You could smell another Dr Haneef, coming from a certain trajectory.
Is Assange's challenge too much for them ignore, as to "national security"- will they get at whistleblowers, also?
Are there the laws to get him in a bind, if they choose to do so and what recourse does Assange have on or to law, himself?
NOW do people see the reason behind Conroy's idiot porn net filter thingie?

This explosive expose from Kellie Tranter, is both Pyrrhic and evocative. In a moral sense, it is well overdue. The ADF, like the Pentagon will do some soul searching in seeking out the " moles " and going into turbo-overdrive, in damage control..Not before time.

Whistle blowers come in all forms and sizes. Govts, Corporations, Business, and the Military, regard them as the pariah-scum of the Earth. They en kindle more damage then tsunamis in their midst, and often the ramifications topple Govts, stakeholders, movers and shakers. The inevitable fall out, attracts more scorn than eulogies. The shock-waves lasts for interminable periods. Significantly, it goes against the flow and status quo. Most regard it has heresy, treachery and wanton breach of trust, and are offended by the perceived " truth ", and it's ambivalence.

The aftermath: a closure of ranks; more secrecy; vilification; less exposure to ridicule. In perspective, it's their livelihood. Every means at their disposal will be facilitated to defend it e.g Pope Benedict XIV pederast priest. More lies and damn lies.

The Wikileaks, is an incredible volatile, if not more damaging than the Pentagon Papers ( 1945-67 ) of Daniel Ellsberg. 39 Years ago - to be exact, and published by the Washington Post. It created an Almighty furore. It led to President Johnson's abrupt demise. Impeachment for President Nixon, and tarnished the image of the Pentagon. It sent convulsions right through the White House, Congress, and the American Nation. To it's credit, it ended the Vietnam War. Saved countless lives. Restored sanity to a topsy-turvy World run by giant Business conglomerates, that profited ( and still do ) from the ' arms race '. In Oz, it brought home our troops.

The Pentagon Papers mk II or Iraq/Afghanistan Wikileaks, comprising some 95,000+ top secret pamphlets, is the greatest revelation in Military History. Will go down in the Guinness Book of Records, World Encyclopedia, Wikipedia etc as the millennium milestone of the Century. Inexorably, there will be ructions galore.Security, as we know it, will never be the same again.

Realistically, but for the Internet - which

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Kelly,
Wert thou unaware twas not so much Julian Assange the modern hero were,
but Bradley Manning, the noblest American of them all?
Alack, for Bradley the course of true love never did run smooth.
Parting with his boyfriend was such sweet sorrow that Bradley sought to salve the winter of his discontent.
He set a plague on both Obama’s houses for their failure to countenance asking and telling .
Thinking that the better part of valour was indiscretion he strove to catch the tide in the affairs of men
when sadness is gay and traitors are cast as heroes.
The spear that he shook at his government shall surely strike at the necks of their allies.

has revolutionized the way we operate, live,work, socialise, the travesty might not have been so readily exposed.It should come as no surprise, especially the Intel community, and Govt's calling for censorship / filtering / blocking of Google etc to prevent citizens from free access, as a ridicules mindless overkill.

Ironically, the National security agencies around the World will from now on, be on high alert. Not nearly as much as in the US, which boasts 138+ Federal Agencies, and twice as many State / Military offshoots, which overlap each other.

Since the 9/11 debacle, there has been an increase of billions in Fed spending to ameliorate the Bin Laden bogey, despite the Arizona / Texas/ California/ New Mexico / Canadian borders which allow free rein to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants on social security and food stamps ?

During WWII, the Brits at Bleechy Park had cracked the Wehrmacht " enigma " code, known only to an exclusive few, as "ultra". Most of the Allied success's from Montgomery, Paton, Eisenhower etc are attributed to the efficacy of the code breakers. Churchill, very reluctantly agreed to share the data with the US Allies. History records, his qualms were vindicated when the Allies on more than 3 occasions imperiled it's existence. !

The Pentagon has gone to extraordinary radical lengths to mitigate the wikileaks. It has claimed initially forgery, loss of lives, breach of National Security, undermining of Military confidentiality, etc It has disingenuously condemned the messenger / whistle blower !
It has attempted to block Julian Assange's web site permanently. It has discredited, defamed, maligned, subverted and misconstrued the entire shenanigans as Media hype, and a paparazzi beat up.

The reality,specially from a Democratic Institution, is a sad reflection of the way News is handled, and the intrinsic values of a free press, which have been ruthlessly compromised. It takes more Assange's and Kellie Tranter's, to expose this insidious cancer. Given half the chance, will blanket censor information, that is prejudicial to their egregious schadenfreude.

One of the salient hazards of keeping secrets in a vault, is the human

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human aspect which predictably is the weak flaw, in the chain of command. The FBI, CIA, MI6, ASIO etc because of it's destructive milieu, have discarded the polygraph, as a crucial tool for all their Operatives. It was viewed as too invasive, unreliable, and incompatible with modern Intelligence systems - even though it is still used Universally by all, to track down, interrogate, supposedly errant terrorist, and suspicious persons of interest ? Courts across the Land, do not accept evidence based testimony from polygraph tests. However,there is increasing evidence, the tests do achieve it's perimeters. Moreover, it has vindicated many spurious suspicions.

With refinements, technology and Psychological expertise, the outcomes are less problematical, and have unerringly vindicated itself as a useful strategic methodology in Guantamo gulag. Despite claims to the contrary, when tests are conducted on subjects on their sexual proclivities, gender preferences, and bedroom antics, the tests become inconclusive ? It isn't hard to imagine a Senior Public servant with 10 or more years service, within the PM's holy sanctum, denying on oath he/she is a pederast ? Therein, lies the predicament in a nutshell.

The Wikileaks, alike the Pentagon Papers reveal the horrific falsehood, and damnable propaganda the Iraq/Afghanistan War has spawned. Civilian casualties, slush money, Mafia tactics, endemic corruption, etc implicating dozens. It is an exercise in greed, duplicity, subornment, fraudulence and utter betrayal, by highly paid people. Entrusted, and supposedly motivated by high-ceiling ideals. They abrogated their sworn duty to serve their Country. Worst, they have embroiled their Allies in their deceit.

At the end of the Day, it begs the question, Just whom do you trust ?
Pathetic. Bring home Our troops.

I agree with the title of the article. Julian Assange certainly is my modern day hero. He, and Noam Chomsky, along with relatively few persons in public life, make up my main source of 'truth' in a world so contaminated with lies.

Others have mentioned that the 'Australian of the year' is up for grabs! And some have suggested that Julian Assange should be a prominent candidate for that award. I agree with that also, and towards those ends have added my own nomination at http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/
and gave my reasons why I think he should win this award. It could be fantastic if we Australians showed our support for a fellow Australian, in his fight for truth. I have outlined my arguments (however poorly) on my own small blog:
http://svaens.blogspot.com/2010/08/julian-assange-for-australian-of-year.html
Perhaps others would like to do the same.