Wikileaks to release more info

[PeppyGPhiB]

I find the latest Wikileaks extremely amusing. I'm not sure why everyone's talking about how bad this makes the U.S. look. To me, all the countries who publicly bitch about our actions around the world and then privately turn to us to gossip about their supposed allies come off looking worse. Particularly Saudi Arabia! (We don't like Iran. We would secretly be delighted if you, U.S., were to bomb them off the face of the Earth. But of course we would never say that, because we like for them to believe that we're in this Jihad with them."). Same goes for Egypt, which apparently has been making nice with Israel!

Wikileaks to me just demonstrates how full of crap EVERYONE is, not just the U.S. They're all just upset that we spilled their gossip. Maybe if they all were just straight with each other instead of whining to the U.S. about it, we could all be a little more productive in the world.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I find the latest Wikileaks extremely amusing.

I don't. I have a problem with a person (Assenge) or an organization (Wikileaks and the news organizations that have worked with it) that elects itself as the arbiter, without any check, of what classified documents should be made public.

But hey, at least Wikileaks is busy enough with all this that maybe it's not posting certain other esoteric/secret information anymore.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I don't. I have a problem with a person (Assenge) or an organization (Wikileaks and the news organizations that have worked with it) that elects itself as the arbiter, without any check, of what classified documents should be made public.

I agree. The hypocritical part is that Assenge is conveniently unable to be located.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

But hey, at least Wikileaks is busy enough with all this that maybe it's not posting certain other esoteric/secret information anymore.

If only occupying their time was so easy. They are probably excellent multitaskers.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

If only occupying their time was so easy. They are probably excellent multitaskers.

Yeah, but they're posting so many government documents, I'm hoping they decide they don't have space for documents related to . . . say . . . non-political organizations for college students and alumni.

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I don't. I have a problem with a person (Assenge) or an organization (Wikileaks and the news organizations that have worked with it) that elects itself as the arbiter, without any check, of what classified documents should be made public.

I agree and its neither neat, cool or cute in my eyes. Doesn't matter what other countries say behind closed doors, its what they do in public that matters. I mean like the whole China wouldn't mind if Korea was unified under the South.

Just give the crazy man trying to get a nuclear program together more reason to destabilize the region.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I don't. I have a problem with a person (Assenge) or an organization (Wikileaks and the news organizations that have worked with it) that elects itself as the arbiter, without any check, of what classified documents should be made public.

Let me clarify, I do not think it's OK that someone leaked/hacked this confidential information. I just meant I think some of the contents are amusing, and that in regards to some of the info, it seems counterproductive to me that it was ever kept secret instead of the associated parties discussing their feelings publicly.

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I don't. I have a problem with a person (Assenge) or an organization (Wikileaks and the news organizations that have worked with it) that elects itself as the arbiter, without any check, of what classified documents should be made public.

But hey, at least Wikileaks is busy enough with all this that maybe it's not posting certain other esoteric/secret information anymore.

This.