Thursday, July 29, 2010

Are all leaks good?

Are all leaks good?

by The Economist online

WE PUT that question to Julian Assange, the editor of Wikileaks, which recently published a trove of classified papers on the war in Afghanistan. Mr Assange explained to us the process by which he leaks documents—he intends to minimise any harm the release may cause and maximise the documents' impact. Some may find those two goals contradictory, but in the end, Mr Assange told us, "True information does good."

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