[Noisebridge-discuss] Jacob Applebaum detained upon arriving in U.S.

[Micah Lee]

On 08/02/2010 01:45 PM, Curly Wurly wrote:
> In other words, the end justifies the means.  Why do journalists think
> they have that right?
> 
> Instead of looking at the larger issue of the wars in total, the
> reductionist in me boils it down to these assumptions:
> 
> 1.) Assume there's a great injustice in the world.
> 2.) Assume I have a document, which when published could end that injustice.
> 3.) Assume that publishing the document will result in the execution
> of John and Jane Doe.

Who are these John and Jane Doe's you're talking about? You can download
the Afghan war files and look through them. Who will get executed
because of this leak? Or are you just making that up?

> I wouldn't publish it.
> 
> If you take a holistic view and pull in justifications such as how
> unjust point 1 is, I think the debate gets cloudy.  Sticking with this
> reductionist exposition, would anyone choose to publish it?

The US military shouldn't be fighting a war in Afghanistan to begin
with. They also shouldn't be keeping so many secrets, and do so many
horrible things that US citizens are paying for. US military involvement
in the middle east is only making enemies and doing nothing to keep us
safer. The more classified information about these wars that gets
published for everyone to see, the less horrible things they can get
away with in secret.