WikiLeaks and The Matrix

If you haven't heard, WikiLeaks is the stirrer of shit storms. I vaguely heard about some documents or something about Iraq, but their most recent threat is to release a bunch more super secret stuff about U.S. relations with other nations. Over Thanksgiving, U.S. officials visited the countries that are supposed to be the most unhappy with these revelations, which include possibilities the U.S. backed a rebellion in Turkey (we're supposed to allies) and say nasty things about Russian politicians (the actual word used was "unflattering"). Seems like people are pretty pissed about this.

The director of WikiLeaks is Julian Assange, who's been arrested for computer hacking. And he has a codename: Mendax. With him releasing all these secrets, he's gotta be making some enemies. Like the kind of enemies who send ninjas to your home, or snipe you from inside a hotel room in a tall building as you drive to work. In fact, there is an Interpol warrant out for his arrest. And Wikipedia said "he is constantly on the move" which sounds suspiciously like, "he doesn't sleep in the same bed twice."

Sounds like something from The Matrix. All the good guys had codenames: Morpheus, Neo, Trinity, etc. They all wore dark colored suits and had stylish hair. They were all hackers. They all had warrants out for their arrest (I think in the beginning of The Matrix, Neo was looking at an article on an Interpol arrest warrant for Morpheus...)...stuff like that.

I'm not the first person to make the connection either. Here's an article from July of this year.

If this is all true and Mendax is our savior from the Matrix (and WikiLeaks is Zion), then that means he can fly. And dodge bullets. And fight agents (read: ninjas). He's got the right job, the right clothes and the right look. All he needs to do to convince me the Matrix is real is fly over my apartment in Capitol Hill.