I'm perfectly OK with them assailing the corporate world. Seriously, if I'm to be consistent, I'd have the same issues with it, but a whole lot less sympathy for the corporate bastards. My main problem with Assange is he likes to tell half the story as he did with the gunship blasting that car in Iraq awhile back. That's my real concern. If someone has unbiased proof outright corruption and illegal activity, I'd lean towards getting the truth out, but it's got to be the whole truth, not just what suits one's political agenda. And gossip, as it appears some of his latest stuff is, is just more crap on the pile for the talking heads to rail on about.
Gossip is about right. Unless I missed something I don't really see what's so terribly dangerous and threatening about the latest Wikileaks dump. Our diplomats talk shit about and poke fun at foreign leaders, big deal. Hardly the shrill chirping from State and the Pentagon about Wikileaks costing lives. It seems to me this is more embarrassing for China, Saudi, Pakistan and Russia than it is for us. In fact what I found most interesting about the latest dump is that China doesn't really care too much for N. Korea or their "childish" and petulant ways. And that they would be comfortable with a unified Korea under S. Korean rule. Fairly good news to me. Of course our government already knew that but certainly China didn't want the world to know that. I'm looking forward to the next dump. Viva la Wikileaks!!
lets say there is a top secret organization within the government. an underling discovers that the top officials of that top secret organization are double dealing. taking bribes,kickbacks, selling secrets, whatever. should the underling keep quiet because what he does is top secret or should he inform the media? if he informs the media is he a hero or a villian?
But you can't make your own rules. Thats called anarchy and it doesn't work. So whatever it is you were trying to do 2 years ago may or may not have been illegal, if not you get a lawyer i guess
who is the evil one? this is the kind of stuff that the evil guy is letting us know is happening. these kinds of secret dealings should make your blood boil. not the messenger. where are the tea party morons. not a peep out of them. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/30/billions-down-the-drain-i_n_790043.html#s195062
What the fuck are you talking about shit brains? This has been all over tea party forums. Typical left wing quack, running your cock sucker without the first clue what you are talking about...
Hero. If he really can expose banking industry fraud on the scale of enron, as he claims, then he is doing us all a great service.
I don't see the heroism. It would be one thing if the exposure was specific in focus and of purpose. However, from what I gather from the media, the disclosure was fairly wide reaching and indiscriminate. I can only read anarchy and mayhem into that kind of conduct. Sure, if you hit enough people indiscriminately you will hurt some bad guys. But is that the justification?