[dohtml]<p align="right"><i>Monday 10 March 2008</i></p><p align="center"><b><font size="4">Wikileaks website in the clear</font></b></p>[/dohtml]A case brought against whistle-blowing site Wikileaks by Swiss bank Julius Baer has been dropped.

Julius Baer launched a lawsuit in the Federal District Court in San Francisco after Wikileaks posted information about its offshore banking practices provided by a former employee, including private account-holder information.

Judge Jeffrey White controversially ordered the closure of Wikileaks’ US web domain – www.wikileaks.org – before reversing his decision after opposition from civil rights groups.[dohtml]<blockquote><font face="Trebuchet MS">Full story at <a href="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13430-wikileaks-website-in-the-clear.html" target="_blank">New Scientist Tech</a></font></blockquote>[/dohtml]