikileaks organisation.

Meanwhile while Assange’s arrest is imminent, authorities are considering placing Wikileaks on a terrorist watch list. This is necessary and overdue. It’s beyond debate that Wikileaks is actively involved in espionage. Placement on the list means that all of Wikileaks assets, website, financial holdings, etc, are subject to seizure.

Additionally all those who work with or for Wikileaks can likewise be picked up on charges of aiding and/or committing espionage. The net around Assange and Wikileaks has tightened with Paypal cancelling Wikileaks’ account, internet companies shutting down traffic to the site – on threats by the DOJ, and even Austrailia – Assange’s home country – threatening to capture him on return.

While authorities in Britain are poised to take Assange into custody other countries have taken it further. Both the Russians and the Chinese have basically dispatched teams to find Assange and remove him. We know that the Chinese have been behind the some of the hacking that has taken down Wikileaks.

All of this spells the eventual end of Wikileaks and Assange, it’s only a matter of time.