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The Wikileaks dessemination megathread (Cablegate and beyond)

yllus

yllus

Elite Member & Lifer
There are lots of WikiLeaks threads out there, but most of them seem to focus on one particular piece of information, or upon the situation involving the staff of the organization. I thought we might have use of a single WikiLeaks thread in the forum that's dedicated simply to summarizing the information that comes to light as a result of the organization's actions.

While of course people will inevitably express their opinions about the WikiLeaks organization in this thread, it'd be nice to keep this thread simply about the material. Lots of other threads for the arguing.

So without further ado, first up are the main links to all things WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks Themselves


Sites Where You Can Find Cablegate-Derived Information


Sites Where You Can Find War Logs-Derived Information


Support/Download The WikiLeaks Data For Yourself

If out of curiousity, support or other reasons you'd like to host a mirror of the WikiLeaks website, you can read instructions on how to do that here.

As mentioned in this WikiLeaks Twitter message, anyone with a BitTorrent client can also download all of the Cablegate data in encrypted form using this torrent tracker hosted at The Pirate Bay. It's a 1.4GB file that you will not be able to read the contents of unless WikiLeaks staff make the password public.
 
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This post reserved for a list of specific revelations as a result of WikiLeaks.

Cablegate Revelations

The Saudi King pressed for a U.S. attack on Iran: King Abdullah, the aging ruler of Saudi Arabia, has repeatedly urged the U.S. to attack Iran—"cut off the head of the snake"—and destroy its nuclear facilities. It's not just Saudi Arabia, though. According to the cables, leaders in Israel, Jordan, and Bahrain have also called for military action against Iran. (Source)

Iran may have North Korean missiles: The Islamic nation reportedly obtained missiles from North Korea capable of attacking Russia and Western Europe. Iran is said to have 19 North Korean BM-25 missiles, and officials warn the rockets might give Tehran "the building blocks" to build larger, long-range missiles on its own. (Source)

The U.S. has been secretly bombing Yemen: The U.S. has launched covert missile attacks on terrorist targets in Yemen. But in a meeting with Gen. David Petraeus, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh says "we'll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours." These air strikes killed several civilians, says Justin Elliott at Salon, and this revelation may yet "spark a backlash against Saleh." (Source)

China has been cyber-attacking Google, the Dalai Lama: The cables confirm that Chinese cybe-terrorists were behind an intrusion into Google's computer systems last year. The attack prompted Google to withdraw from the country in March 2010. Chinese hackers have also broken into the U.S. government, businesses, and even the personal computer of the Dalai Lama, according to the leaked cables. (Source)

Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin have a special relationship: The friendship between the Italian and Russian prime ministers goes even deeper than previously thought, reports The Guardian. Cables detail the exchange of "lavish gifts," deals over lucrative energy contracts, and "the use by Berlusconi of a 'shadowy' Russian-speaking Italian go-between." (Source)

China is ready to accept Korean unification and is distancing itself from North Korea which it describes as behaving like a "spoiled child". Cables say Kim Jong-il is a "flabby old chap" losing his grip and drinking. (Source)

Small teams of US special forces soldiers have been secretly embedded with Pakistani military forces in the tribal belt, helping to hunt down Taliban and al-Qaida fighters and co-ordinate drone strikes. (Source)

Secret U.S.-Russian negotiations led to Russian officials announcing the cancellation of a years-old agreement to sell Iran a potentially game-changing air defense system (200km range). The Iranians have been crying foul ever since, vowing to take Russia to court over the end of an arms transfer worth an estimated $800 million. (Source)

NATO plans to defend Baltics from Russia: Nine NATO divisions – US, British, German, and Polish – have been identified for combat operations in the event of armed aggression against Poland or the three Baltic states. North Polish and German ports have been listed for the receipt of naval assault forces and British and US warships. The first Nato exercises under the plan are to take place in the Baltic next year, according to informed sources. (Source)

Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, made explicit and "thuggish" threats to halt all trade deals with Britain and harass embassy staff if Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi remained in jail. At the same time "a parade of treats" was offered by Libya to the Scottish devolved administration if it agreed to let him go, though the cable says they were turned down. (Source)

