Wikileaks: We have to explain to our fellow Conservatives why this is a bad thing? From the snarky comments on message boards and angry emails I’m seeing, it seems that we do.

Note that you will never find a bigger supporter of free speech/free expression than myself. I have a degree in media production. I work in radio. Working with film is my one great passion in life. But I also have a private life. There are basic rules of courtesy. As the old expression goes “there some things best left unsaid”. Especially when those things can get someone else hurt or killed.

The biggest question seems to be asking is “What laws are being violated?”

It is stunning that the question is even posed. At the very least this could be construed as spying. At the very worst, it could be construed as treason. There is a reason the material is being marked “classified”.  It’s hard to believe that a government that is regulating what can be sold at school bake sales doesn’t seem to have any laws administering the flow of internal information.

Pathetic when considering our government took no time shutting down websites offering copyrighted music and movies.

Yes the people need information about our government in order to make the right choices when voting. But our government also has secrets that shouldn’t be public knowledge because people can get hurt or killed: nuclear launch codes come to mind.

The courts have affirmed this about our government. One can’t go “Shouting fire in a crowded theater” stated Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in Schenck v. US. The obvious reason: people can get hurt or killed. It is basic common sense.

But this has deeper applications as well. Who is going to risk their life for the US government if all it only takes is one self righteous special interest group to blow their cover? Who is going to risk their life when all it takes is just one liberal politician in a close election to spill the beans? Other nations take a harder look at spying and treason than we do. It’s serious business in a lot of places often punishable by death. And the Wikileaks bunch isn’t even looking at wrist slaps? Our enemies must be out there laughing as they take notes.

Assange himself is complete piece of garbage. Like most hardcore libs, he loves walking around talking about how he’s non-partisan and just wants the truth out. But in past, most of his leaks of US military and intelligence only dealt with the Bush Administration. Most of the current crop of leaked material revolves around Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The president himself seems completely immune to any wrongdoing. We’re still waiting for information regarding Obama’s “Czars”. And Assange himself refuses to answer any questions about the rape investigations swirling around him. When Assange said “The people have a right to know”, he meant secrets other than his own.

One can’t help but wonder now that our government is collecting healthcare information in addition to our financial data how long it’s going to be before people questioning the lefties in charge start getting their own wikileaks pages, for the public good of course.

Note that this is not to dismiss any of the other people involved in this mess. Heads should be rolling at the State Department – starting with Hillary Clinton and going down the chain. Who are the morons so careless with our information is information the public should have access too.

As for the military, there was a time not long ago when Bradley Manning would have been executed for pulling a stunt like this. Manning is openly homosexual and was apparently depressed after fighting with his boyfriend. Some have speculated that part of Manning’s reason was rage over “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. If that is the case as it seems to be, then he answered his own question. Why shouldn’t gays be allowed in the military? Because they become smug, self righteous and put their fellow soldiers in harm’s way. Can we expect this type of behavior every time Gay groups aren’t getting something they want? Al Qaeda and the Taliban told us that homosexuals were morally weak – and they now have a shining example to point at. 

What is most repulsive to me however, is the reaction of the hardcore leftists in our media. The very same people who are pushing for government oversight and regulations of Rush Limbaugh and Fox News have no problem putting Wikileaks information on front pages and lead stories. Not surprisingly the charge is being lead by the New York Times, a rag that refused to report on the ClimateGate scandal. Why? Well it seems that the emails of climate scientists was never met to be made public and were obtained in unethical ways. Never mind the fact that all the ClimateGate information is subject to Freedom of Information Requests, open government laws and is not likely to get anyone killed.

Michael Moore took time away from complaining about how our government favors rich, privileged people over the poor to bail out the socially well connected Assange to the tune of five figures. Someone should ask Moore where he is when one of the common people who can’t do anything for him and disagree with him politically needs to be bailed out.

The saddest part of this whole episode though it that it shows just how uncommitted our government is when it comes to fighting the War on Terror. Does anyone really expect to win fighting the enemy like this?