Wikileaks

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by beej

My principal issue with Julian Assange, apart from his self-appointed aribiter status as to what should and what should not be in the public domain, is his suborning of Bradley Manning to treason.

As a separate matter, I must say that I've re-read all of this thread and I cannot accept the notion that simply because some of us view the classification of an action or a process or an idea as an attempted cover up means that that is what it was. Has this happened? Of course. Does that view apply here? Yet to demonstrated in my opinion.

To your first point, that's what the press does on a regular basis (self-appointed arbiters).

To the second point, no one here suggested that the Manning's leaks were solely material that should not have been classified. The point being made was that a significant portion of all classified material is over-classified and subsequently available on a routine basis to too many without a need to know (e.g., Bradley Manning).