What do you think of wikileaks?

[trashleg]

fordy said:

trashleg said:

Why shouldn't he be questioned under the jurisdiction - and in the same country - that the alleged offence took place? Now it just looks like he's running away from that situation as well as everything else. Not promising.

As for Wikileaks, I'm all for transparacy but I think anyone leaking official documents should do so with tact. 

Didn't you read my reply? Ecuador were willing to work with Sweden in this matter, but the fact that Sweden could not assure anyone that Assange would not be extradited to a 3rd country such as the US was the reason why Ecuador granted Assange political asylum. If they could have assured Ecuador otherwise, then they would have had the opportunity to question him.

You can't be "all for transparency" and attach conditions. The reason why the leaked documents came as a shock were the sheer quantity and nature of them. No amount of diplomacy would have lightened the blow, but had the US government did it's job towards transparency in the first place, they could have set the conditions as to what way these documents were released. Let's not forget, this is a failure to act by the government, so journalism had to play the role. Yes, that does make people think that the government betrayed them, as all journalistic discoveries do.

Sorry, guess I didn't read it properly. I know I'd rather he wasn't in Britain, and I do agree that he should have the courtesy at least of being questioned by one jurisdiction without fear of extradition to another for the time being, but all this country-hopping is a bit of a farce and confuses things. Whose judicial system is he supposed to be obeying when he's hacked US systems (an offence regardless), wanted for questioning in Sweden and is hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in England? It's like something out of a satirical sketch show.

I am all for transparency. But I do believe that there would have been a better way to do it. I understand what you're saying about the government, they should be more transparent and Wikileaks wouldn't be necessary. I suppose they underestimated the power of technology and I hope governments worldwide keep one step ahead from now on.