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loquitor---
so wait a minute: if i am argue that in the context of certain political actions it is ok to violate the law, your response is to say that therefore all rule of law is out the window and we'll on a downhill trail toward barbarism?
strange, but the motivation (as i understand it) for leaking alot of these documents--on afghanistan & iraq in particular--was that you have a political regime in the united states that's all sanctimonious about the rule of law except when it restricts the united states itself. as hegemon, the rules that the little people live by don't apply. all that matters is that the violations be kept secret (the procedure for "reporting" torture instituted by rumsfeld springs to mind, but then again alot of the criminal actions of the bush administration spring to mind)....and when documentation comes out that blows the lid off these sanctimonious claims about the "rule of law" you start talking about the "crime" of trafficking in stolen information?
seems absurd to me. like the sort of thing that'd be political/theatrical suicide to try to act on for the united states.
this newest leak is perhaps more easily actionable because the information is, up to now, less explosive because the obama administration seems to actually have a bit less cavalier attitude toward law and other such than did the bush administration.
but the same logic applies.
i would think the damage done to american credibility by trying to prosecute wikileaks would far outweigh any possible advantage.
and you can't get around the point about rhetoric. at the moment, where's the bluster about criminal action and prosecution coming from?
this isn't rocket science.
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