Saudi princes throw parties boasting drink, drugs and sex: Royals flout puritanical laws to throw parties for young elite while religious police are forced to turn a blind eye. (Source)

Saudis proposed Arab force to invade Lebanon: Foreign minister wanted US, NATO and UN backing for offensive to end Iranian-backed Hezbollah's siege of government. (Source)

Texas company helped pimp little boys to stoned Afghan cops: An Afghanistan cable (dated June 24, 2009) discusses a meeting between Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar and US assistant ambassador Joseph Mussomeli. Prime among Atmar's concerns was a party partially thrown by DynCorp for Afghan police recruits in Kunduz Province. This was a bacha bazi ("boy-play") party; bacha boys are eight- to 15-years-old. They put on make-up, tie bells to their feet and slip into scanty women's clothing, and then, to the whine of a harmonium and wailing vocals, they dance seductively to smoky roomfuls of leering older men. (Source)

Officials pressed Germans on kidnapping by C.I.A.: American officials exerted sustained pressure on Germany not to enforce arrest warrants against Central Intelligence Agency officers involved in the 2003 kidnapping of a German citizen mistakenly believed to be a terrorist, diplomatic cables made public by WikiLeaks show. (Source)

Burma is building secret nuclear sites: A Burmese officer quoted in a cable from the US embassy in Burma said he had witnessed North Korean technicians helping to construct an underground facility in foothills more than 300 miles (480km) north-west of Rangoon. (Source)

Pope wanted Muslim Turkey kept out of EU: The cable released by WikiLeaks shows that Ratzinger was the leading voice behind the Holy See's unsuccessful drive to secure a reference to Europe's "Christian roots" in the EU constitution. The US diplomat noted that Ratzinger "clearly understands that allowing a Muslim country into the EU would further weaken his case for Europe's Christian foundations". (Source)

Cuba to be insolvent within 3 years: A newly released confidential U.S. diplomatic cable predicts Cuba's economic situation could become "fatal" within two to three years, and details concerns voiced by diplomats from other countries, including China, that the communist-run country has been slow to adopt reforms. (Source)

Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand is considered an unfit heir to the throne by senior members of the Thai privy council. (Source)

84-year-old Fidel Castro suffered a serious intestinal haemorrhage while on an internal flight in Cuba and the plane had to do an emergency landing to take him to hospital. As his health was deteriorating a Madrid doctor was called over. He confirmed that Castro was not suffering from cancer and there had been botched colon surgery. (Source)

American diplomats report that the state of Eritrea is run by a totalitarian narcissistic President, Issayas Afeworki. A politician secretly asked for Americans' help but the US ambassador responded that change must come from within. (Source)

The head of the United Nations offered Robert Mugabe a lucrative retirement package in an overseas haven if he stood down as Zimbabwe's president, according to claims quoted in leaked diplomatic cables. The extraordinary offer was allegedly made by Kofi Annan, who was then the UN secretary general, at the millennium summit of world leaders in New York. (Source)

US officials had evidence of widespread torture by Indian police and security forces and were secretly briefed by Red Cross staff about the systematic abuse of detainees in Kashmir. (Source)

Rahul Gandhi, the crown prince of Indian politics, believes Hindu extremists pose a greater threat to his country than Muslim militants, according to the American ambassador to India. (Source)

Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic ruler of Belarus who is poised for re-election for a fourth term this weekend, is an increasingly "bizarre" and "disturbed" ruler who plans to stay in power indefinitely, according to US diplomats in Minsk. (Source)

Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand is considered an unfit heir to the throne by senior members of the Thai privy council. (Source)

84-year-old Fidel Castro suffered a serious intestinal haemorrhage while on an internal flight in Cuba and the plane had to do an emergency landing to take him to hospital. As his health was deteriorating a Madrid doctor was called over. He confirmed that Castro was not suffering from cancer and there had been botched colon surgery. (Source)

American diplomats report that the state of Eritrea is run by a totalitarian narcissistic President, Issayas Afeworki. A politician secretly asked for Americans' help but the US ambassador responded that change must come from within. (Source)

The head of the United Nations offered Robert Mugabe a lucrative retirement package in an overseas haven if he stood down as Zimbabwe's president, according to claims quoted in leaked diplomatic cables. The extraordinary offer was allegedly made by Kofi Annan, who was then the UN secretary general, at the millennium summit of world leaders in New York. (Source)

