Disquieting... and disturbing

I woke up today to the news that a 19yo here in Portland was arrested last night after attempting to set off what he believed was a car bomb parked near 25,000 people attending the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Pioneer Courthouse Square.

After watching MSNBC's video of the story, the next one that automatically played was a report on an imminent Wikileaks release of documents larger than any to date. I guess I'm a realist and recognize that compromises are necessary in life. You deal with that by setting boundaries on what you're willing to do. You decide, for example, that you may need to negotiate with some nasty people in order to prevent a crime, but rule out torture as a way of getting information to achieve that same end. Where the line is drawn is difficult and subject to disagreement, a situation that is unavoidable in a democracy.

Julian Assange, however, is a purist. A fundamentalist. And essentially an anarchist. Sometimes he makes my blood boil. Video here.