CSPAN Capitol Hill Hearings August 26, 2011
>> my wife and i have been in china the last come months. the chinese authority use the same rationale for their very, very sweeping depression going on now as serious members of the government would do. as if these details were freely disseminated, public order would be threatened. so the basic foundation is the first amendment. the checks and balances systems is there should be some checks on institutions that want to preserve information. so we see benefit in the transparancy that wikileaks in some cases is able to provide. equally obvious collaboration is that unless you are will...