"t’s the same story, whether it’s Manning; Assange; Snowden; - TopicsExpress

"t’s the same story, whether it’s Manning; Assange; Snowden; Thomas Drake; John Kiriakou, the whistleblower from CIA; William Binney from the NSA. We are seeing now an attack on whistleblowers, an attack on everybody who tries to counter this terrible trend we’ve seen with escalating secrecy in government. And the reaction speaks for itself. The reaction to whistleblowers, the reaction to WikiLeaks, is exposing actually how effective WikiLeaks is and the new technology you have to get information out. That is why those in power who want to cover up corrupt practices, whether it’s in the corporate sector or in the government sector, are trying everything to quash these attempts."