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Violating 'Freedom of Speech' rights not the case in Wikileaks
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by UNCENSORED NEWS | December 9, 2010 at 05:32 am
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Politicans, government analysts and news commentators have started a discussion about Wikileaks which has nothing to do with facts. Taking the site down was the right thing to do for the world. Julian Assange has violated international policy and interrupted important secret correspondence that is vital to the military and government associations between the allied countries of the world. It has also invaded the privacy of agencies not involved with inter-governmental relations between one another. No matter how you spell it "Wikileaks" was a threat to the security of everyone in the world. Assange is not a hero, he is a fiend. He did not release information to gain public respect or to "right the wrongs" of the world. Assange set out to expose information that was regular and routine between officials. He sought fame and hoped for fortune. He asked regular niave, easily conned individuals to support his habit. He wanted the money to buy fancy cars and live in a nice home. This man did not work for his money. He cheated everyone out of their daily work by transferring their information and using it like paintings on a wall. Assange is a common thief. The statements made by news reporters on CNN this morning that the removal of information from the Wikileaks.org website violated "Freedom of Speech" rights or regulations is preposterous. Freedom of Speech doesn't give citizens the right to cause international chaos and create false impressions between governments. What Julian Assange did ultimately could have caused the third world war. Luckily, through the level-headed thinking of political officials in government and even Presidents, he did not cause a future disaster. If vigilante central intelligence agents had not removed his server information, there would have been a resulting conflict which could have devastated more than one country. Violating Freedom of Speech rights was not the case in Wikileaks. I believed the site needed to be taken down. And I'm glad it was!
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at 08:50 on December 9th, 2010
I strongly disagree with the author. Wikileaks has released only a portion of the documents in their possession, using discretion in the removal of some information in order to avoid harm. The Pentagon was invited to examine and label material that would endanger the troops. The response from the Pentagon was to refuse to negotiate, thereby assuring the maximum damage that might ensue from the release of information. The material released has in some instances revealed criminal behaviors practiced without oversight and financed by the US taxpayers. Recent releases have identified child sex slaves and child prostitution paid for by US taxpayers, perpetrated by our military contractors. These crimes must be stopped, and since we have little reliable independent media, Wikileaks in desperately needed. Whistle blowers are prosecuted and fired for trying to do the right thing in this country so how can we maintain any accountability for those who act in our names?
at 09:04 on December 9th, 2010
The smear campaign ensuing against Mr Assange is a great miscarriage of justice, where the rule of law has been thrown out, where a man is accused, not of rape as projected in headlines, but of a diagreement that does not actually qualify as a crime. Keep in mind, there has been no hearing, trial, evidence and testimony has not been finished, and already punishment is underway. His legal defense funds have been frozen, he is denied bail, after turning himself in to authorities, he has been detained on an unsubstantiated charge of unknown crimes. Where is due process?
Mr Assange is the spokesman of Wikileaks, but the organization is one of untold thousands. This illegal detainment or whatever follows does not inhibit the actions of Wikileaks. There is no point in this intimidation tactic.
at 09:13 on December 9th, 2010
You, dear author, shamelessly exaggerate. If your mouth were as wide as your tales tall, you could swallow yourself.Cause WW3? Because of regular and routine correspondence between gov. officials? That's fallacious reasoning. Either the information is regular and non-offensive (or mildly amusing) for everyone, be it domestic or foreign government or citizen (who is represented by this government), or it is so heinous that it could provoke military action. How do you know the motives of Assange? Have you spoken to him or anyone he personally knows? I strongly doubt that being the chairman of Wikileaks is a rational choice for a get rich quick scheme. It just gets better and better! Wikileaks "invaded" the privacy of governmental agencies. Wow. In the US age of warrant-less wiretapping, clandestine capture or kill missions, torture and TSA groping you are worried about the privacy of your betters. How very George Orwell of you. That said, I do not know if what Wikileaks did was reckless and dangerous. I feel that they did a great job in choosing between what to release and what to withhold. I also believe, that US credibility in foreign nations actually ROSE because of the leaks. I personally expected far worse, and little of the genuinely benign aspects of US foreign policy.Therefore, take this opportunity to inspect your representatives, see if they act in your best interests, and demand change if you find them lacking.
at 09:14 on December 9th, 2010
@Uncensored News.Julian Assange has done a commendable job.He has exposed how lies and deceptions constitute the basic principles of conducting international diplomacy.How intelligence agencies create havoc by interfering in local and regional conflicts,all to the advantage of US empire,Zionist Israel and Middle-Eastern brutal monarchs,repressive regimes.Wikileaks Manifesto explains the reasons why were these leaks necessary.
at 10:45 on December 9th, 2010
I think the author uses far too much rhetoric to point angrily at someone else. You've utterly ruined your own case by going too far over the top in your condemnation and rage.
Julian Assange also went too far. He is publishing lists of terrorism targets online! I have primarily heard about american documents being released, and when documents from other countries, such as Canada, are released, again they are information sensitive to US security. His work is no less damaging than that of Al Qaeda. I believe Assange is working to endanger that country. He is not in any way invested in the countries damaged by his leaks.
We need an internet where these things can happen, but that doesn't mean anything goes.
But the dirty tactics of accusing him of sexual assault and chasing him around the planet really offend me. if they don't have legitimate crimes to charge, they should be finding alternate ways to solve this. Aggressively pursuing the morons who leaked the documents to someone else (in this case Assange) would be far more sensible.