WikiLEAKS

[Pyramid_Party]

I do not agree. I do not know or have looked that much into it but only what I have seen on the news. Reason I do no agree because its not good all around for safety reasons for us, allies & our soldiers. And yes I'm not a big fan of the government & how they handle some things or what they do but when there are many that have not been involved in maybe questionable things are at risk for others mistakes it should not be for the world to see & should be handled here at home.

my 2 cents.

I haven't decided yet, I've seen good and bad from them. They shouldn't expose stuff about the wars as it could endanger lives but the other secrets about the government and banks...etc. is fair game.

WL got the same data and worked with news agencies in the Iraq files and such. Not this time around. Not only that but they are posting data stolen from the govt and if you or I did that here in the US we woudl see the inside of a small cell quickly.

All this does is put the US in a very bad position with allies, enemies, and impartial countries. A lot of the data is pretty comon knowledge BUT there is also a lot of data that does not show the other context and previous conversations and such. For example the Yemen files not showing discussions with other assets and such well in advance of the strike.

We have a govt that for better or worse is expected to be the defender of the free world. We are the ones other countries turn to to do dirty work since we have assets. Though we also have to be sure what the rest of the world is doing as well so we do not overstep or take one country's word as the end all.

Releasing these files will not stop any of this from happening. All it does is undermine operations or policies that are in place and piss off even more people around the world with the US when in most instances THEIR govts are doing the same or worse things. Can you imagine if there were a wikileaks for Iran, Russia, China, Israel, Venezeula, ect.???

That guy is a top notch terrorist. There is no way around that.

I pray that no bad comes out of this.

The private who gave the stolen information to WL faces a maximum 52 years of incarceration if he is tried in a criminal court. I doubt very much that the private will live to see any courtroom or court martial. Same with the douche Assange. It is obvious that both the private and WL want to torment the US, insisting the US is exploiting third world countries. They have both said it for the record. One file they released shows all the soft (non-protected)global locations that the US is interested in, including Canada. Bridges, border crossings, companies, freeways, mine shafts, towns, airports, all sorts of locations where the US' intent is not clear. Thanks for giving al-quaeda all sorts of new intel.

Anyone who possesses that info is in possession of stolen goods, and breaking the law.

It is that simple.

Because you do not know of everything with the govt does not make it repressive.

And relating the screening of WL to what China does is retarded. We are not blocking people from seeing public information that everyone knows. They would be trying to protect their own internal and sensitive data. If you feel everything shoudl be open to the world then I guess you should be posting your SS #, bank accounts, email, passwords, ect. Both the govt and an individual share rights to have data be withheld.

I agree with all this. One thing I can't understand from some people is how they are so anti govt. It's like they have this paranoia. So they think things like wikileaks is good. Only something bad can come out of it IMO.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

don't care FTW!

 

[TheRealAndyCook]

If the open-government activist is jailed, or if any harm comes to him, the encryption code to that file would be released, unleashing a flood of damaging documents. According to The Guardian, WikiLeaks currently has no plans to do that. "

oh yeah, i forgot about that...that i don't like.

 

[Chaitika]

oh yeah, i forgot about that...that i don't like.

Does Assange actually think this is going to protect him? He's in jail right now and won't be seeing daylight for some time to come. His home country is threatening to revoke his passport. So where's the big kaboom?

The US is considering pursuing extradition. If he ends up on US soil, he is totally screwed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11937110

 

[TheRealAndyCook]

Does Assange actually think this is going to protect him? He's in jail right now and won't be seeing daylight for some time to come. His home country is threatening to revoke his passport. So where's the big kaboom?

The US is considering pursuing extradition. If he ends up on US soil, he is totally screwed.

Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

 

[Chaitika]

Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

Yep. I agree. And he wants his own government and the british gov't to protect him. Ironic, isn't it?

 

[TheRealAndyCook]

(thats actually a movie quote, tho i do believe its how he feels)

I disagree with how he "works" with the press, considering when its not about him he'd be considered a goldmine...I could easily see someone like the piratebay or 4chan taking this project over and it would be in just as caring hands.

 

[Industrial]

People have the right to post anti government propaganda, which I don't like but it is fair. IMO if you have enough of a problem, just move. But he should have the rights to post his videos etc, but this man has now stepped into terrorism. His lawyer threatened that if he is arrested, codes to cables that certainly endanger the lives of numerous Americans would be realized.

So essentially, this man is holding innocent people hostage.

I hope this man goes to jail for the rest of his life and I hope he doesn't get people killed in the process.

 

[Somethingfishyinc.net]

I'm all for bringing Public hanging back! Think many would think twice on doing something wrong knowing it would not end well.

me

 

[Industrial]

I'm all for bringing Public hanging back! Think many would think twice on doing something wrong knowing it would not end well.

me

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