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Wikileaks To Publish Remaining Afghan Documents
Albanach writes "WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange has been quoted by the Associated Press as stating 'the organization is preparing to release the remaining secret Afghan war documents.' According to Assange, they are halfway through processing the remaining 15,000 files as they 'comb through' the files to ensure lives are not placed at risk."
They are already risking the lives of our soldiers by simply posting their tactics and secrets.
Examples?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Even if the drones were sending hell-fires to Assange's residence, there's a deadman switch threatening to auto-release these documents, probably unredacted.
Let it play out, then charge him with high-treason.
This chucklehead is going to determine which data among the 15,000 files is dangerous to our armed forces, and which isn't? Hopefully his military intelligence analytical skills are better than his hair-stylist selection skills.
Who the fuck thought that this statement "That's not a new stance, it's pretty much how operational security in a theatre of war has happened for a couple thousand years." is insightful?
That's fucking moronic.
So it worked for the dark ages, it should work now?
Get a fucking clue. Times need to change, and wikileaks is a precursor to that change.
Yea... Showing up at a compromised asset's home after its identity has been leaked actually sounds like something 'military intelligence' guys would do...
But you know, these aren't known for being particularly intelligent. ;-)
Send your spendthrift head of state this
I'd say variation of one of three camps.
a.) "I vote according to party lines and Assange's head should be a pike."
b.) "I vote for the speaker who appeals to my needs without stepping on too many heads, I probably question some of Assange's ethics, though I can see the overall necessity. I probably think he is also a bit of a dick."
c.) "I'm completely disillusioned by the idea of government. Let 'em burn, let 'em all burn and we can re-built something more just out of the ashes."
Pro-leak and obviously pro-war.
If it were me I'd have Julian Assange against the wall in front of the firing squad for murder. There's a difference between exposing corporate malfeasance and national security that he clearly doesn't understand.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
This business of "illegality" is just a semantic term slung around by people who don't know what they're talking about. By whose legal authority is the Afghanistan war "illegal"? The only legality governing the actions of the military of a sovereign nation is that own nation's laws. By that measure, there is nothing illegal about the occupation of Afghanistan. Those fucking stone-age barbarians in the Taliban decided to support and give aid to a terrorist organization that conducted a blatant attack on the United States. The United States is well within its own legal authority as defined by its Constitution to declare and wage war on such a nation in that situation.
How long until this self righteous assange goes on trial for murder over his wanton disregard over the lives of innocents? He effectively released a hit list and made it freely available to one of the most violent organizations on the planet. At a minimum that's manslaughter in most countries.
Hard to believe that some people are whining about legality/morality of Wikileaks, while US military forces are illegally occupying few countries and killing citizens there.
Oxymoron.
He has placed the lives of countless Americans and American allies in danger.
IMO Assange presents a clear and present danger to the security and safety of the US, and thus under presidential directives could be legally targeted for...sanction.
And PVT Manning committed treason. That is punishable by DEATH in the code of military justice. He should be sentenced justly, and send a clear message that any such behavior will be treated as the severe crime that it is.
I would. The documents were confidential and this would more than likely qualify as treason. This is NOT a matter of disobeying orders: this is a matter of putting lives of informants at risk. I hope this guy is executed...