In January 2011, the people of Tunisia effectuated an uprising which led
to the ouster of Ben Ali, who had ruled the country for 23 years. Many
Tunisians were well aware that the regime was autocratic and corrupt,
but they were provided additional gory details about its decadent
opulence by none other than WikiLeaks,
the organization whose founder and editor is currently being slimed by
self-important U.S. liberals. In the aftermath of the revolution,
WikiLeaks was widely hailed for its role in supplying
previously-concealed information to Tunisian dissidents, and with that
Assange cemented for himself a place in the pantheon of great
journalistic trailblazers.
