Originally Posted by bronco67

I wonder why people seem to forget that the root of this leak is based on espionage by an American soldier who shouldn't have had any kind of security clearance. As a kid, he refused to say the pledge of allegiance, and is a known flaming left wing activist.

Both him and Assange have nothing but malicious intent toward the US government. They've also put US soldiers and operatives in danger, and made their jobs much more difficult. Anyone that thinks all nations can just be transparent and operate without secrecy are just showing how naive they are.