When the dust settles, Wikileaks will just move its hosting, etc., to Switzerland, and set up a full presence in Switzerland. Switzerland is one of the most determinedly neutral countries in the world, having managed to sit out the First World War, the Second World War, and the Cold War. International organizations, such as the International Red Cross, which have an unusually strong need to demonstrate their neutrality, have, for the last hundred years or so, taken up residence in Switzerland, and employed Swiss nationals on their staffs.

Swiss banking gives Switzerland a mildly antagonistic relationship to the governments of most countries. These governments want to collect taxes on Swiss bank accounts, and the Swiss are accustomed to saying no, and no, and no yet again. For every political dissident who takes up residence in Switzerland, there are a hundred tax evaders. The established attitudes about how to deal with foreign tax collectors are reflexively applied to foreign secret police or political police.

Switzerland forswears geographical expansionism, of course, but it is also disinclined to accept economic immigrants. When it has to use guest-workers, it keeps them at the greatest possible arm’s length. Switzerland accepts limits on its industries, in ways that, say, Sweden does not, saying in effect that industries which need to have unusual numbers of guest workers, for example, automobile manufacturing, are not welcome in Switzerland.

Now, of course, there are some kinds of leaks that a Swiss organization cannot handle, such as the dealings of Swiss bankers. There is room for another organization, perhaps headquartered in Iceland. By analogy, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Institute For Justice complement each other. Each has different funding sources, and can take on cases which might tend to antagonize the other organization’s backers.

Dot-Com, Dot-Net, and Dot-Org are American top-level domains, ultimately issued under the authority of the United States Department of Commerce, and you should not be using them as your primary contact point if you are uncomfortable about residing in the United States, and, if it comes to that, standing your trial in an American court, and carrying your case to the Supreme Court. If you are an essentially pan-European organization, committed to relying on European law and ignoring the dictates of Washington, you should use Dot-Eu. Certain organizations founded by international treaties can use Dot-Int. I believe that Dot-Biz and Dot-Info are controlled by the WIPO organization. There is nothing wrong with a Dot-CH domain, provided that your goals are consistent with the Swiss idea of neutrality.