Update in the Wikileaks Case

The judge in the “Wikileaks” case has dissolved a preliminary injunction he issued last month, and is allowing Wikileaks.org to return to the ‘net after he was bombarded legally by a number of folks, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press. His concerns? That he has jurisdiction over the underlying dispute, and that the plaintiffs’ request for the injunction is a remedy that is the “least restrictive means to achieve Plaintiffs’ goals.” More court appearances for everybody are scheduled for mid-May. Onward through the fog.

Read more here in a New York Times article, and here in a CNET article. Here’s his ruling.