I am not sure how many of you are aware of  Wikileaks.  It is an essential organization in a time of government information supression.  They need support right now. 

Why?

The  State Department/CIA has been tailing and detaining Wikileaks personnel.  One person was held for 22 hours.  Computers have been seized. 

Why?

On  April 5th, Wikileaks plans to make public a decrypted video showing an US airstrike that murdered 97 Afghani civilians and journalists. 

From an article at Gawker:

"The Pentagon had originally planned to show the video as proof that it had conducted the operation appropriately, despite having used airbursting bombs with civilians in the area. They later back-pedaled [You should check out this link to Wired], likely because video was actually more incriminating than they first believed. Wikileaks obtained a copy of the encrypted video, and in January they tweeted "Have encrypted videos of US bomb strikes on civilians... we need super computer time." They must have got that super computer time, and now U.S. authorities may be acting positively Chinese."

The Morgue transcribed the relevent Wikileaks tweets:

• WikiLeaks to reveal Pentagon murder-coverup at US National Press Club, Apr 5, 9am; contact press-club@sunshinepress.org
• WikiLeaks is currently under an aggressive US and Icelandic surveillance operation. Following/photographing/filming/detaining
• If anything happens to us, you know why: it is our Apr 5 film. And you know who is responsible.
• Two under State Dep diplomatic cover followed our editor from Iceland to http://skup.no on Thursday.
• One related person was detained for 22 hours. Computer’s seized.That’s http://www.skup.no
• We know our possession of the decrypted airstrike video is now being discussed at the highest levels of US command.
• We have been shown secret photos of our production meetings and been asked specific questions during detention related to the airstrike.
• We have airline records of the State Dep/CIA tails. Don’t think you can get away with it. You cannot. This is WikiLeaks.

Since then (19 hours ago) Wikileaks tweeted:  "To those worrying about us--we're fine, and will issue a suitable riposte shortly."

Here is a SBS [Australian] article with more information:

Pentagon targets Wiki whistleblowers

How can you help?

1. As always, they need money to keep going.  Their yearly budget is 600k and they currently sit at 360k in donations.  The Guardian puts it best for why you should toss them some change:  "[Wikileaks]  ... serves as an uncensorable and untraceable depository for the truth, able to publish documents that the courts may prevent newspapers and broadcasters from being able to touch. ” 
2. Get the word out.  You've become aware yourself by reading this far and now you can spread awareness.  An ireport has been submitted to CNN.  It needs clicks and comments so perhaps CNN will look into the story.  Investigate.  Interview.   Something.
3. If you have a reddit account, keep the story on their front page by upvoting here, here, and here.

If you want to learn more about the good Wikileaks has done, you can always check out their entry on Wikipedia.

UPDATE:

For those who think Wikileaks.org is beneath the notice of the Pentagon and the US Government, the NYT reported last week: "To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online source of information and documents that governments and corporations around the world would prefer to keep secret."

Link to article.

 Trying to hold someone, anyone, accountable for torture:

Rick Lucke

Rumsfeld Torture Trial: Media *COVERs in Deafening Silence

and

The Enemy Belligerents Act which if passed would "...would allow the president to order the military to arrest anyone, US citizen or non, to hold them in military custody, without trial, indefinitely. In their bill they specifically say that the detainee will not be afforded his or her Miranda Rights."

Dennis Loo

Two Americas