US officials had evidence of widespread torture by Indian police and security forces and were secretly briefed by Red Cross staff about the systematic abuse of detainees in Kashmir. (Source)

Rahul Gandhi, the crown prince of Indian politics, believes Hindu extremists pose a greater threat to his country than Muslim militants, according to the American ambassador to India. (Source)

Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic ruler of Belarus who is poised for re-election for a fourth term this weekend, is an increasingly "bizarre" and "disturbed" ruler who plans to stay in power indefinitely, according to US diplomats in Minsk. (Source)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought some kind of nuclear fuel swap deal more than a year ago, but faced internal pressures from hard-liners who viewed it as a "virtual defeat," according to U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. (Source)

U.S. State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks and revealed by Norwegian daily Aftenposten say Germany joined a partnership with the U.S. to create a satellite spying program that was presented as a commercial enterprise, but is actually run by the German intelligence service and the German Aerospace Center, DLR. (Source)

The U.S. representative to the International Whaling Commission, Monica Medina, discussed revoking the U.S.-based conservation group [Sea Shepherd]'s tax exempt status during a meeting with senior officials from the Fisheries Agency of Japan in November 2009. (Source)

According to a recently released cable obtained by WikiLeaks, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was slapped in the face by Revolutionary Guard Chief of Staff Mohammed Ali Jafari. The source goes on to say that political strife is growing within the Islamic Republic, stating that "recent speeches reflect an ongoing effort to split [Supreme Leader Ali] Khameini from the Ahmedinejad group." (Source)
 
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thank goodness for wikileaks. to not support wikileaks and assange is to support continued u.s. gov. lies, deception, theft and warmongering. and to those fools who say assange should be tried, then what should the punishment be for those who started wars based on lies, who got thousands of americans killed and injured, slaughtered hundreds of thousands of innocent foreigners, wasted trillions in taxpayer dollars and made mountains of gold doing it?
 
So, your purpose with this thread is to do your best to disseminate all of the information that Assange and his fellow neo-anarchists and neo-leftists would like you to.

As Assange says, he is interested in taking America down.

You would love to join him in this effort.

Got it.

This your hero -

WikiLeaks leak-meister is confirmed anti-American leftist

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The Washington Times
5:14 p.m., Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Undressing electronically with eyes wide shut is what the world's only superpower has done in a global striptease worthy of the Marx Brothers. But hardly a word has been written or spoken about the motives of the WikiLeaks' chief leaker. Australia's 39-year-old Julian Assange was 19 years old when the Cold War ended.

His parents were well-known on the left and ran a touring theater company. His mother remarried in 1979 to a man who belonged to a controversial New Age group. In the late 1980s, Mr. Assange was a member of a crack hacker team that called itself International Subversives.

In 1991, he was the subject of a raid on his Melbourne home by the Australian Federal Police. In September, Mr. Assange was voted No. 23 among "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures" by Britain's New Statesman, a magazine on the far left of the media spectrum. He is under consideration by Time magazine as its Person of the Year.

Australian acquaintances say he was bitterly disappointed by the outcome of the Cold War with a resounding global victory for the United States and its allies. Mr. Assange then began identifying with the defeated "progressives," from the pensioned-off millions - on starvation stipends - of the old Soviet nomenklatura to the innocent dupes who never realized that the World Peace Council was a KGB-controlled organization (documented in post-Cold War Russian files that opened briefly before the KGB's successor organization sealed them again).

There are tens of millions in both the Third and First worlds (e.g., former Communist Party members and their "progressive" fans) who firmly believe the "evil empire" is the United States with what even leading Wall Streeters - e.g., Pete Peterson - call "animalistic and carnivorous capitalism."

The post-Cold War generation of "progressives" - the word that once gave communists respectability the world over - likes to cite Karl Marx's prediction that capitalism eventually would sow the seeds of its own destruction. They also welcome anything that weakens the United States. Their new hero is Mr. Assange.

The world's most repressive regimes - e.g., Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea - are the least of Mr. Assange's concerns. The fount of all evil, as he sees the world, is the United States.

