[Febo]

I've tried pretty hard to stay away from this sub-forum but then I see Assange brought up and I have to say something.

No I did not read the article originally posted in this thread, instead my info comes from CNN and NPR.

What Assange has done is not acceptable. I do not care how paranoid you are of your government or how much "shady shit" they do you simply do not have the right to know everything.

There are very real world consequences to what has happened here. This WILL hurt America no matter how you slice it. It is going to make the task of obtaining information vital to the successes of the American government that much harder to get due to information lock down. This will lead to a higher failure rate in diplomatic proceedings, which in turn HURTS AMERICA.

This lock down is going to come about both internally in our government as well as externally with what other diplomats around the world are willing to say in front of our diplomats.

We all have private lives on this forum. But imagine if say I for instance could get all the information I wanted to about everyone on this forum, and then hosted all of their dirty laundry regardless of what it contained. Would you really want your entire private life exposed for all to see all across the internet? No you wouldn't and you would then clam up, and make it even harder for anyone to get into your life, and to what effect? Not any good effect thats for sure.

Dirty laundry needs to stay in the hamper where it belongs, not airing out for the public to see. Assange needs to be brought to justice on this.

Do I believe in free speech? Yes. But do I believe that everyone deserves a seat at the free speech table? Fuck no! This table needs to be reserved for those that won't abuse it to spread CLASSIFIED and SECRET information to the world. This shit is CLASSIFIED for a reason people, this shit is SECRET for a reason. You want access to this shit, serve your country and get the proper clearances.

This is real life. Not some Tom Clancy novel.