Fragments of the book “Cult of the Dead Cow”, by Joseph Menn.
Secrets
In a 2016 speech to students at the University of Michigan, Song argued that moral reasoning was fundamental to what should be a noble endeavor, since technology is the only thing that increases human productivity. “Security is about how you configure power, who has access to what. That is political.”, Song said.
Glenn and others saw Assange as reckless, noting that the judicial system and other parts of government have very good reasons for keeping some facts confidential.
Arguing out a hypothetical about missile launch codes getting into the wrong hands, Jake declared: “Perhaps you shouldn’t have missiles to launch if you can’t keep your codes secret?”. Jake said a lot of provocative things, declaring thet wiretaps were “entirely bogus” and that most search warrants were improper. One of the most surprising assertions came in response to questions about who should decide what secrets to publish. Instead of WikiLeaks holding that right as a publisher, Jake said it was up to WikiLeaks’ sources, whoever they were. “It’s a rough reality, but bitching about WikiLeaks makes little to no sense”, he wrote. “The point of the press is to inform”.