Should Gov shut down Wikileaks?

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Permalink Reply by Erik Deckers on October 12, 2009 at 1:42pm

No, the government should keep their hands off. This is a textbook case of what the First Amendment was meant to protect against.

Some of the Wikileaks contributions may be circumspect at best, illegal at worst, but those issues are between the contributor and his/her source (like the ex-Cayman Islands bank employee who stole company information and posted it). But that does not justify an entire government shut down of the site.

I think this case will go to the Supreme Court before it's over, and I can see the Court siding with the pro-First Amendment camp.

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Permalink Reply by Douglas Karr on October 12, 2009 at 9:07pm

The free press is one of the institutions of democracy. Barack Obama said so!

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Permalink Reply by Chad McCullough on October 13, 2009 at 6:53am

Like Erik said, it's all about the First Amendment. The Government should keep their hands off. Period. Agree or don't agree with the site, it doesn't matter.

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