| Institutions that arent' fully accountable need a countervailing force SupportiveArgument1 #85974 Institutions are not fully accountable, it is useful to have an unaccountable countervailing institution to reveal their secrets. |
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Author: Eshter Dyson
Cited by: David Price 11:49 PM 14 December 2010 GMT
Citerank: (6) 85953anon.penet.fi was a precursor to WikiLeaks959C6EF, 85960Can be no clear boundary—but far away from the impulse of authority"There can be no clear line marking what needs to be kept secret (or never uttered) from what does not, but it should be drawn far from where most authorities put it – at least in a world where authorities are imperfect."959C6EF, 85961Leakers sin on our behalf so that we may live comfortablyPursuers of transparency sin on our behalf, so that we may live comfortably while they afflict the authorities at great personal risk and in disregard of (authorities' interpretation of) the law and sometimes even ethics.1198CE71, 85963Oppose abuses of authorityJulian Assange's is motivated by a concern about the abuse of authority.959C6EF, 86587Is diplomatic convenience really so important?8FFB597, 86589Degree of openness necessary to make those in power behave better109FDEF6
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| Excerpt / Summary This is and should be the principle behind WikiLeaks and its successors – to publish information that officials would keep secret, not information about private lives. In a world where governments, corporations, and other institutions have so much information about us, it is only right that we should have more information about them and about the activities of people acting on their behalf.
If institutions are not fully accountable, it is useful to have an unaccountable countervailing institution to reveal their secrets. |