WikiLeaks' master leaker, who clearly relishes anything that hurts the United States, is a throwback to Vietnam-era haters who despised the U.S. government and happily smeared America's image throughout the world.

Under the global barrage of hundreds of thousands of WikiLeaks, American diplomats will be regarded with suspicion as so many men and women taking orders from their real masters - the CIA. Yet another throwback to the Cold War.

Mr. Assange's media partners in the Western world were selected with one yardstick: impeccable liberal credentials. The Washington Post wasn't liberal enough - and got squeezed out in favor of the New York Times, along with France's Le Monde, Britain's Guardian, Germany's Spiegel and Spain's El Pais...
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Lots of information is available on why WikiLeaks is interested in destroying the United States, the above just touches on the root of WikiLeaks and one of its founders.

By believing only the deflecting propaganda put out by WikiLeaks, you are just another patsy in the latest iteration of the Cold War and you should not be surprised if the results are the exact opposite of openness.
 
Jesus, was I really just called a patsy by the biggest partisan troll on AnandTech? I must be doing something right! As a result, when I get a chance I'll dig up links on how people here can contribute financially to WikiLeaks and potentially to Assange's defence fund. Thanks for the inspiration, PJABBER!
 
PJABBER said:
And so goes the enabling and the abetting.

A decision by one or a consensus?
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What? So you think foreign governments are monitoring ATOT to get secret government info?

The information is out in the public domain there's nothing you or the government can do about it.
 
Keep in mind if you work for Govt or ever want to work for Govt do not read these. Also if you're thinking of obtaining any kind of clearance for surveillance security state contractors or defense contractors same caution is advised,

Govt is threatening to block employment for all who do. And you are not anonymous even going proxy. Even VPN tunneling.
 
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Zebo said:
Keep in mind if you work for Govt or ever want to work for Govt do not read these.

Govt is threatening to block employment for all who do. And you are not anonymous even going proxy. Even VPN tunneling.
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Wow, thats a bit,,, well actually words fail me there.

The government is threatening people who read the newspapers?
 
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Wow, thats a bit,,, well actually words fail me there.

The government is threatening people who read the newspapers?
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that was a bit of a stretch for me to grasp too....however, since they are through the interweb its a little easier for them to track when they background/profile you on the internet then following you while getting a newspaper. Unfortunately, I was planning on applying for a gvt position but feel I won't get the job because of what i've said on forums because of wikileaks (mostly about how its just good journalism, not terrorism)
 
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What? So you think foreign governments are monitoring ATOT to get secret government info?

The information is out in the public domain there's nothing you or the government can do about it.
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I am curious as to how active the management of AT Forums wants to be in propagating the WikiLeaks agenda.

A decision was just rendered by one or more mods to allow a thread that specifically identifies where and how to support WikiLeaks in disseminating whatever information they want to disseminate, inimical to American or foreign interests or not.

Something gets in the public domain because someone puts it there. AT just decided to put it there.

I seriously doubt that such a decision was influenced in any way by a government and I would be opposed to such a government influence if it were the case. But that does not preclude a modicum of non-governmental organizational and personal responsibility.
 
WelshBloke said:
Wow, thats a bit,,, well actually words fail me there.

The government is threatening people who read the newspapers?
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The U.S. State Department has imposed an order barring employees from reading the leaked WikiLeaks cables. State Department staffers have been told not to read cables because they were classified and subject to security clearances. The State Department’s WikiLeaks censorship has even been extended to university students. An email to students at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs says: "The documents released during the past few months through Wikileaks are still considered classified documents. [The State Department] recommends that you DO NOT post links to these documents nor make comments on social media sites such as Facebook or through Twitter. Engaging in these activities would call into question your ability to deal with confidential information, which is part of most positions with the federal government."
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Got that?

If you're a student and access this material, you could be barred from any Federal employment.
 
What are you whiners bitching about? Do you have some dreaded fear of the truth, even when the liars are our own leaders? Hell! That's when we need the truth most!

