Assange Reminds The World: "The Potential For The Disastrous Rise Of Misplaced Power Persists"
Authored by Julian Assange, editor of WikiLeaks, published op-ed via The Washington Post,
On his last night in office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a powerful farewell speech to the nation — words so important that he’d spent a year and a half preparing them. “Ike” famously warned the nation to “guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”