A federal judge on Friday allowed whistle-blower site WikiLeaks to resume operation in the United States, a week after ordering its U.S. hosting company and domain registrar to shut down and lock the renegade's site from the internet.

The judge conceded the futility of attempts to censor information, in this instance private banking records, after it has been posted to the internet.

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Evan Spiegel, one of the banks two attorneys at the hearing, said the bank "wanted nothing more" than for WikiLeaks to take down the documents in question. "That's been the point of the bank all along," he said. He added that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not afford the right to publish private banking information.

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Still, the judge cautioned that he is likely to toss the entire case. He said the American courts may not be the proper venue for a Swiss bank to sue the WikiLeaks.org domain name owner -- John Shipton, an Australian citizen living in Kenya.