Wikileaks

I think it's wrong for Wikieaks to release government information that they don't want released. The same as you wouldn't want the government to release everything about you to everyone, the government wouldn't want everything about it released. The reasons government keep things secret is because if they didn't they could potentially release something that could anger another country which could lead to weakened relations or possibly, war. The secrets the government keeps are kept for a reason and that's to protect it's people, which is the reason why we have a government in the first place. Although the government arguably may not have the best system, but it has worked alright now for a long time. It was not wrong for the government to imprison the guy who uploaded the footage because even though he felt it was something that people should have seen, he broke a law.

If I had information that I wanted to release, but the government told me not to, I would probably not release it. The way I see it is that I existed before I had the information and I was happy and that if I didn't release it, I could still live happy. If I were to release it, it could come back to bite me, such as the guy who released the US helicopter tapes.

I would rather send my information to Openleaks because I think you absolutly need to stay neutral if your going to give people information. Wikileaks was founded off the bases that when anyone does anything wrong, we will expose it. The problem is that they're almost fighting the United States.


http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/213120/dutch_arrest_16yearold_related_to_wikileaks_attacks.html

This article is about a kid who attacked credit card companies with DDOS attacks. He is only one of thousands of kids who are involved in the online group Anonymous which is infamous for attacks against scientology and multiplayer games such as Habbo Hotel. Members within the group will create programs, in this case what they call Low Orbit Ion Cannons, and give them out to members within the group. The programs flood sites, causing problems and eventually shutting down sites that they attack. This kid was charged, but he wasn't the ringleader of the group or anything, he was just a random guy. In response to the arrest, the group started what they are calling Operation:Payback which will attack more credit card companies. I don't think they can do too much other than cause little problems and talk alot. I don't think it was wrong to arrest this kid because what he did was illegal and he shouldn't have received special treatment because he did it for wikileaks.