Every time I’ve heard him, I’ve been very impressed with Assange’s understanding of ways in which democracy, governance, and politics work.  It makes me wish we could get to hear him speak more often.  We might stop thinking of him as just some guy who published some leaked documents, and come to see that he’s a brilliant guy (who had an exceptionally brilliant idea with Wikileaks!), to understand the moral perspective that drives the work he’s doing, and most importantly, to realize that he’s in the right. 

To brianrouth:  Assange didn’t steal anything.  He published documents given to him.  And for that matter, neither did Bradley Manning (or whoever the leaker was) steal anything.  He merely returned to the public what was ours to begin with, and was wrongfully kept from us by our government.  Contrary to all the menacing and ridiculous brouhaha from politicians and jealous charlatans who call themselves journalists, none of the material released by Wikileaks has demonstrably endangered national security.  None of it should have been secret in the first place.

what a hypocrite…a man that steals private info lecturing us of privacy and so
what?? I have nothing to hide…what a load of bollocks…is Murdoch paying to say
this?

I don’t mean to insult such a vast number of people, but anyone who could not foresee their exposure on Facebook as eliminating their personal privacy and security is a dunce.