In 2008 a Swiss bank sued not only Wikileaks, but their domain registrar and as a result Judge Jeffrey White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an injunction against the site on February and ordered a domain blackout and scrubbing of the site.

Well, here's the thoroughly enjoyable nerdy and geeky part of the story:

The U.S. District Court judge who issued the injunction ordering Wikileaks.org disabled has, after a bit of thought, come to view it as privacy and civil-rights groups had: overly broad and violative of the whistle blower site's First Amendment rights.

Responding to a barrage of motions filed by a coalition of media and public-interest organizations Friday, Judge Jeffrey White reversed the permanent injunction he issued two weeks ago shuttering Wikileaks. In his ruling, White - while not admitting that his original order may well have violated prior restraint - acknowledged it was complicated by free-speech issues. "There are serious questions about prior restraint, possible violations of the First Amendment, which the court can make no definitive findings about at this point," he wrote. "It is clear that in all but the most exceptional circumstances, an injunction restricting speech pending final resolution of the constitutional concerns is impermissible."

Do you get that? The judge slapped himself on the wrist for overreaching with a judgment that seriously infringed on the freedom of speech of Wikileaks.org, their publishers and the hundreds of thousands of users that were denied due process with the injunction.

I mean, when was the last time that a judge has actually come out and said, "I made a mistake and I am reversing my judgment."

Sorry about expressing my nerdiness so exuberantly, but dude, Judge Jeffrey White is my new hero!