Those knocking Assange are the same lying jackasses who pimped the Bushwhackos' lies. They lied about Iraq, squandering the lives of of thousands of American troops. They lied about about committing acts of torture and other war crimes and crimes against humanity, disgracing the very honor and integrity of the United States of America. They lied about domestic spying against American citizens, making a mockery of our once honored, once respected, once valued U.S. Constitution, and they lied about corrupting and selling out our entire economic system to the Wall Street robber barons, throwing most of America, other than their ultra-rich selves, into the financial shit hole we're in, now.

Assange is a hero, and Wikileaks is a public service in the same mold as Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. :thumbsup:
 
PJABBER said:
I am curious as to how active the management of AT Forums wants to be in propagating the WikiLeaks agenda.

A decision was just rendered by one or more mods to allow a thread that specifically identifies where and how to support WikiLeaks in disseminating whatever information they want to disseminate, inimical to American or foreign interests or not.

Something gets in the public domain because someone puts it there. AT just decided to put it there.

I seriously doubt that such a decision was influenced in any way by a government and I would be opposed to such a government influence if it were the case. But that does not preclude a modicum of non-governmental organizational and personal responsibility.
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This subject is in the public domain (and was before it was posted here), is very much in the news and is political. I don't see how you can argue this thread shouldn't exist.

Just because you (or I) dont like something dosnt mean we can stop others discussing it, there's a name for that. :\
 
Zebo said:
Got that?

If you're a student and access this material, you could be barred from any Federal employment.
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Yeah I got it the first time.

It doesn't bother you that your government is tell you what you can and cant read in a national newspaper?
 
Of course it does. I am just advising caution. We should play hand dealt not how we wish things were.
 
Zebo said:
Keep in mind if you work for Govt or ever want to work for Govt do not read these. Also if you're thinking of obtaining any kind of clearance for surveillance security state contractors or defense contractors same caution is advised,

Govt is threatening to block employment for all who do. And you are not anonymous even going proxy. Even VPN tunneling.
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The US government is certainly not going after anyone that reads these. It will be a rare person that has the interest to go through reams of documents written in bureaucratize. Those most interested are intelligence agencies, diplomatic services, information warfare types, scandal mongers, political enemies of all types. I can assure you they are devoting thousands and thousands of man hours to analyze this intelligence trove, even while doubting the provenance of some of it, as is customary.

The intent is that government employees do not download from or even access the variety of hostile hosting sites using government equipment. Does anyone here even consider how easily an analog to Stuxnet can be propagated to even secure sites through this means?

While you may trust the safety of your downloads, it is highly likely that many of these "copies" will be infected with malware, if not by the U.S. government, then by hostile agencies.

And why wouldn't they be? They come from a group of anarchists and nihilists that know how to go about it, the files are hosted on all types of anonymous servers where they can be modified by anyone and everyone else. Once in play they can then be effective as a destructive mechanism well beyond the selective information they purport to disseminate.
 
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PJABBER said:
The US government is certainly not going after anyone that reads these. It will be a rare person that has the interest to go through reams of documents written in bureaucratize.

The intent is that employees do not do so during their work time or using government equipment.

While you may trust the safety of your downloads, it is highly likely that many of these "copies" will be infected with malware, if not by the U.S. government, then by hostile agencies.

And why wouldn't they be? They come from a group of anarchists and nihilists that know how to go about it, the files are hosted on all types of anonymous servers where they can be modified by anyone and everyone else. Once in play they can then be effective as a destructive mechanism well beyond the selective information they purport to disseminate.
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I've not downloaded any of these but I'd be pretty surprised if they stuck some malware into a txt file.

I assuming you have a source for this and aren't just pulling it out your arse?
 
I'm more interested in how US diplomats perceive our relationships with other countries and how they think other countries view us. I think that's the most useful stuff coming out of these cables. Here are summaries on some countries:



United Kingdom

Britain mocked by US over 'special relationship'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...n-mocked-by-US-over-special-relationship.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11917398
It confirms that Obama's removal of Churchill's bust from the Oval Office created unprecedented concern among the political elite in the UK.

A rude Prince Andrew suggested that the UK is engaged in the Great Game part 2
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Euro...Leaks-focus-is-on-details-about-Prince-Andrew
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/02/131750517/foreign-policy-the-mixed-bag-of-royal-diplomacy
It shows that the UK royals have tremendous power over the political system and exposes the UK's colonialist ambitions.

