Wikileaks to release more info

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

You're not familiar with wikileaks at all, are you?

I'm not, and I don't think anyone will be answering to anything that they leak. OMG the government is doing shady things in wartime? Say it ain't so!

Maybe I'm just being pessimistic but I don't see anything good coming from this other than encouraging more insurgency against the troops there. No soldier or officer is going to be held accountable for any "exposed" atrocity and we will just end up in Afghanistan even longer now.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I'm not, and I don't think anyone will be answering to anything that they leak. OMG the government is doing shady things in wartime? Say it ain't so!

Maybe I'm just being pessimistic but I don't see anything good coming from this other than encouraging more insurgency against the troops there. No soldier or officer is going to be held accountable for any "exposed" atrocity and we will just end up in Afghanistan even longer now.

Wikileaks exposes information for the sake of exposing it. It's not really about expected results (like punishment for atrocities or changing sentiment). They post pretty much everything they get their hands on. The guy who is responsible for the leaks is in the military judicial ... process... right now.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

The guy who is responsible for the leaks is in the military judicial ... process... right now.

He's fucked but I can't say I feel bad for him. He was in the intel community, he knew the consequences better than anybody else. I just hope he feels it was worth it.

[starang21]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

He's fucked but I can't say I feel bad for him. He was in the intel community, he knew the consequences better than anybody else. I just hope he feels it was worth it.

if i recall, he was a hacker. not in the intel community.

i'm not a fan of this. war crimes happen. it's war. not to justify, but it's reality, and it's on both sides. this country does plenty of illegal shit to protect it's citizens and further it's national interests. not unlike every other country in the world.

al gore said it best:

"That's a no-brainer. Of course it's a violation of international law, that's why it's a covert action."

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by starang21

if i recall, he was a hacker. not in the intel community.

i'm not a fan of this. war crimes happen. it's war. not to justify, but it's reality, and it's on both sides. this country does plenty of illegal shit to protect it's citizens and further it's national interests. not unlike every other country in the world.

al gore said it best:

"That's a no-brainer. Of course it's a violation of international law, that's why it's a covert action."

From what I "researched" online about Wikileaks online most of their leaks come from hackers but the Afghan war documents came from a Army Intel soldier.