Wiki Leaks April 19 th 2011 could become

Wiki. Leaks April 19 th 2011 “. . . could become as important a journalistic tool as the Freedom of Information Act. „ — Time Magazine global defense of sources and press freedoms, circa now — 17 March, 2011 By: Stephen Bradley CSCE 390 Dr. Valtorta LOGO

Wiki. Leaks unethical? v. Is Wiki. Leaks unethical or is it ethically correct for freedom of the press to show everything; including government intelligence? v. Unethical due to the way it reveals private and sensitive government data to the world v. Ethical because it show the American people what is going on LOGO

What topics are a problem? v. Freedom of Speech/Press = Constitutional Right v. Create a way for the enemy to gather more intel about the US’s military strategy = loss of life v. Breaking codes of keeping private data private LOGO

Sticking it to the MAN v. The ACM Tech News post: § Wiki. Leaks avoids shutdown as supporters worldwide go on the offensive By Joby Warrick and Rob Pegoraro; Washington Post Staff Writers; Wednesday, December 8, 2010; 10: 53 PM § Wiki. Leaks managed to avoid any government attempt at shutting them down. v “Its primary Web address was deactivated, its Pay. Pal account was frozen, and its Internet server gave it the boot. § The result: Wiki. Leaks is now stronger than ever, at least as measured by its ability to publish online. § Blocked from using one Internet host, Wiki. Leaks simply jumped to another. Meanwhile, the number of "mirror" Web sites - effectively clones of Wiki. Leaks' main contents pages - grew from a few dozen last week to 200 by Sunday. By early Wednesday, the number of such sites surpassed 1, 000. ” LOGO

Actions to think about v. What should Wiki. Leaks do know? v. Should they be held accountable for the damage they have caused? v. Should they be allowed to continue what they are doing? v. Should they be completely shut down? v. Should the government allow anything like this to ever happen again? LOGO

References v. Wiki. Leaks website: § http: //www. wikileaks. ch/About. html v. ACM Tech News webpage: § http: //technews. acm. org/archives. cfm? fo=201 0 -12 -dec/dec-10 -2010. html#496606 LOGO