WikiLeaks Embodies Freedom Of Information
Earlier this year, I watched actual classified footage of American helicopters shooting civilians from the air in Baghdad. We are all accustomed to seeing violence in movies, even perpetrating it in video games, but actually witnessing human beings killing reaches far deeper. I believe this is the sort of effect on people Wikileaks founder Julian Assange had in mind when he started the whistle-blowing site that publishes classified content from all over the world. In the landmark 1971 Supreme Court decision following the release of the Pentagon Papers, which constituted thousands of classified documents on the Vietnam War, the court stated that only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. Wikileaks is the embodiment of this principle and this has gained the site many enemies, including the U.S. government. The basic principle behind unveiling secret information is that if economic effort is put into keeping something hidden from the public eye, it is probably shady in the first place. When these efforts come from the most powerful governments and corporations in the world, we should be worried. Wikileaks provides transparency and gives well-intentioned people an outlet to publish controversial information while staying anonymous. The one person who has not been able to remain anonymous is Assange and for that, he is paying a high price. The man is considered a public enemy, has received thousands of death threats and recently applied for asylum in Switzerland after both Sweden and the U.K. denied his request due to political pressures, mainly from the U.S. Sometimes, shocking information is simply difficult to accept, especially when it clashes with a worldview many have spent years defending. In these cases it is easier to direct anger at the messenger; to say that it is all a political scheme perpetrated by extremist activists. After all, ignorance is bliss, right?
Phillip Reiser, The Collegian, University of Tulsa
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