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The only thing that's protected Assange from being bundled into a jet and whisked to a foreign jurisdiction is his high profile. The only reason you think he's

The only thing that's protected Assange from being bundled into a jet and whisked to a foreign jurisdiction is his high profile. The only reason you think he's at risk of being bundled into a jet is his high profile. If he'd used his technical abilities to create what many want wikileaks to be - a secure platform for whistleblowers to anonymously communicate with the press, then things would be decidedly different. He has chosen to focus everything around himself. The only reason people are debating the drone strike situation at the moment is because of leaks. I'm not sure why you think this. Most of the drone stories I've read are about the killing of civilians which would be reported without wikileaks. I don't think we're better off with the world getting increasingly closed off and governments being able to better protect secrets. I definitely agree. Focusing on being offended by someone's personality rather than the core issue of exposing things done behind closed doors in the name of people who may not approve of those things were they aware of them, is an unfortunate tangent to go down. But it's the focus on his personality and him in general which many are objecting to.

richardjordan 14y ago
We live in a modern media climate where to make any organization break above the noise and get attention - which it needs if it is to do its job - a narrative inevitably includes founders. Just like here in startup land. Other organizations exist and none of them get attention. RE: Drone strikes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21333570 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21333570 The reason it's in the news RIGHT NOW is due to the current story about leaked documents showing the US government secret legal case for targeting US citizens. So that's why I think that. Because it happens to be the case. And my point has been that objecting to his personality is a trivial reason to undermine his work, and allowing the climate of hounding him into submission to successfully do so renders leaking a far more dangerous task and one that fewer people will engage in.
- GHFigs 14y ago
  The reason it's in the news RIGHT NOW is due to the current story about leaked documents showing the US government secret legal case for targeting US citizens. You neglected to mention that the document in question was obtained and published by NBC, not Wikileaks.

richardjordan 14y ago

We live in a modern media climate where to make any organization break above the noise and get attention - which it needs if it is to do its job - a narrative inevitably includes founders. Just like here in startup land. Other organizations exist and none of them get attention. RE: Drone strikes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21333570 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21333570 The reason it's in the news RIGHT NOW is due to the current story about leaked documents showing the US government secret legal case for targeting US citizens. So that's why I think that. Because it happens to be the case. And my point has been that objecting to his personality is a trivial reason to undermine his work, and allowing the climate of hounding him into submission to successfully do so renders leaking a far more dangerous task and one that fewer people will engage in.

GHFigs 14y ago
The reason it's in the news RIGHT NOW is due to the current story about leaked documents showing the US government secret legal case for targeting US citizens. You neglected to mention that the document in question was obtained and published by NBC, not Wikileaks.