Michael Moore and Other Notables Support WikiLeaks Julian Assange

Even though Julian Assange was passed over by Time magazine for its "Person of the Year" honor, the WikiLeaks founder  remains the international person of the moment. And naturally, that means he's also become the darling of some bold-faced names along the way famous folk who hail his role as a thorn in the side of the world's power establishment.
For example, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore helped to fund Assange's release from a British jail. In addition to contributing money for Assange's bail, Moore explained that he was extending him "the assistance of my website, my servers, my domain names and anything else I can do to keep WikiLeaks alive and thriving."
Moore said that he thinks that if a site with the influence and reach of WikiLeaks had been around a decade ago, the course of American history would be very different.
"We were taken to war in Iraq on a lie. Hundreds of thousands are now dead," Moore wrote on his website. "Just imagine if the men who planned this war crime back in 2002 had a WikiLeaks to deal with. They might not have been able to pull it off. The only reason they thought they could get away with it was because they had a guaranteed cloak of secrecy. That guarantee has now been ripped from them, and I hope they are never able to operate in secret again."
Other supporters of Assange are British socialite Jemima Khan and Bianca Jagger, former wife of Mick Jagger.

WikiLeaks Founder Jailed in Britain on Sex case

LONDON – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and jailed without bail Tuesday in a sex-crimes investigation, but his organization scarcely missed a beat, releasing a new batch of the secret cables that U.S. officials say are damaging America's security and relations worldwide.
A month after dropping out of public view, the 39-year-old Australian surrendered to Scotland Yard to answer a warrant issued for his arrest by Sweden. He is wanted for questioning after two women accused him of having sex with them without a condom and without their consent.
Assange said he would fight extradition to Sweden, setting the stage for what could be a pitched legal battle. And as if to prove that it can't be intimidated, WikiLeaks promptly released a dozen new cables, including details of a NATO defense plan for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania that made Russia bristle.
The Pentagon welcomed Assange's arrest.
"That sounds like good news to me," U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on a visit to Afghanistan.