Resolved: Wikileaks has threatened U.S. National Security

1. I never said that Assange is a "good guy". You're entire criticism of my argument is a misrepresentation of what I said. I was emphasizing the stated goals of Wikileaks. Any harm done to national security was done by the person abusing their governmental powers. Before releasing the documents, Wikileaks contacted the US government and asked them if any of the documents contained sensitive information that it didn't want disclosed and the US government did not respond. I clearly addressed information exchange when I talked about cables. The Schoenfield analysis fails because multiple previously sited government officials said that there was no danger to international cohesion, national security, or information exchange. The German Minister of the Interior said that Wikileaks does not threaten national security or its ties with the U.S. Cables should be careful to not abuse their power of secrecy, even if they have subjective views. A threat to national security implies a "direct and immanent harm", which all government figures that represent these branches of government and political analysts that I have mentioned have said that Wikileaks poses no threat to national security. I also cited that Wikileaks does not use "stolen" information. Stolen implies that there was ownership, and if this information is being deliberately withheld illegally using government powers, then there is no "stolen" information. Information is leaked by sources that have access to the information and deem it in need of being in public knowledge. Wikileaks releases information based on what it deems necessary for their agenda, aka abuse of government secrecy. As I said before, the Secretary of Defense is the advisor on threats to national security, and although he does not have the final authority, he is the figurehead for government security. He says that Wikileaks is no threat to international cohesion, communication, or national security. All of your extensions are irrelevant. All assume that Wikileaks is threatening governments' communication and national security. You are using topic to support why your opinion on it is correct. You fail to address many points that I laid out. There is no check on abuse of government secrets. Individuals with information like Daniel Ellsberg are personally threatened and discouraged to leak information of deliberate government abuse. You also assume that without abuse of government secrecy, no progress can be made to combat terrorism. Since I already refuted your "deterrence of international communication and cooperation" argument, there is therefore nothing stopping governments from working together legally with their powers of secrecy to combat global terrorism. Wikileaks, as claimed by the officials of the U.S., German, and Russia, poses no threat to national security and in no way assists terrorists. By promoting honest and legal tactics to combat terrorism, the war on terror is not skewed by deliberate misleading of the public (like with President Johnson). Your weak evidence, unwillingness to recognize my evidence, and poor terrorism analysis is why people must vote for Con. All evidence previously cited