If you were wondering what WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has in common with a super-villain, wonder no more. It’s his desire for an eccentric base of operations. According to sources inside WikiLeaks, the site is looking for a new server location, and some bizarre options have been explored including a certain micro-nation sea platform you might remember.

The financial backers of WikiLeaks are reportedly concerned about prosecution if the site data is stored anywhere that US law can reach. The servers are currently based in Sweden and Iceland. The idea has been floating that WikILeaks might set up shop on the micro-nation of Sealand. This is a WWII-era anti-aircraft platform that The Pirate Bay briefly considered using. Sealand is in international waters, and might afford some legal protection.

Another notion is even a bit more unusual: boats. Some have reported on plans to place servers on old military barges in international waters. The logistics of this plan, and the Sealand strategy, seem dubious at best. Servers have been run from Sealand, which has Internet access, but will WikiLeaks make the move? We don't konw that this report is true, we just really hope that it is.