WikiLeaks

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Just wondering..

WikiLeaks

Jessica (guest) 24 Nov 2010 21:13

Hey guys!! What is the deal with WikiLeaks? Why do they keep releasing info and why can't they be stopped? I mean, what's gonna happen when they cause some kind of war to break out?

Re: WikiLeaks

3WMElliott 24 Nov 2010 21:46

Check out this interview with Julian Assange, the guy behind WikiLeaks, which will probably be the easiest route into finding out what WikiLeaks is all about, and may well answers those questions of yours.

Jessica (guest) 24 Nov 2010 21:54

Looks like something could be done about him. I mean. what's gonna happen when someone gets really pissed and drops a bomb on innocent people??

CaneLaz 24 Nov 2010 22:11

Hi Jessica,

I'm not sure what you're referring to about a war being started by Wikileaks. The U.S. Military is upset because it MAY, again I say MAY, be dangerous for operatives that are under cover. Assange is using it to uncover atrocities that may have been committed by coalition forces.

In the end, I don't think it's anything to worry about Jessica.

3WMElliott 24 Nov 2010 22:33

Bombing of one kind or another is a daily occurrence in some parts of world, and WikiLeaks sure isn't the cause for that.

Ironically perhaps it's the secrecy of Religion that's doing the damage, rather than the freedom of information, but that in itself is an opinion, and not an answer.

Keith the Gamer Geek 11 Dec 2010 04:13

Assange should be extradited to the U.S., thrown in Fort Leavenworth, and left to rot.

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3WMElliott 11 Dec 2010 19:16

On what grounds?

alex (guest) 28 Nov 2010 16:34

On the bbc website it says that these new releases of classified documents might cause a backlash on british citezens living in muslim countries. I am british and i live in Egypt :/ Should i be worried

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11856122

snorks 29 Nov 2010 16:40

No, the U.S. State Dept. has been working the Egyptian authorities on keeping the violence in Egypt down. They have been monitoring the situation closely.

Re: WikiLeaks

(account deleted) 09 Dec 2010 01:46

The latest WikiLeaks flap reminded me of a classic (1947) science fiction story. I searched online for it, and found out that someone else had been reminded of that story, too: they posted a description of it from Wikipedia:

"E for Effort", a novella by T. L. Sherred, details a time viewer built by a poor genius who cannot get people to take him seriously, so he uses it to create historical movies which he then shows in his decrepit theater. He is discovered by a Hollywood producer, who is able to exploit the viewer to create first movies, then historical reconstructions, and finally political documentaries. The last part is his undoing, as he exposes every crime committed in the name of patriotism and ideology by world leaders, resulting in the collapse of government, and nuclear war.

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