This gossip by the media is a waste of everybody's time. I feel like the stress and pressure are solely created by them. And in relation to the article, I side

This gossip by the media is a waste of everybody's time. I feel like the stress and pressure are solely created by them. And in relation to the article, I side with Assange, who is under a huge amount of stress: external and internal. If others want authority or control they must start their own organisation up. Nothing is stopping them and it would be of great benefit to everybody. However if they want to work with Assange they know what they're getting into: they must trust him and they must follow him. It is only fair to do this: if he started it you cannot expect it to turn into a democracy unless that is how he wants it. Assange is right to not trust any of these people either: look what they've done? The "wikileaks" leaks are coming from somewhere aren't they. Case in point: this one. "I believe that Julian has in fact pushed the capable people away," Snorrason said in an interview with Wired.com. "His behavior is not of the sort that will keep independent-minded people interested." The project could be handled by other people if necessary. There is a huge amount of public support for Wikileaks or similar sites. I think they could get other capable people to work for them if it was needed. I must say, I find the need to spend ages double-checking the leaks to be a little insecure and while I understand that it is to manage their public image, I think it is wrong that they are expected to do so by anybody. You already have the morale high-ground when you point out atrocities committed in a war. Any comparison between deaths that could result from a leak and those documented in the leak I treat with a lot of suspicion because there have been no deaths from leaks so far and there have been a huge number of deaths from the wars. In all honesty, the comparison is unfair and frankly a baseless smear. Also, why does everybody act all surprised with Wikileaks not liking their own information to be leaked? I think this is two-valued logic and we should avoid seeing everything so black-and-white if we want to have ethics that are actually applicable to real life. edit; For the record, I do find some fault with wikileaks. It really disappoints me that they spend all of their time with the big leaks nowadays and shirk the smaller national leaks.