President Barack Obama’s administration is dismayed with the onset of WikiLeaks, a website dedicate to exposing to the public confidential government documents. The government has expressed their concern by urging the website to halt publication of such documents, as their continued harassment of government will risk many lives. The Obama administration sent a letter to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, urging him to stop pursuing public disclosure of confidential documents, adding that it is a grave violation of the law and shall result in equally grave consequences.
Assange responded to the letter stating that Obama’s administration purely does not want to be held accountable. Assange’s latest barrage of public exposures supposedly will feature documents that are seven times that of the Iraq War Logs and would likely cause a tremendous impact on the country. It is also rumored that the documents includes correspondence by governments of other nations as well, thus further expanding the scope of involvement. Washington has been reported to be raising an alarm to diplomats warning them of the possible leak. The administration’s letter came right after Assange questioned the government as to who would be the key stakeholders in case the documents do come out.
Meanwhile, U.S. State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh sent orders to WikiLeaks to give back the documents, adding that the government will not negotiate terms of any kind as to the exposure of said documents which are deemed to have been illegally obtained despite their highly confidential nature. Koh also says that the said documents could potentially harm the country’s current counter-terrorism efforts.
