Openness, transparency - these are among the few weapons the citizenry has to protect itself from the powerful and the corrupt... and that is the best thing that WikiLeaks has done.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war.
WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments.
As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue to release, our media partners continued to write stories. The important revelations from this material continue to come out. We have approximately 2,000 cables into 250,000.
Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform.
Let's face it: WikiLeaks exists because the mainstream media haven't done their job.
WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical.
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that.
Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats.
WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire U.S. government is forced to go through a full-body scanner.
WikiLeaks presents a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States.