Reply to: These Wiki Leaks

[TimberWolf]

Yikes, I didn't realise there was a global man-hunt going on for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange who has gone into hiding. Everyone's after him and there's no sanctuary. He's even been framed accused of rape, although the US just wants to try him for being a spy. His mum is hiding too.

[kandr]

They have the person who they think leaked the stories. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.

True, if they are going to go for the death penalty then the head if computer security and all below should be heading to the chair.

[doodab]

They already have the person who leaked the stories, Wikileaks as well as the newspapers reporting on it cannot be held accountable. It's nothing more than an embarrassment to the people involved, no ones life is in danger.

They have the person who they think leaked the stories. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.

[kandr]

They already have the person who leaked the stories, Wikileaks as well as the newspapers reporting on it cannot be held accountable. It's nothing more than an embarrassment to the people involved, no ones life is in danger.

[doodab]

Prof Tom Flanagan said Barack Obama should “put out a contract and maybe use a drone or something” to rid the world of Mr Assange.
As the anchor on the CBC news programme warned him that his comments were “pretty harsh stuff”, Prof Flanagan responded that he was “feeling very manly today”.

Do you think he's worried that something he's said will come out?

[DimPrawn]

WikiLeaks: guilty parties 'should face death penalty' - Telegraph

[Freamon]

Remember they have released only a tiny fraction of the total they have, they are still reviewing the rest (contrary to media lead belief that they just release everything without checking and to hell with the consequences). This 'leak' is going to be going on for a long long time

The timing and sequence of the information releases has clearly been more carefully co-ordinated this time, between WikiLeaks, the Guardian, et al. This is probably to ensure the story can me made to run for a few weeks with new revalations every day, thus selling more papers for the Guardian, and keeping Wikileaks in the public eye for as long as possible.

And just seen next year the target is a major US bank, seems they are sitting on a ton of internal documents but have not got time to process them yet

This interview with the founder is worth reading. There's a lot of information in there. He compares the upcoming release on a US bank (early next year) to the "Enron emails".

An Interview With WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes

[Not So Wise]

As for scandal and surprises?

Remember they have released only a tiny fraction of the total they have, they are still reviewing the rest (contrary to media lead belief that they just release everything without checking and to hell with the consequences). This 'leak' is going to be going on for a long long time

What i am interested in seeing is what the US diplomats were saying about their host governments during the build up to the Iraq war

And just seen next year the target is a major US bank, seems they are sitting on a ton of internal documents but have not got time to process them yet

[HairyArsedBloke]

I want to know who leaked that the leaks were going to be leaked. GOTO 10.

OK, I'm at 10.

What do I do now?

[cojak]

They've got rubbish access management. How on earth did one man get hold of top secret documents covering a huge range of subjects?

[Ignis Fatuus]

As for scandal and surprises?

The material includes a reference to Putin as an "alpha-dog" and Hamid Karzai as being "driven by paranoia", while Angela Merkel allegedly "avoids risk and is rarely creative". There is also a comparison between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Adolf Hitler.

My take on those?

Alpha male in a pack is exactly how Putin behaves. I think he will take it as a compliment that he is seen to have achieved that status.

If you are president of Afghanistan, it's not paranoia: everybody really is out to get you.

"avoids risk and is rarely creative" is probably high up on present-day Germans' job requirements for Chancellor.

As for Ahmadinejad, I will let History judge.

[TimberWolf]

I want to know who leaked that the leaks were going to be leaked. GOTO 10.

[Mich the Tester]

If it was planned surely they would have had the sense to engineer a nuclear war between North Korea and Iran? Solve two major problems at a stroke.

It wouldn't get rid of Slough or Barendrecht though.

[SupremeSpod]

If it was planned surely they would have had the sense to engineer a nuclear war between North Korea and Iran? Solve two major problems with a couple of blinding flashes of light and big bangs.

ftfy.

[xoggoth]

If it was planned surely they would have had the sense to engineer a nuclear war between North Korea and Iran? Solve two major problems at a stroke.