Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Wikileaks is an international non-profit organization that publishes secret , classified media from anonymous sources. This site was created by journalists , mathematicians and start up company technologists from all over the world. The site began as a dialogue between activists who wanted to allievaite suffering. Since 2007 it posted thousands of documents with the intention of getting information to the public domain.

Society has looked upon Wikileaks with both a positive and negative reactions. Some fear Wikileaks is endangering the lives of Amercians diplomats and soldiers. They also feel it puts extra pressure for foreign diplomats and professionals coming to the US at risk. Former intelligence analyst Bob Ayers belives that the information posted on the site might not be a direct threat but it has the power to be a threat to combatants fighting in the area. Wiklileaks founder says his organization has a "Harm-minimization process to identify , redict , or withhold anything that might hurt a source or anyone involved."

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