Publishing organization WikiLeaks of sensitive government data not only reveals the secret policy of the authorities, but also threatens the private lives of many innocent people. On it informs Agency Associated Press.
It is noted that together with state papers were published medical documents, data of financial status and passport data of ordinary citizens from different countries. So, the Internet got lists of victims of sexual violence and sick children, information on the progress of their treatment. Several people suffered from actions of swindlers who discovered with a huge volume of data uploaded to WikiLeaks, information about credit cards and social security cards.
Last year alone, the organization’s library was added to 500 thousand documents, primarily from the US Democratic party, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, the Turkish party of justice and development.
The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange has not yet commented on the allegations. On the website of the organization noted that it aimed to “convey important news and information to the public”.
Earlier, Assange said that the actions of whistleblowers, no one has caused “serious harm”. He also expressed surprise at the fact that in the United States for six years, continuing the investigation against his organization, but against Hillary Clinton was closed after only a year. The WikiLeaks disclosure of secret government data, he said, was not aimed to cause damage to U.S. national security. Clinton, as Secretary of state, used an unprotected private servers for official correspondence, including secret. However, in her case that she “had no intention” to jeopardize the security of the country, was enough to close the case.
