Governments are meant to be questioned, leadership earned through trust, followers gained through respect. When one or more aspects are neglected, the three-legged stool cannot stand. The government must be held accountable, and now we have our Robin Hood: WikiLeaks.
This organization has decided to take it on themselves, and a fated few, to uncover and release the secret information of our government’s corruption. Headed by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks has been at the forefront for, as they put it, “open governments.” Amongst these leaks, exposing Scientology, opening up the British National Party, recovering the “deleted” Clinton emails, the Democratic National Congress (showing favoritism towards Clinton this election) emails, and the Podesta emails showing Clinton’s paid speeches; all of which have opened the eyes of Americans to the basis that, as Lord Acton put it, “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Acton was a smart man, and this quote staunchly portrays that. He was well aware of the world we live in today. Yet those who live today are, for some reason, blinded to the absolute corruption and power wielded by our leaders. Today, our leaders find it to their advantage to go behind our backs and decide we are not important enough to work for, because this country was founded on the principle of “for the people, by the people.” The government is to work for us, not against us.
Assange and his fellow colleagues have gone head-to-head with a number of large political machines. They also worked with Edward Snowden to help him release his NSA spycraft information (read the Edward Snowden article). Yet, good work or not, they have been fought to release this information. In comparison to Snowden, Assange and his team have released more information that could possibly destroy much more than what Snowden committed to. Many believe it to be the government’s right to keep information from us, but as we can see with recent scandal and Hillary Clinton’s private emails (being on a private server, and not government protected, with classified emails), we now know more about our current candidates. To know Clinton could very well have committed treasonous acts towards her country makes the voters much more well-informed, and knowledge is power.
Now, whether or not you believe these actions are legal, they should open up the eyes of voters. It doesn’t take much to Google “WikiLeaks leaks” to see the absurd amount of illegal activity being done in our country and in the world. As to the legitimacy? That’s up to you. You can find all of these documents at the WikiLeaks website. Read them for yourself.
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Seth Moffitt • Nov 11, 2016 at 12:20 pm
In my opinion, I think wikileaks may have shifted the vote of some people
Samina Abdullah • Nov 3, 2016 at 8:01 pm
This is a very mind opening article. It really makes you deeply consider of some of our most current issues. I can see how Wikileaks can be a friend or foe. It all depends on perspective, as do all controversial issues.