(April 11, 2019 at 9:14 am)Jehanne Wrote:(April 11, 2019 at 9:07 am)Kit Wrote: Who?
Assange was a force for good. He is eccentric, but Wikileaks has helped to make the World a better place. The fewer secrets there are, the better.
No no no, there is a huge difference between checks on power in the west, which is what whistle blowing can be, like when Nixon got busted, and what Assange did which is carpet bombing. I am sorry, but I do not want Putin or China or Un knowing our secrets. And I certainly do not want our enemies fucking with our elections.
I do want a CIA and FBI and Secret Service. I do not want those institutions eroded because a layperson wants to play James Bond. Ethical journalists do not carpet bomb, and while they can and should expose corruption which is what the press does, ethical journalists will also protect tactics and or those in the field protecting us, and wont simply dump in the process of reporting a whistle blower.
