A lot of controversy has surfaced ever since WikiLeaks posted thousands of documents revealing the inner working of US government and how it relates Canada and the rest of the world. Some say that the documents are a great source for investigative journalism and give the public a better understanding of their governments past. Other led by the part of the US government have stated that these documents support terrorism and violated the national security of the country. Information big and small have revealed as massive amount of government information that no one ever knew about from this website, so you can see why juries are indecisive.
My response to this story is one of fascination and I think it’s amazing that all this classified information the public never knew about is being revealed. I in no way support the claim that this out burst will lead to terrorism. I in fact think that the public has the right to view this information however private it may be. It is the countries right to be able to view information from the inside of their government as I think the government doesn’t have the right to keep it from the public. It may be a blessing in disguise as this will provide an excellent opportunity for very interesting journalism and maybe will create more of an openness between the public and their government. I think that this cable dump will have more of a positive effect on the country than negative effects. It will be interesting how other countries will react to this information, but I think terrorism is out of the question as the information is not as threatening to national security as some would think.
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News Source: Montreal Gazette
Title: Jury still out on value of WikiLeaks cable dump
Date: Dec 3
Author: Randy Boswell, Postmedia News
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