Re:Assange Hearing Day 7
by eternalban on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:00PM
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A society can set the standard of "responsible disclosure" that is done to serve the "right to know" to the public. A jury of peers can judge if the two conditions above are met.
[It should be also noted that the fact that state craft requires secrets is not a carte blanche to the state to commit illegal acts.]
Nuclear launch codes can remain secret. It is difficult to see how the disclosure could possibly be both "respnsible" and "in the public interest".
Disclosing that certain government agencies are running projects like "MK-Ultra" [1], "Mockingbird" [2], "Artichoke" [3] is in the public interest.
(You know, one of the characters in one of John le Carré's Smiley books once said: "A nation's secret services are the true reflection of its soul"...)
[It should be also noted that the fact that state craft requires secrets is not a carte blanche to the state to commit illegal acts.]
Nuclear launch codes can remain secret. It is difficult to see how the disclosure could possibly be both "respnsible" and "in the public interest".
Disclosing that certain government agencies are running projects like "MK-Ultra" [1], "Mockingbird" [2], "Artichoke" [3] is in the public interest.
(You know, one of the characters in one of John le Carré's Smiley books once said: "A nation's secret services are the true reflection of its soul"...)
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mockingbird
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_ARTICHOKE