United States | Overseeing state secrecy

In defence of WikiLeaks

By operating outside the state system, WikiLeaks acts as a check on state power

By W.W. | IOWA CITY

WHILE fascinating in their own right, these WikiLeaks document dumps are also fascinating in the way they draw out fairly fundamental intuitions about the rights and privileges of the American state. Earlier today I attempted to draw up a taxonomy of different ideological/character types elicited by WikiLeaks, but quickly became mired in the complexity of it all. Rather than diagnose the world, I'll just diagnose myself in contrast to my colleague.
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