Wikileaks to release more info

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Exactly what is Assange's agenda? He leaks anything he's given.

Well, the Wikileaks website claims their mission is to expose governmental and coporate corruption. Does that qualify as an agenda? I don't believe that the man has a personal vendetta against anyone or any Corp or gov entity, but that doesn't mean a hacker or a submiter of info doesn't. Look at who hacked into Palins email account and submitted it to Wikileaks and tell me there wasn't any political motives involved.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Well, the Wikileaks website claims their mission is to expose governmental and coporate corruption. Does that qualify as an agenda? I don't believe that the man has a personal vendetta against anyone or any Corp or gov entity, but that doesn't mean a hacker or a submiter of info doesn't. Look at who hacked into Palins email account and submitted it to Wikileaks and tell me there wasn't any political motives involved.

Then ultimately, this is a good thing. Government without the threat that its actions will be exposed in a very public way is bound to misbehave. WikiLeaks literally means that any corrupt behavior by anyone high profile enough cannot be guaranteed to occur in private. There's always the specter of a leak which is discussed ad nauseum on CNN.

I'm fine with that. I don't care about the agenda of the individual submitting the data. I like that the threat exists whether you are a Swiss banking exec or a military officer authorizing international-law-violating black ops in Afghanistan.