Mark Felt was the former Federal Bureau of Investigation Associate Director, for many that name holds no meaning, but what about the name “Deep Throat.” If you have been through a high school American history class then you probably have. Deep Throat was a secret informant who provided information to key personnel of The Washington Post about the president’s involvement in a scandal during the 1970s. Some may say that a high ranking official should not be lurking in parking garages releasing private or even sensitive information to the press who plans to release it to the public. Fearing for his life and scrutiny, Felt kept his identity secret until his death bed and was considered to be the greatest whistle blower of the 1970s.
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In Guantanamo Bay, the US Army manual for soldiers dealing with prisoners at Camp Delta, was released on WikiLeaks in 2007. Human rights groups were concerned that according to official guidelines, prisoners could be denied access to the Red Cross for up to four weeks. Also, that “special rewards” for good conducts was a roll of toilet paper. Many of us know today about how Assange and other informants leaked emails from all around our political system, to include the Panama …show more content…
Well let’s look into how “leaks” can be a bad thing. No government or corporation intentionally leaks thousands of confidential documents. WikiLeaks is accepting stolen property and passing it on through the internet to anyone who cares to take it. So could they be considered a spy for doing this? WikiLeaks released the Afghanistan War documents that could identify US military informants which meant that they could no longer pass and information to us since they were made public. This could hinder military operations and could put a target on the informants not to mention the civilian populations in forward military operations. Exposing leaks puts our national security at risk by showing how weak the cyber security is. Copycats will invite more hackers and inside informants to obtain information that is meant to be hidden for the greater good. Information could be sold to the highest bidder putting governments, military personnel and its civilian population at risk for many different types of
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In Guantanamo Bay, the US Army manual for soldiers dealing with prisoners at Camp Delta, was released on WikiLeaks in 2007. Human rights groups were concerned that according to official guidelines, prisoners could be denied access to the Red Cross for up to four weeks. Also, that “special rewards” for good conducts was a roll of toilet paper. Many of us know today about how Assange and other informants leaked emails from all around our political system, to include the Panama …show more content…
Well let’s look into how “leaks” can be a bad thing. No government or corporation intentionally leaks thousands of confidential documents. WikiLeaks is accepting stolen property and passing it on through the internet to anyone who cares to take it. So could they be considered a spy for doing this? WikiLeaks released the Afghanistan War documents that could identify US military informants which meant that they could no longer pass and information to us since they were made public. This could hinder military operations and could put a target on the informants not to mention the civilian populations in forward military operations. Exposing leaks puts our national security at risk by showing how weak the cyber security is. Copycats will invite more hackers and inside informants to obtain information that is meant to be hidden for the greater good. Information could be sold to the highest bidder putting governments, military personnel and its civilian population at risk for many different types of