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0 pointskungfooguru13y ago0 comments

Umm, what? Who was this attacker? I assume you simply mean an attack happened due to finding out the abuses committed by the US government. As opposed to what you seem to try to imply that the leaks themselves put someone in danger.

The truth didn't kill anyone. Those who committed the acts and gave the orders that became the truth that had to be leaked did.

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drone13y ago

Interesting take: "I assume you simply mean an attack happened due to finding out the abuses committed by the US government."

You do realize, Wikileaks released unredacted documents with names of people who were working with the US to try and right wrongs in their own countries? People who were later targeted by their own governments who are known to "commit abuses.."

sillysaurus13y ago

To be clear: the release was accidental. Assange did not intend to release the cables. They were stored in an encrypted zip file with a password which due to a series of unfortunate circumstances was made public.

It was a disaster for Wikileaks that the cables were released. It was like a nuclear first strike. Assange knew that, and that's of course why he didn't release them. It's truly a shame that they were accidentally made public. These secrets are going to be irrelevant 10 years from now, and came at the cost of dealing a serious blow to the infrastructure which made that information release possible in the first place.

drone13y ago

I consider the following quote from Assange as contextual when examining how in the world an organization so well-versed in protecting secrets would fail so miserably at basic security...

"Well, they're informants, so if they get killed, they've got it coming to them. They deserve it."

Of course, that bring to my mind as much conjecture as that which I would rally against.

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throwMeAway57613y ago

You do realize, Wikileaks released unredacted documents ONLY when The Guardian - by accident - had published the password to the archive in a book.

kungfooguruOP13y ago

And the US government would not help in redacting most leaks :). Though Wikileaks continued to ask.

kungfooguruOP13y ago

You do realize that our intelligence agencies have linked 0 deaths to these leaks... The very people who want Wikileaks shutdown can't provide accounts of harm done.

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drone13y ago

Interesting take: "I assume you simply mean an attack happened due to finding out the abuses committed by the US government."

sillysaurus13y ago

drone13y ago

I consider the following quote from Assange as contextual when examining how in the world an organization so well-versed in protecting secrets would fail so miserably at basic security...

"Well, they're informants, so if they get killed, they've got it coming to them. They deserve it."

Of course, that bring to my mind as much conjecture as that which I would rally against.

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throwMeAway57613y ago

You do realize, Wikileaks released unredacted documents ONLY when The Guardian - by accident - had published the password to the archive in a book.

kungfooguruOP13y ago

And the US government would not help in redacting most leaks :). Though Wikileaks continued to ask.

kungfooguruOP13y ago

You do realize that our intelligence agencies have linked 0 deaths to these leaks... The very people who want Wikileaks shutdown can't provide accounts of harm done.

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