I think that this Wikileaks documentary is really powerful and informative. It does provide a massive amount of information about this mysterious website and its administrators as well. It was nice seeing in the documentary the place/basement where all the leaking operations are being conducted. I loved that word "Information Famine" that was mentioned in the document by one of the Assange’s supporters since it typically described the helpless situation and condition of the world before the sudden emergence of Wikileaks. In my own point of view, I believe that Wikileaks’ collaboration with some popular newspapers strengthened Wikileaks’ position even more. Nevertheless, the documentary did not go in-depth with respect to how Wikileaks obtains its information or in other words it did not refer to the main sources of Wikileaks’ critical data and classified documents. Personally, I believe that Julian Assange is a real hero who was able to draw the world’s attention to painful realities in various countries. He has this message to the voiceless people worldwide to stand up for their rights, be powerful and never tolerate any kind of unjust practices because such tolerance would make these acts happen over and over again. It is really interesting that despite the various counter-attacks against Assange, he is still persistent to reveal serious information like that of the United States war in Iraq. I was really touched by the video which had the two Reuters journalists killed by the U.S military troops in Iraq and wondered how the U.S justified this act of killing innocent civilians. Unfortunately, I think that Julian Assange is more likely to be killed or assassinated because he had been charged by several countries of threatening national security specifically in the United States. Consequently, no one could really predict what could happen to Wikileaks since its future is undetermined and linked to Assange’s survival. Finally, after watching the documentary on YouTube, I noticed that it has about 94,426 views which are not enough. I think that its views have to exceed the 1,000,000 views boundary because all people have to see such documentary and have an attitude towards the confidential unjust and painful practices worldwide.
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