Bradner: Wikileaks: a site for exposure

Network World ^ | 2-8-07 | Scot Bradner

[JZelle]

A new Web site has popped up that has the potential to represent the best of the Internet — from the point of view of concerned citizens — and the worst of the Internet — from the point of view of almost all governments.

[JZelle]

Judging by the site, the folks that put it together see Daniel Ellsberg’s 1971 leaking of the Pentagon Papers as the poster child for why a site like this is needed (see their FAQ). Ellsberg, The New York Times and Washington Post ran into a legal buzz saw when the U.S. government tried to block publication of the papers. The newspapers prevailed, but only after a landmark Supreme Court decision blocking any prepublication injunction.

[logician2u]

While there were plenty of us conservatives who despised Ellsberg and wanted to string him up, I think history will fully vindicate him if it hasn't already. Conservatives who continue to cling to the "domino theory" and believe that "we could have won if only the media had painted the war more positively" should consider, even at this late date, reassessing their position in light of what's been revealed in recent years.

This is coming, BTW, from a person who proudly wore the uniform of the USAF for four years during that conflict.

[Grut]

I suspect this is a great idea. When the UN denounces it, I'll know it is!

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Conservatives who continue to cling to the "domino theory" and believe that "we could have won if only the media had painted the war more positively" should consider, even at this late date, reassessing their position in light of what's been revealed in recent years.

I think ample information, including the bio of the Secretary of Defense at the time, Robert McNamara, and the comments of the top North Vietnamese general at the time, General Giap, totally disagree with you. You are either woefully uninformed or are purposely painting a false picture. Which?