Tick off a government or two and get picked up on whatever charges they can manage against you? Just release a large encrypted file with a promise that if anything happens to you, you'll release the key. Who knows what is in there. It's kind of like extortion in a way, but could it actually be used as extortion? Say some shady banker 'wikileaks' sensitive documents about his client's tax evasion status. Say one of those clients was an extremely rich celebrity.
WikiLeaks: "Give us a million dollars or we'll go public with our dirt and ruin your image."
Celebrity: "No."
WikiLeaks publishes a little encrypted bomb.
Celebrity: "Ok I'll pay. Just don't hurt me!"
No one but WikiLeaks knows if the data in the bomb was garbage or actually damaging. I don't know if celebrities are scared of anything, but corporations are.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1348859/WikiLeaks-Banker-Rudolf-Elmer-arrested-revealing-tax-evaders-account-details.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-insurance-file/
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