The Next Leak Is Coming Soon

Khatchadourian, Raffi. "No Secrets." The New Yorker. Condé Nast Digital, 07 Jul. 2010. Web. 23 Feb. 2011.

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Raffi Khatchadourian is the author of, No Secrets, which focuses on Julian Assange. Raffi focuses a lot on Assange’s creation of WikiLeaks, and then he turns to explain about his childhood and up bringing. WikiLeaks is a group of documents all sorted on his many computers. He has created a website to show bits and pieces of some of the information that he has collected from the different countries and news sources. He told Raffi that some of the information that he has found, may in fact terrorize the countries. Raffi never really comes out and states his point of view, but he never disagrees or states that he is opposing this situation either. Raffi may believe, from the hints that were given through out the article that Assange is not trying to harm anyone; Assange just wants people to know the truth. Julian Assange will somehow offer an ultimatum to the president and things could get a little out of hand. Raffi may be a neutral candidate when speaking about WikiLeaks and what could come out of this set of information. He saw the video that Assange and his group created, which is a start at showing what kind of information that Assange may have in his set of credentials. Raffi doesn’t have a straight forward opinion on this subject; he just gave us information containing WikiLeaks and the creator of WikiLeaks. He does agree with the fact that WikiLeaks can be threatening because Assange told Raffi that he is already creating a Project G. Assange also told Raffi how secretive his team is when they are traveling to different places. They hide out because they can’t be found and Assage doesn’t want the government to find him. Assange stays at friends of friend’s places and supporters of WikiLeaks. Raffi came to the conclusion that those who are supporting WikiLeaks are just trying to make known that WikiLeaks is “An instrument for good in societies where the laws are unjust.” (Khatchadourian) The supporters and ones who are working with Assange don’t want to war when the projects come out in the open, Assange has just mentioned, “By releasing the information he would allow judgment to occur in the open.”
Assange is unwrapping information that is contained in WikiLeaks. Depending on what issue he lets out next, he could start a really big fight with those who are involved with that issue. Americans may start getting angry once they see what Assange brings out of WikiLeaks. Raffi does believe the statement above about how Americans who are involved in whatever the issue may concern could be at risk for some problematic issues. The President and Congress could be in danger with some angry Americans; they should have gotten a warning sign when Assange released the video “Collateral Murder.” This point of view Raffi is undergoing is pretty important and should have most Americans thinking and brainstorming on what issue could be released next in WikiLeaks. This concern may not be really important for some people, but if they research and even watch “Collateral Murder,” the mind will surely change into worried mode. Assange is a powerful man that may be in control because of the information that he is holding from the media that has been given to him. He stores all of his information on his computer and then documents whatever is given to him on WikiLeaks and he is the one that will call the shots on when to allow the public to view the information. I feel as though Raffi is challenging those who are concerned with the society to research and study up on Assange and what he is planning on doing because the next project could concern that person.