Quote:
Originally Posted by finnbow
Something I just heard on TeeVee and just researched on the Google Machine was that none of Wiki's leaks were Top Secret. In fact, the stuff we're most pissed about (State Department cable leaks) were classified "Confidential," the third level from the top. US publications routinely publish leaks classified at this level. I think we should be much more concerned about the State Dept's ability to maintain its secrets, rather than someone who demonstrated the ease of accessing them.
|
I came to the same conclusion. The ability of a sovereign state, us, to reach out and pluck a citizen of another nation from his activities and compel him to answer to our notion of national security ls wrong. The leak needed to be stopped at the source and not villify the publisher after the fact. I think what the U.S. is doing casts quite a shadow over our beief in transparency and the idea of a free press. In fact, hiding information from the citizens ought be particularly diificult with onerous justification requirements for the government.