"The only reason people like myself like WikiLeaks is because the news is more closer to the truth than we've had before, not because Assange is our hero."

So you are saying that there is a piece of information unknown to you, and then WikiLeaks publishes something on its site and you know it is the truth. Or did you mean to say that WikiLeaks says things you are inclined to believe in the first place?

For the last week we have been talking about the news media in my American Gov't class. It is shocking how many of the students get their information from one or two places. One of the students even said that he didn't watch one of the media giants newscast because he often didn't agree with their point of view. Whatever happened to listening to ALL opinions and synthesizing your own opinion?

If I assume that what WikiLeaks posted was actually secret information, then the person leaking the information should go to prison for life, and Mr. Assange can join him. But I am prejudiced, and was in the Navy a long time ago. There was no question about what would happen if we compromised security.