WikiLeaks
This is becoming bigger news with a larger impact all the time so I thought I would start a dedicated post to it.
It looks like some major banks may be the next target of this idiot. http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenber...ulian-assange/ |
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I'm impressed by this guy...
He seems to have a lot of experience and understands the benefits to what he is doing. The last 3 or 4 pages of the interview are quite revealing, and I liked his final statement: "courage is contagious" |
So Lamp - you think what he is doing is a good thing?
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This guy is far from a journalist and should not be afforded any such protections. |
You know what would be delicious?
Oh, never mind. |
Yes. Just as I believe it takes an informed public to keep a democracy.
The vast majority of the "damage" done by whistle-blowers and leakers has only been embarrassment or exposure of illegality. As he says, those who want to keep secrets are the ones who set the penalties, and some of those penalties are severe. It takes a lot of courage to act in the face of those penalties. |
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So you wish to label every whistle-blower and leak as "treason" ?
How many such events have resulted in the person actually being tried and actually being convicted of "treason" ? If a leak of a policy or action causes embarrassment to the country, get rid of the official that set that policy and change the policy If the policy is illegal, change the policy, don't classify it as "national security". |
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If my government is doing something wrong, I'm fine with a whistle blower shining some light on it. If it gives our government a black eye, then the government is doing something and they deserve that black eye.
This latest release of diplomatic cables is different. Diplomacy is about negotiation, and part of negotiations is talking with your team in secret about the strategy for the negotiations. Secrets are ok here, and they are just words and ideas, not actions taken. Releasing this information hurts the US and doesn't benefit anyone except its enemies/rivals. |
glatt - I agree - and take it a step further... This hurts a whole lot more than just the US. This could/will potentially destabilize relationships between other countries as well.
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Exactly, if in a leaked missive, Hillary says Putin is not to be trusted, everyone is shocked except Putin, but he'll play it for advantage.
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Yes, I've heard they have a soldier under arrest and he will probably be tried.
Not everything is treason, but it's a label that gets thrown about. That is, the "embarrassed party" views everything in worst possible case scenario (to them self). But keep in mind there's a difference between public exposure and giving "secrets" to an enemy. As discussed in the interview, once both sides know a "secret" it loses it's importance to both sides. |
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