WikiLeaks: Good or Bad?

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives thumbs up as she addresses around 3,000 summer camp and out of school time professionals at the American Camp Association and Tri State CAMP conference Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives thumbs up as she addresses around 3,000 summer camp and out of school time professionals at the American Camp Association and Tri State CAMP conference Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, has been causing controversy the past few years by releasing top secret documents for all the world to see. Born on July 3, 1971, he has become an exceptional computer programmer, journalist, and publicist. In 2010, he was accused of sexual assault and avoided arrest by seeking asylum at the Embassy of Ecuador in London.

With no access to the outside world since 2012, Assange has been strategically releasing articles that bring important political figures’ motives to light. Hillary Clinton, because of her exposed emails, has accused Assange of working personally with Russia to release documents that would benefit the communist nation.

The Democratic Party has raised concerns about the relationship between WikiLeaks and Vladimir Putin. Supporting their accusation, Assange has taken Russia’s side on controversial issues like the brewing unrest in Ukraine, stating that US involvement is the main cause of the crisis. He has also claimed in an interview with New York Times that, “Every man and his dog are criticizing Russia, it’s a bit boring isn’t it?”.julian-assange

With all of this controversy surrounding Wikileaks we are left to wonder if it is morally correct. Assange has gotten hold of thousands of top secret documents, and like Clinton’s emails, some of the leaks are beneficial even to us ordinary civilians. However, should we really know everything about our country? The point of a top secret document is to stay secret, and the idea of a man having stayed indoors for four years hacking away at his computer does not exactly sound pleasing. So who put him in charge of keeping the world intact? Why hasn’t America attempted to take Wikileaks down? How do we even know the leaked documents are real?