Wiki Leaked?

A quarter-million Cables have been leaked from the United States Government. Now I am  referring to someone stealing TV cables from the White House but  classified information. The cables where leaked by the now known to the government as the infamous Wikileaks. What is Wikileaks? Wikileaks is a website that’s publishes classified files from the government, corporations, and even religious documents. Sometimes leaks are purposely leaked by government officials. 

Wikileaks gained popularity off of a video of American soldiers killing unarmed Arab civilians and wounding children. Over 66 thousand civilians have been killed since the US invaded Iraq. There are three questions. What should be done about Wikileaks? Sense the leakers are not in America but a soldier in Bagdad. Is Wikileaks good? Finally does Wikileaks put people’s lives in danger?

The most recent leaked was a conversation between General David Petraeus and Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh talking about covering up US military strikes on Al-Qaeda. President Ali Abdullah Saleh said they will cover up the strikes by saying Yemeni forces were behind the attacks.

The first leaks were by a American soldier who had access to a government computer and simply downloads the files to a USB giving birth to Wikileaks. Some are calling Wikileaks a truth digger however President Barrack Obama said leaking the files only hindered the United States. The government is conducting a criminal investigation. General Eric Holder said the investigation will hold “anybody who is involved in the breaking of American law."

Wikileaks may be a truth digger however the person behind Wikileaks is putting people’s lives in danger? After the leaks an Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in a suicide bomb attack and another wounded after a motorcycle pulled up side them with and attached a bomb to the car. One can look at Wikileaks as a older brother bringing his new girlfriend to dinner, and when the date leaves and the whole family gets together and talks about the date. Then one of the family members tells the date all of the bad things the family said about her.

In the end Wikileaks needs to be shut down and the person behind it should be arrested. Wikileaks is toying with a fragile economy and democracy.