Thread: Wikileaks: Good or bad?

You guys are missing the point here, WikiLeaks is a non-issue, the person that leaked the documents is a traitor, pure and simple, and I hope they find them, prosecute them, and execute them, as per the LAW in the US if found guilty...

But to the question posed here, no WikiLeaks is simply making money off this, and they have done nothing wrong legally that I can see.. plus the owner isn't American anyway...

Originally Posted by gssixgun

You guys are missing the point here, WikiLeaks is a non-issue, the person that leaked the documents is a traitor, pure and simple, and I hope they find them, prosecute them, and execute them, as per the LAW in the US if found guilty...

But to the question posed here, no WikiLeaks is simply making money off this, and they have done nothing wrong legally that I can see.. plus the owner isn't American anyway...

That is the truth!

Originally Posted by Bruno

Except he is not in the US. He is in a country where they still pay some attention to the constitution and due process.
Imo the terrorist lable is hugely overused these days, and put on everyone who does anything more severe than jaywalking.

Originally Posted by life2short1971

Do you really think that matters?

Yes I would say it matters. America is not the be all and end all and what happens in America, or more precisely, what American politicians have to say, is not necessarily important to those in other countries. I understand the feelings that many would have who think this Australian (and his Website 'Wikileaks') be charged under the terrorist act. I thought the very same thing of our own PM at that time, John Howard, when, in the early stages of the war in Afghanistan, and before Australia's official announcement of sending troops in support. This clown came out and stated on live TV that we already had some of our elite troops (SAS) on the ground in the country. As far as I was concerned, he had as good as signed their death warrant and had given vital imformation to the opposing forces.
Labelling someone as a terrorist seems to be almost as popular a pastime as Baseball to America..At least it seems that way from a lot of our news articles in this country.
As far as it goes with relation to the subject of 'is having the information out there good or bad', if having it out there is bad then don't let it get out in the first place. The person that leaks vital information should be imprisoned...Maybe...But the person who is given that information should not be held responsible for the actions of others. I'm not say that judgement shouldn't be used...But what I think is for the greater good, may not be someone else's idea of for the greater good.


Mick

I've not been following this particular case, regards Wikileaks, so if some of what I've said doesn't seem relevent, it's because it's based on what I read in the thread up to the point of writing it.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

You guys are missing the point here, WikiLeaks is a non-issue, the person that leaked the documents is a traitor, pure and simple, and I hope they find them, prosecute them, and execute them, as per the LAW in the US if found guilty...

But to the question posed here, no WikiLeaks is simply making money off this, and they have done nothing wrong legally that I can see.. plus the owner isn't American anyway...

US law is clear about what counts as treasonous behavior and when execution for it is warranted. I read that this is because the founders were very careful about the topic of treason, because it was the perfect cop out for any government to get rid of inconvenient people.

This is not one of those occasions where execution would be called for, according to those laws.