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Re: WikiLeaks and unrestrained freedom said by Noah Vail:said by amigo_boy:said by Noah Vail:Do I think it will save more US/US-invested lives than it cost? How does the example document I posted "save lives?" The unit of measure isn't a single document, it's the long term effect of the entire release. As to what that effect will be, the answer is I don't know. Which is why the government has the power to classify documents as top-secret, and those who publish them (knowing they don't have the ability to judge the harm they may cause) should be charged with treason, seditious libel or either of the two laws I posted before.
I could understand posting something like a video showing an atrocity of war. Or, documents showing how a corrupt procurement process led to ineffective property that cost lives (or taxpayer dollars). I know many who would say even that is inexcusable.
But, indiscriminately posting documents which name informants and enemy turncoats (not even in the context of some scandal of atrocity or corruption) is very different.
It's simply disingenuous to say "but, I didn't know which person might actually be harmed. And besides, I didn't have time to read each document individually. And, it's the 'big picture.' These documents might reveal something that I can't even contemplate."
Using your rationale, a person could act as recklessly as they wish and always have an "out." That's just another excuse for greater government control over the internet, expanded surveillance powers, etc. People can't exercise judicious restraint, so they need the government to do it for them. |
