Claimed US Military Wikileaks Source Arrested

svelemor writes "A 22-year-old Army intelligence analyst was ratted out by a fellow hacker, accused of providing the Collateral Murder video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to Wikileaks. He is currently imprisoned in Kuwait."

Comments

Re:YOU COMMIE SPY!

[Pojut]

Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones. You sure you got today's codes?

Re:Feh

[moonbender]

I'm sure the military will start releasing unedited footage so that everybody can get a fair and balanced picture.

There's a couple of scandals here

[jollyreaper]

The first scandal is the usual shit the government does, make a mistake and then cover it up. We've seen a lot of those in this war. We know this stuff happens all the time but the proof of it always hits me in the gut.

The second scandal is that the government is so poor at covering this stuff up that a junior guy like this is able to find the info and disseminate it without any difficulty. Absolutely piss-poor security. Perversely, I expect and demand a modicum of competence to go along with the amoral and evil. I feel insulted when I find out I'm getting screwed over by Mayberry Machiavellis.

Re:Feh

[Rogerborg]

Well, 30mm rounds are pretty expensive. You want to be sure to get them in a good cluster, and preferably lying down already, before you open up on them.