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The Paradox of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
schnell writes "The New Statesman is publishing a new in-depth article that examines in detail the seemingly paradoxical nature of WikiLeaks' brave mission of public transparency with the private opaqueness of Julian Assange's leadership. On one hand, WikiLeaks created 'a transparency mechanism to hold governments and corporations to account' when nobody else could or would. On the other hand, WikiLeaks itself was 'guilty of the same obfuscation and misinformation as those it sought to expose, while its supporters are expected to follow, unquestioningly, in blinkered, cultish devotion.' If WikiLeaks performs a public service exposing the secrets of others but censors its own secrets, does it really matter? Or are the ethics of the organization and its leader inseparable?"
guilty of the same obfuscation and misinformation as those it sought to expose,
Oh, bullshit. The scale of obfuscation and misinformation exposed by Wikileaks is nothing like any internal problems it has had.
It is thoroughly depressing that people are suckered in by on-going ad hominem attempts to discredit WIkileaks. It's absolutely pathetic. Pay attention what the organisation was actually trying to do; understand how important it is for modern civilisation; and try not to be distracted by attempts to re-image this is some sort of Saturday evening celebrity deathmatch.