“[A]s usual, for authoritarian minds, those who expose secrets are far more hated than those in power who commit heinous acts using secrecy as their principal weapon.
“First we have the group demanding that Julian Assange be murdered without any charges, trial or due process. . . .
“The way in which so many political commentators so routinely and casually call for the eradication of human beings without a shred of due process is nothing short of demented. . . .
“Then, with some exceptions, we have the group which — so very revealingly — is the angriest and most offended about the WikiLeaks disclosures: the American media, Our Watchdogs over the Powerful and Crusaders for Transparency. On CNN last night, Wolf Blitzer was beside himself with rage over the fact that the U.S. Government had failed to keep all these things secret from him . . .”