Quote:Actually I've never particularly thought much of Wikileaks.  I mean exposing government corruption is great--don't get me wrong. But Wikileaks isn't about the freedom of information at all.  I mean if it was, they'd have released everything and let people actually read through it themselves and come to their own conclusions.  Instead they come to conclusions for people, and release things in segments.  I mean it'd be one thing if they had to redact information when it put people's lives in danger (that'd make sense) but they don't even do that.  They wouldn't hold back information for when it does the most 'impact' or whatever.  


Assange is no Edward Snowden.  

You and I share many of the same reservations about WikiLeaks. It does absolutely seem as if Assange picks his cause or candidate of the week and does everything he can to advance his own agenda. We do get a ton of great information from WikiLeaks, information people need to know, but we get it in portions and selections that draw a great deal of scrutiny as to what his endgame is. And no, he's no Snowden. Snowden is a national hero who will, I hope, be looked back upon a hundred years from now as the man who brought the assault on the Constitution into the light and changed the course of history. Assange fills that role as well, to a point, but whereas Snowden just said, "Screw it," and dumped everything, Assange is more calculated and agenda-driven in what he releases and when.

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