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Graduate Students Being Warned Away From Leaked Cables

Posted by timothy on from the we're-checking-your-history dept.

IamTheRealMike writes "The US State Department has started to warn potential recruits from universities not to read leaked cables, lest it jeopardize their chances of getting a job. They're also showing warnings to troops who access news websites and the Library of Congress and Department of Education have blocked WikiLeaks on their own networks. Quite what happens when these employees go home is an open question." Update: 12/04 17:48 GMT by T : The friendly warning to students specifically cautioned them not to comment online or otherwise indicate that they'd read any of the leaked information; reading them quietly wasn't specifically named as a deal-breaker.

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  1. To Quote Star Wars by jlechem · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers. "

    Seriously treat the problem, don't go shooting the messenger.

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    Hold up, wait a minute, let me put some pimpin in it
  2. Re:Guilty much? by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, the message here is that nobody reads TFA.

  3. Re:I'm trying to understand by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's why I only call my mom's sex line. She won't rat me out.

  4. Re:Yay. Let's all bash America. by FrostedWheat · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... by suggesting death should be put to death themselves.

    I'm not sure you've thought this through.

  5. Wait... by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean that anybody that reads the cables is ineligible for the draft? Where do I get my copies?

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    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  6. Re:Guilty much? by fishexe · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're right, "I'd think of an argument but I'm hungry" is never a valid line of reasoning.

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    "I don't care about the Constitution!" --Bill O'Reilly, November 17, 2009
  7. Re:Guilty much? by easyTree · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's nice to see the government invoke the Streisand Effect.

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    Requiem for the American Dream
  8. Re:Guilty much? by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd reply to that properly, but my pizza would get cold.

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    When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
  9. Re:Guilty much? by jayveekay · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the message here is that reading the New York Times can potentially cost you a job.

    Sarah Palin seems to be ahead of the curve on this. Her plan to avoid reading to remain employable is paying off. You bet'cha!

  10. IN SOVIET AMERIKA by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Funny

    This isn't even a joke anymore.
    .
    Read your Red Pravda or your Blue Pravda, and like it, citizen

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."