I find the left's enthusiasm for wikileaks to be rather simplistic. Privacy is necessary in personal life, in business dealings, and -- yes -- in government as well. Government officials have to be able to correspond in confidence at times. Strategies to defend against terrorism have to remain confidential. And don't forget that wikileaks released the names of Afthan citizens who had tried to help defeat the Taliban, putting them in grave danger. Even Assange's cohorts said that action was despicable.
Earlier, someone said it's only the U.S. that has a problem with wikileaks . That's not at all true. Almost all European nations have spoken out against the groups actions. There are government officials both in the U.S. and other countries who have and will violate the people's trust. But when exposing the few puts the many at risk, it's a bad deal. If wikileaks has accomplished anything good, it would be that it has led the government to tighten security. The U.S. serviceman who provided much of the classified information that was released will spend most of his life in jail. That will undoubtedly prove to be a deterrent to others. And access to classified information will undoubtedly be more restricted than it has been. Paul Paul On Mar 18, 2011, at 9:09 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 05:39:02PM -0600, steve harley wrote: >> On 2011-03-18 06:00 , Steven Desjardins wrote: >>> To be honest, I'm not sure it hurt us all that much. It's always >>> embarrassing when what you actually think of someone slips out, but a >>> little information can explain so much. >> >> for better or worse, i'm also a US citizen, and i think wikileaks >> will improve us a bit > > While I am generally pro-Wikileaks, I wouldn't want that to be > taken as implying general support for Julian Assange, who would > appear to be a particularly unpleasant kind of weasel. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
