Another wonder that impresses me about the WikiLeaks experience is the vicious stupidity used by people in our government. OUR government. They classify nearly everything as “secret”, and a “threat to national security”. Since when has being embarrassed been a national security issue?
Remember -- the WkiLeaks folks and the N.Y.Times folks gave the State Department an chance to weed out anything damaging before they printed the material. Our State Department couldn’t be bothered, but Ms. Clinton and Mr. Holder can be bothered to plan criminal prosecution of the man who exposed these embarrassing secrets.
I wonder . . . is this another sign of the drift towards a police state? a facist style of governance, espoused by both major parties? If so, I don’t like it.
Don’t get me wrong. Most other countries in the world are in worse shape than we are. But we need to be aware. Leading the world towards freedom won’t happen if we let them lead us towards secrecy where none is needed. None is needed if we are only protecting people who put their foot in the mouth. Really.
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