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Compiling the WikiLeaks Fallout
Now that the world has had some time to process the quarter million diplomatic documents published by WikiLeaks on Sunday, the media landscape is rife with reactions, threats, and warnings. Some US lawmakers have complained loudly and at length, saying that "WikiLeaks is putting at risk the lives and the freedom of countless Americans and non-Americans around the world." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the leak "not just an attack on America's foreign policy interests, it is an attack on the international community." The Guardian points out that it's not the media's job to protect diplomats from embarrassment, and other US officials seem to agree, focusing their wrath instead on the security practices surrounding sensitive information. The Pentagon and other agencies are looking at ways to tighten security, promising increased internal auditing and banning the ability of systems containing classified information to connect to thumb drives or other removable media. Meanwhile, few officials seem to be commenting publicly on the contents of the leak, which are sure to cause diplomatic problems around the globe.
I was expecting some juicy details about diplomacy with green aliens from another galaxy, disappointed :(
However, there are a few juicy tidbits in there. Like the Saudi king asking the US to attack Iran.
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
that guarantees the leaks from Wikileaks are legitimate and not some delusional writing from Sarah Palin?
These were done on computer, not with paper and crayon.
That's all the proof you need.
Trolling is a art,
And you think Canada is not spying on the US?
I'm sure there's a few Canadians who cross the border to do some price-checking, but other than that...
Seriously, a Canadian Spy Service? Next you'll be telling me the Mexicans have a Police Force!
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
I don't really think one day is really enough time to process these documents.
Yeah, two days is more like it.
Either is far too long when five minutes is enough to visit /. and read uninformed rants about them. Process, shmrocess.
The Pentagon and other agencies are looking at ways to tighten security, promising increased internal auditing and banning the ability of systems containing classified information to connect to thumb drives or other removable media.
The more you tighten your grip, Gates and Clinton, the more memos will slip through your fingers...
That is all.
Your view of freedom is wrong.
They want us to have freedom from thought, freedom from wealth, freedom from worry, and freedom from anything that doesn't support their lifestyles.
What else is going on in Bizzarro world?
Iran solves world hunger and supports the Chinese in peacefully convincing most of the middle east that Democracy is the way to go while denouncing the constant threat of nuclear war in Europe the Swiss keep threatening with their Swedish rockets.