A Swedish newspaper has claimed that WikiLeaks is not fully protected by Swedish law and so it could be vulnerable to demands to reveal its sources.
According to an article in Sydsvenskan, there are doubts about the validity of WikiLeaks' belief in the protections offered under Swedish legislation.
The paper quotes Håkan Rustand, deputy to the acting chancellor of justice, as saying: "It is too simple to claim that all WikiLeaks sources are totally protected in Sweden."
The website has no licence to publish material in Sweden, and therefore placing the server in Sweden does not give WikiLeaks automatic protection.
Rustand says: "If the constitutional laws are non-applicable, ordinary liability laws take effect. This means a source could be brought to court by a common prosecutor."
While I'm on the subject, all those who have not read yesterday's Open Door piece by Chris Elliott should do so now. It is full of explanatory material about the precautions taken before publishing the Afghan Logs.
Sources: Index on Censorship/Sydsvenskan/PogoWasRight
