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"Mr President, a few days ago, in the US Congress, Representative Ron Paul asked a crucial question: when a war starts with a lie, is it more important to keep the secret or let the public know the truth? I share the concern of our fellow Member on the other side of the Atlantic regarding the WikiLeaks case. There are secrets that are justified and necessary. The problem arises when secrets become the rule rather than the exception and, in recent years, we have seen the growth of a culture of secrecy that is only deepening, circumventing democratic control, and which is now fiercely defending its privileges, as we have seen in the reactions of some governments and companies to the WikiLeaks case. In the wake of political pressure, Amazon, Visa, MasterCard and even a Swiss bank that previously had deals with WikiLeaks have pulled out of them. A French minister has demanded that France should not allow this website to operate on French territory. Ladies and gentlemen, there is no legal basis for such pressure in the slightest. Trust is a two-way street and governments can only demand public trust when they are prepared to trust the public."@en1
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