Wikileaks

Today, since I can't think of anything of anything else to write about, I will discuss why Wikileaks is an important part of a free and democratic society. Since this is mostly all opinion, my stance on Wikileaks is that it should not be taken down. As for Assanage, I support him for publishing the documents, but I disagree with some of his tactics, as well as those of a few of his followers. Mounting a DDoS isn't going to promote a peaceful society. In fact, it just promotes hostility. While I haven't read much of the leaks other than from the major media outlets, I feel that exposure to hidden secrecy that our government has should be revealed. Of course, I'm not surprised that the government wants to hide the information. Whistleblowers deserve protection because they are the ones who intervene in something unethical or corrupt. By exposing corruption, the people can remove it. In a way, this is similar to the Pentagon Papers, or any other leaks that went on in the past. A ban on reading exposed information would amount to censorship, which is against our Constitution. The only problem that I might have is that they didn't verify their information. If they revealed false information, it would damage their credibility.