Monday, December 6, 2010

LU prof says WikiLeaks is all about ego

The release of confidential American diplomatic messages by the website WikiLeaks continues to create a stir. It's founder remains in hiding. Laure Paquette, a professor in Lakehead University's Political Science Department, says while some information is very sensitive, we shouldn't worry about our safety as a result of this. She says to keep in mind that founder Julian Assange has the mentality of a hacker and he gets great delight in releasing information on the Internet that other people don't want him to release. Paquette says theWikiLeaks revelations about Canada's diplomats were more embarrassing than damaging