On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What do you see as the primary difference between the Wikileaks case > and the Pentagon Papers? > > In the case of the Pentagon Papers, the government was lying to the American people about the Vietnam War, and Ellsberg's documents proved it. In that circumstance, the public's right to know the lies outweighed the need for secrecy. In the Wikileaks case, there seems to be no bombshell, no dark secret to reveal. It's just routine diplomatic communication that provides a very open view of our dealings around the world. What public good is served by this disclosure? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
