Who is right here, Assange or the rest of us?

Assange is not right. Besides embarrassment there is very little news in these leaks. By and large they support in private what our government says in public. So he leaked them because he had them, not because he was shedding the harsh light of truth on publicly told lies (like the Pentagon Papers of 40 years ago, or the illegal wire tapping of the Bush administration)

That makes him a self-promoting muck raker, not a journalist.

Assange is a weasel.

He has this grand plan of we all being equal yet were does he go for house arrest at a mansion that is so big he is limited to part of it because his ankle bracelet would be out range.

He demands no secrets but he doesn't like it when people question him about the rape charges he is facing.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/julian-assange-cal...

I say if he thinks the West is so bad I suggest he go live in the caves of Afghanistan for a while.

the British Press ' LEAKED ' some of the details of the Assange Rape Charges and Assange is whimpering about it , lol

This isn't a matter you put to a vote; its like when most of the World believed the Earth was flat. That doesn't make that view any more valid.

Assange is right because he broke no laws when releasing the information. In fact the Govt wants to legislate so they can criminalize FUTURE releases since they know there's no precedent for convicting a publisher of espionage.

What if we're on his side? It's a matter of opinion, but I happen to be a fan of government transparency. If the government commits and covers up its own atrocities, and transparency has to be squeezed out of them, then so be it. Assange is a patriot on a much higher level than anybody here.

I did not vote for him. He appointed himself to this position of power and stole knowledge I entrusted to people I voted for. He is an imposter and a control freak-just the sort that commits crimes against women.

He is a liberals dream. Loves to pretend the wrong thing to do is the right thing to do.

Assange

I'm sorry; but the majority is always wrong ... That's why Democracy does not work and the Founders allowed for the Electoral College. Ya'know just in case

It sure as hell ain't Assange, that's for damn sure...

"Rest of us" meaning what?