I have a question in light of the actions of people like Julian Assange and Snowden. I don’t know the ins and outs of their actions and it would seem to me that the true impact of their actions is not yet known apart from the obvious damage it is doing to the US ego but as far as lives put in danger that claim remains debatable by some.
My question is: If whistle-blowers become afraid of speaking up for fear of prosecution and if media become afraid to report the truth for fear of prosecution and the authorities that uphold the law are so close to the law makes that they are prevented from acting on doubtful behaviour, when the law makers themselves are part of the deception to operate covertly and it turns out the government authorised the deception - who is going to hold governments accountable for such betrayal of the people?
I hear you all say loud and clear WE the people will when called on to vote at an election. The problem is how will we know what is going on if the whistle-blowers become afraid of speaking up for fear of prosecution and if the media is afraid to report for fear of prosecution and the authorities that uphold the law are so close to the law makes that they are prevented from acting on questionable behaviour, when the law makers are part of the deception to operate covertly in the first place as it turns out the government authorised the deception?
If the whistle-blowers that exposed the systematic torture of prisoners by the US and its allies (directly and indirectly by sending people to second and third party counties) hadn't done what they did it would still be going on? You bet it would because we wouldn't know about it.
This post is not in support or otherwise of the US, Assange or Snowden. I simply pose the question as I see a big problem.
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