Confidential Sources

Julian Assange has created a hole and problem for himself. He deserves to be put in jail and deserves to be extradited by the United States. First of all, Assange is not a US citizen so what is his business leaking classified information about the US government? There is not a government in the world that is perfect. But for Assange to go all out, just to expose the secrets of the US government is very cruel and can be very detrimental to the stability of the United States. What use is it to expose a secret but not find ways to solve the problems leading up to the issues? His behavior represents one of a tyrant who tries to cause war and division within a nation. 

If the government did not put him in jail, he would cause the America people to lose trust and respect for the government. The government is there to protect the people but what use is it when people rise to fight the government? As long as the government is not violating a person’s human rights there is no reason to cruelly, track down sensitive governmental information and expose it too the public. It might be that the government is in the process of fixing certain issues and certain secrets do not need to be revealed because it might hinder the progression of justice.

To top it all off, Assange is not a journalist but rather the creator of Wikileaks with a goal of exposing secrets about the government. He is trying to claim the fact that he is a journalist in order to justify that he has every right to reveal sensitive information. It seems like Assange is abusing the work of a journalist and making it sound like the job is meant for destroying the government and the trust that the people have for their government. In the American democracy, journalist act as the eyes and ears of the public due to the fact that people have busy lives and cannot keep up with actions of the government. 

In essence, it is the journalist job to make sure that the decisions that are taking place and the issues that are arising are being treated fairly in the government and not harming the people. Journalist have every right to participate in the government which is the checking function of the first amendment. That participation in government is to make sure that the state government does not abuse or unjustly use its powers against the citizens. This then means there is no use or reason for journalists to intentional and deliberately expose classified information about the government to the public.

Therefore, for Assange to claim that he is a journalist is false. His actions do not match up with what an actually journalist should be doing. Assange is more so of a whistleblower. He wants to find out wrongdoing in the government that can harm to the public and expose it. Just because you find wrongdoing and expose it does not solve issues but rather it could cause war and disunity among the nation. 

Classified governmental information is not meant for the public eye but rather to be dealt and handle in the court of the law. If there are any sensitive information that could harm the public it needs to be taken to the Supreme Court where this can be handled in a professional and orderly manner. Assange has no rights to be leaking classified information because it does not have bring change in the society rather tension and fear to the public.