The Wikileaks issue opens a new discussion about the new media and the national security , how far can the media going publishing what is supposedly national security secrets according to freedom of expression and freedom of information laws !!??
Well let's go back to the Wikileaks About page and see what it is about , it is about transparency and government's conduct. Wikileaks does not publish the names and locations of American spies in Russia nor it does revealed the secret passwords of the American missile systems , it exposed documents about a failed war and invasion that thousands of civilians have been killed for.
I will not go and discuss whether the website is another front of the CIA or whatever because exposing any form of corruption is not against the national security but it is rather keeping that corruption is harmful to the national security.
By the way there is a page for Egypt at the Wikileaks and despite all the scandals we have got as we only find international reports, it is very poor and outdated ,of course the language stands a barrier here but I hope our activists and journalists go and use this website.
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Hi Zeinobia, Two technical improvements that would greatly improve my experience at Egyptian Chronicles if and when you can implement them are (1) Comment permalinks have time only. Add dates. (2) Only four recent comments are shown. That's not nearly enough.
ReplyDeleteSorry for my off-topic remark in this post, but if I post it in an old thread where it would be on-topic, you are not likely to notice it (because of the second issue) and recognize it as a new comment (because of the first issue).
Exposing information that weakens a military effort is counter-intuitive to every one's goal of putting an end to the fighting.
ReplyDeleteI feel these issues should definitely be addressed. It might be wise to accomplish objectives without losing sight of what if any injustices occur, and then deal with them after their proceedings won't pose a national threat.
@Indiana: and what is the goal exactly? The war that was launched on Afghanstan was never the appropriate way to deal with extremism. The war in Iraq was wrong and based on lies. When will Americans realize that they have been exploited by those making billions of dollars by launching war on countries left and right?!!
ReplyDeleteTHIS SITE EXPLAINS THE TRUTH BEHIND THE AFGHANISTAN WAR THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW.
ReplyDeletehttp://westvirginiaholler.blogspot.com/2008/07/truth-about-war-in-afghanistan-that.html
So why don't YOU post at Wikileaks and not make it poor anymore!?
ReplyDelete@Indiana , do they really want to end fighting and leave Afghanistan !!??
ReplyDelete@Abdu , I would do it if I have explosive documents that expose corruption in this country , unfortunately I do not