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Originally Posted by debaser
What great scandal or corruption was outed?
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Many. One of the most recent is how the United States and China worked together behind the scenes to sabotage the climate summit. There are numerous scandals and instances of corruption outed by this leak.
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Originally Posted by debaser
How does publishing a list of sensitive sites benefit the democratic process?
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First and foremost, it demonstrates in no uncertain terms that basically every government classifies in instances that have nothing to do with imperative state secrets and saving lives. Overuse of secrets is inherently anti-democratic in the most fundamental way: if the voting public is having the wool pulled over our eyes on pivotal issues, we vote without all the facts. Free press is part of our democracy. Free speech is part of our democracy.
Whole books could be written on how wikileaks serves democracy.