I think it’s important to realize that Wikileaks can have ulterior-motivations beyond simple “anti-corruption.” Obviously this past election cycle has proven this with their taking a side and all the nefarious implications happening behind the scenes.

Now I’m no Patriot Act fan or anything like that, so I don’t necessarily take issue with exposing the overextension of government surveillance, but the truth is the power of an outlet like Wikileaks is simply very dangerous. Calling it Russian run or whatever is a bit much, but we should acknowledge that at the very least, to some extent, the Russians are in bed with them (at what point will people finally give up the stupid as fuck “but that’s a conspiracy theory” bullshit on this?). Classified info is, believe it or not, often classified for reasons other than “fucking over the American people.” We need to be careful with what we condone when it comes to these sorts of leaks, and realize when the motives might be, in some cases, to cripple certain parts of our government when they aren’t playing nice with other countries or even other parts of our government itself.