Dhaka, Jan. 10 -- The whole world is buzz with grave concerns about the greatest wonder like cyber aggression of Wikileaks against USA as a backlash over its global strategies and imperial interests. The episode might be taken as a great surprise- simply 'believe it or not' Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, stirred the global society at its depth by a floodgate of revelations disclosing 'a highly classified state secret'. In a symbolic expression it is a sort of bomb explosion to rock the earth leaving global leaders extremely nerved and tense.
Many may term classified cables containing top secrets as 'bombshell'. There is perhaps an allegation that Assange has made a frantic attempt to figure out prominent in global media flash with a bunch of lies. By so doing he went out to outwit world leaders. We are given to understand that USA is most hard hit by Wikileaks barrage of its foreign policy think tanks. Other countries somewhat encapsulated by USA-led globalization are more or less affected.
USA cannot afford to take serious view of it. For it is tarred with the same brush. USA through outsourcing and development projects has been out to conjure up secrets about the economically poor countries .US reaction on Assange jugglery may be a drama staged merely as political gimmicks. It is hard to believe that Julian would dare to step cyber attacks on US security system and that USA's top secrets cannot be leaked by any media high- ups. Whether we believe it or not Assange audacity has been taken seriously by USA as a host of top secrets leaked by Wikileaks militate against US security. One may doubt that US seriousness about taking legal action against Assange is nothing but eyewash. He used to work within USA domain. USA may pretentiously take this episode as another disaster after annihilation of twin-tower. Nevertheless it may be shielded or concealed strategy to guard all its secrecies against the onslaught of high level hacking.
The celebrated columnists are busy presenting views on the motives of Assange behind smelly leaks of Wilikileaks and also on the discomfiture of key figures. Among them some may feel sheepish while asserting that the leaks are 'Zionist-inspired and US-Jewish motivated'. Some may simply ignore it mincing matters as if it were a funny game. Some high-tech electronic news media through mobile, internet and face book may produce cable bull sheets only for earning cheap popularity. US vice president Joe Biden blasted Assange as 'a dangerous high-tech terrorist or a whistleblower same as those attempting to release pentagon papers.'
Notwithstanding allegations against Assange on the basis of which he was arrested from London and his bank accounts were cancelled were closed the assorted secrets leaked by him is thought provoking discovering many seamy side of global governance, neo-imperialism, as such, However internet revelation of secret things is highly embarrassing for USA foreign policy think tanks especially Pentagon. He is exposed to American antagonism standing at loggerheads with the incumbent's victim of his seemingly bold venture.
Assange venture is a strange mix of good and bad. Good side is right to information and bad is lessening of importance of electronic information molding public opinion. Upholding human rights through internet dissemination is most welcome. Funny thing is misuse of 'new media power' to hoodwink the members of public and those of policy community. This is a sort of cyber crime usually emanating from misuses and hacking.
Assange is now facing the music. All the same it has been known that he is expected to steer clear all difficulties as 'Australian foreign minister Kelvin Rudd exonerated his fellow-countryman.' If it is true the conflict between Asssange and USA may turn into conflict between Australia and USA. Nothing wrong in coming to the defense of the countryman and that is what Australian government is doing. 'The Australian government has enraged US by obtaining a cache of some 250,000 US diplomatic cables and slowly releasing the documents through Assange's whistle blowing website, often causing huge embarrassment in Washington'.
The episode centering on Asssange hacking unmasking all secrets seems to be the fall out of distortion-ridden global capitalism with new media power ruling the roost. It indicates the crisis of capitalism. A lot of contradictions have crept into capitalist system with inherent economic interests of big industrialists and the businessmen trading on telecommunication. The crisis also relates to the natural devastation out of climate change with carbon emitters in big capitalist countries responsible for it.
ICT sector is exposed to the foul play of the hackers who are doing a lot of cyber crimes. We are aware of cyber warfare as an international phenomenon jeopardizing normal functioning of global village.
In some cases Wilikileaks revelation is startling and in some cases it is not. Most of the
reveled cables are 'from 2007 or later'. To cite an author's view 'the leaked cables are merely diplomatic gossips and even fail to authenticate the already information on the internet and mass media. If the Saudi king repeatedly requested for invasion of Iran by saying" cut off the head of the snake" the revelation does not make any difference. 'Also if Wikileaks says Iranian intelligence officers served in Iraq and were training Shiite militia even that is no more relevant and something new. Bob Woodward has already disclosed that information in Bush at war. Similarly, the revelations about US troops' abuses in Iraq are also not anything the world did not know.' Most of the breaking news cannot be treated as a great surprise and they are known to us.
What is remarkable is authenticated information on corruption, scandals, act of commission and omission of the politicians and military leaders. Some media anchors quoting Wilikileaks have been reporting details about misdoings of political and military leaders and 'meddlesome role of USA and India.' A series of top-secret documents reported American military policy in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The hall mark of Assange magic is that many a seamy side of governance is now a wake up call. Any concerned authority doing public damage will rethink and be circumspect. Most reputed news media quoting Wilikileaks, Guardian, for example, continue publishing news about gross violation of human rights. Some startling published secrets disclosed that UK imparted training to the elite force in Bangladesh. RW Timm, celebrated human rights activist, questioned humanitarian values of the elite force pointing to its crossfire culture. USA termed the news about the training of this elite force in UK as baseless. There are eye boggling reports about criminalization, corruption and syndication and clandestine activities conducted in the underworld by the god-fathers. News about war crime in 1971 and the forces pulling the strings from behind will help investigation now going on for arresting the criminals. Now the fact about US evil design has been reinforced. Most regimes promoting misgovernance in the third world have been blessed by USA. Bold leaders defying US dictates were dethroned; some were assassinated and replaced with dictators. Washington has been 'putting up with most corrupts and most inefficient rulers' as they obey the big boss obsequiously.
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