WikiLeaks - Official Thread

Will somebody please revoke Joseph Lieberman's American citizenship? He's obviously too stupid to know how to use it.

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/07...ew-york-t.html

James

Somebody should water board him.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

I don't really get why this is so difficult for people. Assange and Wikileaks are not the ones "leaking" these documents. They are being leaked by people with access to these things. THOSE people can be held accountable by the government because they are almost certainly government employees or hackers. Wikileaks is not hacking government computers, nor are they breaking into government buildings. If they were, they'd be very easy to go after. All their shit is submitted by users, and Wikileaks just verify and publish.

Wikileaks should be no more culpable for spreading this information than I am for reading it or the news is for reporting it. It's the government's job to keep their shit secure, and if it's not, that's their fault.

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Point taken, but they still control the delivery of this information and it doesn't absolve them of any accountability for releasing such information. I get what WikiLeaks is trying to do, but there's a valid reason why certain information is Top Secret. It's not his place or the people providing the information to release classified information.

Sometimes, ignorance can be bliss.

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Originally Posted by Type Ryan

Sometimes, ignorance can be bliss.

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This is nonsense.

You can always not go to WikiLeaks or turn the TV off or watch Fox News.

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Originally Posted by Type Ryan

Point taken, but they still control the delivery of this information and it doesn't absolve them of any accountability for releasing such information. I get what WikiLeaks is trying to do, but there's a valid reason why certain information is Top Secret. It's not his place or the people providing the information to release classified information.

Sometimes, ignorance can be bliss.

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No. It is his place to release truthful information. That's the entire point of a journalist / reporter.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

This is nonsense.

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Do you want to know everything the government knows? I sure as hell don't. That's why I said ignorance can be bliss.

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Originally Posted by Drewbacca

No. It is his place to release truthful information. That's the entire point of a journalist / reporter.

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And I'm sure even journalists have a code of ethics which dictate what should be shared and what shouldn't. Like I said, I understand what WikiLeaks is trying to do. I get it, but releasing potentially harmful information just for the sake of releasing it is careless and irresponsible. There's a difference between releasing casualty totals from the two Wars and a list of sites that our country deems critical to national security.

I hate citizens of this country.

Estas hablando a mi o las otras personas?

De ti, mamao. If you want to live in ignorance that's perfectly fine. Why should everyone else be given the same fate? The leak is fine and it keeps the government honest or at least on its toes. The government isn't a parent, it's something WE AS A PEOPLE allow to exist.