Obama thinks that Cameron is a lightweight
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/WIKILEAKS+Obama+view+Cameron+lightweight/3902048/story.html
Obama looks down upon UK PM Cameron.



Canada

Obama sent to Canada to massage Canadian inferiority complex
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/Canada+inferiority+complex+says+files/3916666/story.html
US diplomats suggested Obama to go to Canada as his first international visit because it "will do much to diminish -- temporarily at least -- Canada's habitual inferiority complex vis a vis the U.S. and its chronic but accurate complaint that the U.S. pays far less attention to Canada than Canada does to us." Should the US president really be sent on these kinds of errands for a foreign population's mental health?



Brazil
US supports Brazil's military development for stabilization
http://www.google.com/hostednews/af...ocId=CNG.fa0914aaf88efbfc94d9b1b4fc7fecae.1d1
This is interesting because it seems that the US considers Brazil to be the anchor of stability for South America. The US seems to be excited about Brazil's emerging role in the world.
 
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PJABBER said:
So, your purpose with this thread is to do your best to disseminate all of the information that Assange and his fellow neo-anarchists and neo-leftists would like you to.

As Assange says, he is interested in taking America down.

You would love to join him in this effort.

Got it.

This your hero -



Lots of information is available on why WikiLeaks is interested in destroying the United States, the above just touches on the root of WikiLeaks and one of its founders.

By believing only the deflecting propaganda put out by WikiLeaks, you are just another patsy in the latest iteration of the Cold War and you should not be surprised if the results are the exact opposite of openness.
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So for proof of his anti-American agenda you link to an editorial in the Washington Times. 🙄
Man you truly are a partisan hack, aren't you.

BTW if you are going to link to that crap, don't link to the print version.
I DO NOT want it wasting my toner.
 
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PJABBER said:
And why wouldn't they be? They come from a group of anarchists and nihilists that know how to go about it, the files are hosted on all types of anonymous servers where they can be modified by anyone and everyone else. Once in play they can then be effective as a destructive mechanism well beyond the selective information they purport to disseminate.
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Nice name calling, but no real substance. No one, including U.S. Government sources has claimed that anything posted on WikiLeaks is false. You have yet to disprove anything they've posted, let alone any of your lame fear mongering that they could be infected. 😱

As I said, that's the same kind of shit you and the rest of the right wingnut noise factory were spewing when you pimped your mercifully EX-Traitor In Chief, George W. Bush and his gang of traitors, murderers, torturers, war criminals, war profiteers and general incompetents.

And for the record, I'm none too pleased with Obama's failure live up to his promises and commitments to change that.
 
PJABBER said:
I am curious as to how active the management of AT Forums wants to be in propagating the WikiLeaks agenda.

A decision was just rendered by one or more mods to allow a thread that specifically identifies where and how to support WikiLeaks in disseminating whatever information they want to disseminate, inimical to American or foreign interests or not.

Something gets in the public domain because someone puts it there. AT just decided to put it there.

I seriously doubt that such a decision was influenced in any way by a government and I would be opposed to such a government influence if it were the case. But that does not preclude a modicum of non-governmental organizational and personal responsibility.
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What a vile little creature you are, vainly trying to intimidate others into doing things your way from behind your keyboard. Fortunately you're as transparent and impotent here as you likely are in person. 😀
 
WelshBloke said:
This subject is in the public domain (and was before it was posted here), is very much in the news and is political. I don't see how you can argue this thread shouldn't exist.

Just because you (or I) dont like something dosnt mean we can stop others discussing it, there's a name for that. :\
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The topics are out there and we have been discussing them for quite some time, months actually with the release of the WikiLeaks "edited for maximum damage" videos of the helicopter engagement in Iraq.

I am sure you remember that WikiLeaks did not release raw material then but a highly selectively edited version designed to cause maximum harm to the reputation of the United States. That is and always has been a primary agenda of theirs.

The difference here is that the OP wants to use AT Forums as his personal means of spreading the WikiLeaks information, edited, not edited, whatever, as far and as wide as he can.

Some mod or mods just made a decision to enable him to do so. With that decision, AT just became part of WikiLeaks dissemination team.
 
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