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Collateral Murder - Right To Know

Lately a lot has been talked about the Freedom Of Information act, the right to know what's happening around you and the right to reason out whether it is 'right or not'. The citizens of any country expect their system to be transparent and all necessary information to be shared with the nationals. They trust them and give them the authority to perform activities for the welfare of the nation and their residents. However, a mere mention of the revelation from Wikileaks on 'Collateral Murder ' questions the integrity and sanctity of the same. What you see is not what actually happened. So even though, some officials might question the authenticity of the leaked documents, still can they answer the reason for the issue to have been left under wraps. Many innocent individuals (who were the target in the murder) could not even ask for mercy at the behest of the ignorant officials. As picked up from Wikipedia ; ' WikiLeaks released a classified US military video de...