Wikileaks. Curse or blessing? Poll.

Assange being wanted for rape and abuse of women tells part of the story. He is not doing these deeds for a good purpose only to be in control and in position of power in society. Taking things that do not belong to him and misusing his power recklessly is unethical. He has intentionally put many peoples lives in jeopardy. I have nothing against legal information passed from legitimate sources but he has crossed the line of respect with his thievery of the classified documents. Believe me I am as curious as the next person to know what is revealed is in all the documents but not at the risk of hurting others. Assange is a criminal and should not gain esteem for his acts of disrespect toward our laws and government confidential information. This is another attack to bring down our society and chip away the foundation of our well being as american citizens.

Toni,

Assange didn't wear a condom, which constitutes rape in Sweden. That is the charge against him! The sex was consensual.

Maybe I missed something, but I would think that if any crime was committed, it is the fault of the "hacker" who "somehow" got this information and then "sold or disseminated it" to the highest bidder.

Charge the "hacker", YES.

Find fault with our inept security procedures, YES.

But, the last time I looked.....we still had "Freedom of the Press"!?

Just my opinion, of course.

And, YES ...the "rape" case charge was returned "lacking sufficient evidence".

I'm with Valentine on this-----wikileaks did no wrongdoing any more than other media representatives.

There may be treason, there may be wrongdoing, but the culprit is the hacker (hacking is a crime by the way) or Bradley Manning, perhaps , not wikileaks.

This is a pretty open and shut case. There is no case against Wikileaks. Anyone saying otherwise is deliberately trying to confuse the issue.

Assange being wanted for rape and abuse of women tells part of the story.

I don't believe this. I don't believe Assange has raped and abused women, period.

Faux sexual allegations is the main trick of the trade when a government wants to go after someone. They can hurls those charges and treat their targets as guilty until proven innocent. Faux sexual charges isolates the victims and turns people against their target. This one is obvious.

Last I heard, the warrant for rape and molestation has been rescinded... but things seem to change pretty quickly.

One leaked cable talks about the VP of Afghanistan being caught on his way to the UAE with $52 million in US currency. He was released to go to the UAE with it.

As much as I can sympathize that maybe just perhaps a leak might cost US lives, it seems that secrets might also cost US lives, and that outing a secret like this might save lives.

China also fears the web and hacks and censors things so that folks there won't know what sort of government they have.

Word is, keeping folks in the dark helps control the population politically wise.

I imagine it does.

Well, if an American were to get information about Tibet from a Chinese government worker, and inform the Chinese people about it... Would we expect China to go after the American...hack his site, frame him for crimes, have other countries and several private businesses cooperate in his prosecution? Would they warn their people not to be reading it?

I don't know if the Chinese government is that audacious.

Somebody is a friggin' megalomaniac.