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US Congressman Announces Plans To Probe Wikileaks

Posted by kdawson on from the good-luck-with-that dept.

eldavojohn writes "Congressman Peter King (R-NY) is calling for a probe into Wikileaks with regard to the recent publication of half a million 9/11 pager messages. He has announced that he plans to have his Washington staff begin a preliminary investigation because Wikileaks' action 'raises security issues.' A word of caution: Congressman King has been known to make inflammatory and unpopular statements."

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  1. Waste of tax money by siddesu · · Score: 4, Funny

    What will his staff do, read the Wikipedia page about Wikileaks and report back? With senators having so much free time and resources, it is little wonder that US is facing a deficit in the small trillions.

    1. Re:Waste of tax money by siddesu · · Score: 2, Funny

      To be fair, you forgot Poland. Don't forget Poland.

    2. Re:Waste of tax money by slim · · Score: 4, Funny

      Saddam Hussein is dictator of Iraq. The US can't do shit about him.

      Oh wait...

      Yeah, but he had weapons of mass... ... oh, right you are. Carry on.

    3. Re:Waste of tax money by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 5, Funny

      How many decades of our foreign policy have you slept through?

      No kidding. If it turns out Sweden is responsible for this outrage, you can bet we'll invade Finland to punish them.

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      I am not a crackpot.
    4. Re:Waste of tax money by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

      you can bet we'll invade Finland to punish them.

      That didn't work out real well when Stalin tried it......

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      I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
      We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
  2. Re:MOD PARENT DOWN by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blatant trolling. I'm not religious, but Mods, hello?

    Thanks for the advice AC. I'll look into it. Oh, whoops, I just posted. Well, maybe next time.

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    I am not a crackpot.
  3. Re:cleartext unencrypted nation-wide traffic by Shikaku · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just because you can do something does not make it legal to do.

    This line of text is illegal because of a DMCA takedown notice retroactively placed by me and cannot be read by anyone.

  4. Re:"Raises security issues"? by gtall · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice sentiments. However, have you ever listened to the CSpan call-in show in the morning? Have you ever wondered just how come what seems to be a significant segment of the callers have more than a screw loose? Those are the people you want to arm. They are about as well-adjusted as a squirrel after his third cup of coffee.