By Brett Wolf, Complinet
Some financial institutions are scrambling to put distance between themselves and the whistleblower web site WikiLeaks, but is this necessary? Financial services firms face no clear legal obligation to cut off WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, but intense publicity and the pressure brought by the US government and lawmakers to cripple the organization are forcing companies to weigh other risks they might face if they continue to do business with WikiLeaks.
