Am I supposed to feel happy that I can preserve my privacy or should I feel sad that FBI is reduced to complaining about its own incompetence and asking to be spoon fed?

Hurmm. But the Chinese would know that, wouldn't they? But then if you are gonna do something like this, there is risk involved. A school bully is rash, while a pro takes calculated risks. So which is China?

Either China is the next superpower whose superiority is backed by superb cyber offense capability, or one of these days their "victims" are gonna expose their hubris and gonna send them(China) back to IT stone age. Chinese were quick off the blocks as regards information warfare Add to that their military doctrine is about hiding their strength, obscurity et al. So if they are attacking and not bothering to hide, hmmm.. What are they upto?

Do you really want CORPORATES have that power? Please. These guys don't even have the common sense to break the boom-bust cycles. It's like giving a knife to a child incapable of learning from experience. So Company A attacks Hacker B. Only it turns out that the attack went awry and Hacker B is actually a rival corporate giant. So Rival Corporate giant attacks, which misfires too. Remember, it is difficult to prove motivation or origin or logic in a cyber attack. Isn't it fun, boys?

I've heard that he campaigned for Lib Dems. Ho Ho!!

There's an addon to reappear the status bar!

To figure out how to do it. Ironic, no?

He'd be a traitor in Australia. To America, he is simply a foreign agent, and must be dealt as such. Or perhaps he's a "stateless" spy? Then, he is the enemy of whoever was exposed by his actions, :-). No doubt, Wikileaks exposed a lot of dirt, but the stuff was also stolen. Espionage is a necessary evil and that's how it must remain. You can't say, "hey Assange did right, but the CIA did wrong" Does the US have moral superiority? Can they say, "what assange did was right because we never do what he does"? No. I'm sure US spooks listen to 'dip' networks all the time on behalf of the US. Assange does it for kicks or for some holy cause, doesn't matter. He's a spy, nations and people supporting can only do because they benefited form him. I would support him, but I would not have anything to put up in my defence if the Special Activities Division came for me. Espionage is a fair play among nations, and that's it. Morals simply don't work in this area. Just read The Spy who came in from the cold.