The principal sin is that Wikileaks undermined (by explicitly exposing
crimes) the wide spread belief among subjects of modern states: "it is
OK for my state/party to behave criminally, because I benefit from it,
as long as they keep it quiet". This is the unpardonable offense.
If documenting crimes requires "super-empowered individual" it just
means that criminals are expending enormous efforts to hide them.
Assange (and Wikileaks) has become a prime example of what military
theorist in the early 00s called a "super-empowered individual" capable
of marshaling technology and resources available to non-sate actors to
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