Julian Assange is a wanted journalist in our modern day for his leaking of classified government documents. He is an Australian and computer programmer who eventually created the website WikiLeaks. This is a whistle-blower site that has create a world-wide hatred of this man. This released several U.S. based documents making him wanted exposing the truth of the governments actual activities in the Afghanistan War under Bush and even a manual on Guantanamo detention center. Currently is hate for releasing the Podesta emails that have exposed Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton and several soliciting issues. Some sexual assault allegation in Sweden makes him wanted in that nation which caused his initial run from the law. He found asylum by the Ecuador government and is currently in an Ecuadorian embassy in London facing arrest from Britain and could possibly be sent to Sweden (until 2020 with the case being drop due to a statute of limitation) or the US where he would face the death penalty.
Edward Snowden is another whistle blower who is facing death. He worked for the NSA and an IT guy. While doing this, he found some illegal actions that the US government that hindered basic freedoms of the American people. He collects what he found disturbing and fled to Hong Kong where he released the information with help of Laura Poitra’s, a filmmaker, and a U.K publication The Guardian. He is currently in an asylum in Russia where he could possibly be given citizenship to protect him from the wrath of the US government. A very polarizing figure in the US but it as equal in terms of Assange.
So, what is the true issue? The very fact that the U.S. government was found doing wrong. This caused a public outcry in the government which they—senators, governors, representatives—to use the media outlets that they controlled to spread that these men are traitors. Evil men who did a bad thing. I am here to say that these are not traitors or some finding there five minutes of fame, these are Robin Hood figures. Hated Heros. Why are they hated because the out lash they have received is to the point that these men’s lives are destroyed and face the death penalty. If that is not hatred to these men, then I don’t know what you can call what the U.S. government have expressed toward these men. They are Heros as they have publicly given the populace the information that can protect us…American citizens who see liberties taken away constantly and face more to be taken.
How much of an issue is that? Why does American liberties matter to an Australian and “traitor”? These men have exposed the true issue that our society is missing. That some of Americas basic rights are violated and face violation. Assange showed the American military abusing military might and currently shows that a person lies and buys her way to get to the most powerful office. It raises the question what about her platform has she lied about or not do if she obtains the office? Snowden shown that the government is creating a Big Brother society in the name of security. It not the matter that we have lost our liberties because we have not lost them. The question arrives when will lose them because the voting populace is blinded and brainwashed by lies and deceit.
In closing remarks, it has never failed when a person or entity is given power they will not give it back. Reason why so many generals of the people became harsh dictators and exploited the very people they helped or just simply changed the very government that they sought to save. What Assange and Snowden has shown that we [the American people] have asked for security at lose of our liberty—which in the case the stretching of the definition—have yet retain liberties and obtain security.
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