WIKILEAKS - PROMOTING THE TRUTH???

THE SAGA SURROUNDING Julian Assange has assumed a greater degree of intrigue now that he has sought asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy.  Assange is clearly an intelligent man, and his decision to seek refuge in this particular Embassy smacks of premeditation.

     When Wikileaks began operating, Assange proclaimed his organisation was incorruptible.  He vowed to publish secret information in order to to facilitate real social change no matter what the cost.

Julian Assange - manipulator or modern crusader?

However, by choosing to approach the Ecuadorian Embassy recently, it is possible to infer that Assange lies at odds with the very ethos which founded his company.  Approaching the Ecuadorian government suggests Assange has privileged and damaging information about their government, allowing him to effectively persuade the Ecuadorian's to grant his request.  
     If, however, Assange does not hold privileged information which is clearly damaging to the Ecuadorian government, why else has the Ecuadorian Ambassador not chosen to expel him due to the legalities of his current situation?  Are they really acting in the best interests of human rights?

     Theoretically, the conception of Wikileaks is commendable. Publishing sensitive information which is damaging to a government or organisation but rests in the interests of the public good is an admirable ideal.  Especially if such publication results in a positive policy change.  However, this latest move by Assange appears to have perverted the ethos and values upon which his organisation was originally founded.  His move suggests that whilst Wikileaks has already published a raft of sensationalist information which has been devoured by the mainstream media, Assange's true motivation has not been to promote change through openness and transparency; his main aim seems to promote the information at his disposal to secure and advance his own position, without really considering the majority and masses, of whom he originally claimed to represent.