Wik­iLeaks has pro­vided us all with a great deal of news of late. The video below pro­vide the back­ground story to the orga­ni­za­tion and while dis­turb­ing at times, is quite sim­ply a must watch. Julian Assange has been branded a trai­tor by world lead­ers who say the release of this infor­ma­tion endan­gers many lives. While that is true, is it also that the infor­ma­tion itself — not the release of it — is what endan­gers lives? Regard­less of where you stand in the debate, Wik­ileaks is bring­ing a very per­ti­nent con­ver­sa­tion to the table — what does “free­dom of speech”, “free­dom of the press” REALLY mean? Is that true for ALL infor­ma­tion, or just most? The world media and gov­ern­ment lead­ers are shift­ing uncom­fort­ably in their chairs as more and more infor­ma­tion is released by this group of infor­ma­tion rebels.

“Con­gress shall make no law respect­ing an estab­lish­ment of reli­gion, or pro­hibit­ing the free exer­cise thereof; or abridg­ing the free­dom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the peo­ple peace­ably to assem­ble, and to peti­tion the Gov­ern­ment for a redress of griev­ances.” The 1st amend­ment of the US Constitution

The doc­u­men­tary is made by Swedish SVT, a tele­vi­sion net­work that has been fol­low­ing Assange and Wik­ileaks since the sum­mer of 2010. Reporters Jes­per Huor and Bosse Lindquist trav­elled to the key coun­tries where Wik­ileaks oper­ates and man­aged to cre­ate this film.