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from a New Yorker article <\/a>on Wikileaks’ heroic Julian Paul Assange –<\/p>\n

“But, unlike authoritarian regimes, democratic governments hold secrets largely because citizens agree that they should, in order to protect legitimate policy.”<\/p>\n

This is one of the biggest crocks in modern history. <\/p>\n

Wikileaks is doing more to promote self-government than the vast majority of liberal publications that kowtow to government coverups. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from a New Yorker article on Wikileaks’ heroic Julian Paul Assange – “But, unlike authoritarian regimes, democratic governments hold secrets largely because citizens agree that they should, in order to protect legitimate policy.” This is one of the biggest crocks in modern history. 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