What do you think of wikileaks?

[HappySqurriel]

Mnementh said:

HappySqurriel said:

 

If I was involved in the government doing immoral things I would be a whistle blower, not an information leaker ...

While a whistle blower may only reveal one side of the story you can evaluate their motives, an information leaker remains annonymous and their motivations are kept secret. A whistle blower (typically) acts from a position of trying to do the right thing (because the act of speaking out generally destroys their career), while an information leaker typically acts for personal gain.

 

So Deep Throat was an information leaker (not a whistle blower) and what he did was wrong?

Being that deep throat was Mark Felt and likely acted leaked the information on watergate because Nixon didn't make him FBI director and not for ethical reasons (being that his career is full of acts of questionable ethics) it is the perfect example of what I am talking about ... He leaked information not because he thought the Watergate breakin was wrong but because the leaking of infomation would benefit him personally.