Why the US Declared War on Wikileaks: The Origin Story

The world’s most powerful government vs. the internet’s most influential whistleblower site. Is America’s war on Wikileaks an attack on journalism and free speech?

This episode of Cyberwar originally aired in 2017.

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[SALSN]

As a US citizen, supporting the US authorities against Assange is like saying you want to be kept in the dark and not know the shady stuff they do. Which is pretty much the opposite of democracy and freedom..?

[sierralvx]

Pompeo just sounds like a bully who's upset that the nerd showed his dirty texts. The US can't play fair when it comes to war and they don't want their citizens to see what they do with their military, but the us citizens deserve to know. It's the lack of transparency that angers me the most.

[robertluvisia]

Basically government criminals don't like being exposed

[joshlarck]

If you side with the government over this, you dont understand the 1st ammendment

[gumscape]

Assange is an international hero. So glad he’s free

[philuky]

What kind of national security does America have when it commits war crimes?

[sauce]

Ill save you 22 minutes: he poked the bear

[codaalive]

Hey Vice, why recycle this after seven years of silence? It makes no sense now.

[yashaouchan]

This is phrased against Wikileaks. This seems like propaganda.

[guyincognito]

10:30 “has there ever been a dump that’s helped a free speech country?” Uhhh learning we were doing bad stuff (Manning, Snowden) IS GOOD

[GlassesAndCoffeeMugs]

Like Assange or not you can't jail people for publishing documents that are in the public interest to release

[Spiral.Dynamics]

I’m so glad Julian Assange is finally free. I am thankful for people like him who expose the secrets of the powerful.

[domelessanne]

Intelligence is not America's strong suit

[auntieanne-wroh]

The fact that we get free videos on YouTube by VICE News is truly a gift. 👏👏👏

[briankint]

please put dates on the video. especially when doing an interview

[FreedomofspeechSensor-zuip]

"If you take on the intelligence community they have 6 ways from Sunday to get back at you"
~Upchuck Shumer

[TheOnesAtTheBottom]

Governments should be forced to be transparent by default.

[nolos]

NGL seems kind of lazy to repost this with no update. At least put in the title this videos 7 years old.

[nickmagrick]

Why? To cover up their illegal activity. There is no mystery here, corruption plain and simple

[jamaljames]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