Whistle-blower site Wikileaks is no doubt a target of US authorities after the recent leak of classified military wires from the Afghanistan war. Multiple news outlets are running stories culled from the documents, and the whole affair has been embarrassing to those in power. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has even revealed he was nearly charged with conspiracy to commit espionage.
The Swedish Pirate Party has a history of stepping in to protect controversial sites, and now after becoming the host for The Pirate Bay, they are offering the same deal to Wikileaks. The site currently secures itself against server takedowns by distributing mirrors all over the world. The main host is currently PRQ, which is run by the Pirate Bay founders in Sweden, but a server under the protection of the Pirate Party couldn't hurt as a backup.
The Pirate Party expects if Wikileaks takes them up on the deal, they would face US pressure to shut down their servers. Anna Troberg of the Pirate Party says of that, “The Pirate Party will under no circumstances give in to pressure."
Did you know the Pirate Party is the sixth largest in Germany? Neither did we, but the German authorities certainly know who they are, and where they keep their servers. In the early morning today, German police 
