In a coup of sorts the website has managed to follow up its Afghanistan war log release with yet another trove of raw data. We are aware of the debate surrounding the utility or lack of these revelations serves to the general public. We think publications like The Guardian newspaper of Britain and others have attempted to balance the interests of their own countries' national security concerns and the need for public access to such information in a way they saw fit.
We do not think anyone in our position could interrogate that. However, we have to add our voice to those supporters of the free flow of information who argue that it is vital that the public - and in this globalised village we mean every citizen of the world - has as much information at their disposal about how those in control of the levers of power utilise that power as possible. As power becomes even more centralised and powerful countries gain even more power, those in weaker countries and in the global South even more importantly need access to as much information as to the machinations behind the business of First World politics so as to understand how those who really have power in the world use that power.
