Whistleblowers vs Secrecy
In order to best understand the story of Julian Assange's legal battle we should look into the term that defines him, a whistleblower. The definition of a whistleblower is a person who exposes secretive information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within a private or public organization. Julian Assange is a perfect example of what a whistleblower is because of what he did back in 2010. He founded a site called WikiLeaks and in 2006 and he used his new site to release private information about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. They make a point in the article of is he a hero or criminal it just depends on who you ask. Julian Assange Personally, we the people should have access to anything we want to know about however, I do believe that there should be some safeguards in place to keep that information out of the wrong hands. I believe that Julian Assange didn’t do anything wrong releasing the information to the public, what he did was n...