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In my view, the real question is not whether Julian Assange broke the law by disclosing classified information, but whether he was justified doing so under a whistleblower theory.
He's got big balls, that's for sure. US Government is one of the toughest adversaries on the planet.
I see both sides to the argument, but I probably side with the US. Who is Assange to make that call? If you can't prevent him, you can't prevent anyone else.
Ultimately, the problem is the US voters who vote-in officials who make bad decisions. The voters and the media and courts are supposed to keep a check on these elected and appointed folks, such as GWB and Obama and April Glaspie and Hillary Clinton. Today's media is a joke, they do anything Obama tells them to do. "Investigative journalism, what's that?!"
Just because some newfangled technology called the internet allows some low level military geek (with the aid of Assange, a foreign citizen) to download thousands of sensitive cables and distribute them worldwide in one click.. does not justify this action.
I don't want breaches of security. I want better, more trustworthy government.
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