Posted on 12/23/2010 3:45:12 PM PST by Starman417
I find many things ironic. However, I came across and article recently regarding the well known Julian Assange.
As many of us know, he has a website called WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks' sole purpose is to take confidential information and make it public.
Prior to this year, many of the leaks were based upon companies. Since this spring, many of the leaks have originated from the US government.
Now, to look at the situation from an organizational level and relate it to a human is fairly simple. The cables were simply an internal dialog regarding the inner workings and thoughts of government employees. These would be very similar to the thoughts in one's head. These are meant to be an internal dialog and not to be shared with outsiders.
In some cases, these were also private conversations with our government, also intended to be confidential.
This is the way bodies work, whether internal or as large organizations. There has to be that internal dialog.
However, it seems that Julian doesn't like information being leaked about him.
Ironic? You decide.
In this article, Julian blasts those who try to smear him.
"He accused his media partners at The Guardian newspaper, which worked with him to make the embarrassing leaks public, of unfairly tarnishing him by revealing damaging details of the sex assault allegations he faces in Sweden."
You mean to tell me that showing only part of the conversation is bad?
He says:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Why not just post it here?
Defending his private actions. Needs more cowbell.
Dirt behaving like dirt. But now he’s FAMOUS dirt.
K . A . R . M . A
I repeatedly contrast the obvious ineptitude of our security infrastructure here in the US with the fact that the same infrastructure has repeatedly been successful foiling planned terror acts all over the country, and it makes me wonder. Is our security infrastructure just less inept than the efforts of our enemies?
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