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The Web Braces for Biggest Wikileaks Dump to Date

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* This Will Be the Biggest Dump Ever, writes Kim Zetter at Wired: "Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has been charged with improperly downloading and leaking classified information, disclosed to a former hacker in May that he had given WikiLeaks a database covering 500,000 events in the Iraq War between 2004 and 2009. Manning said the database included reports, dates, and latitude and longitude of events, as well as casualty figures. A leak of this sort would vastly dwarf the cache of about 75,000 documents that WikiLeaks published in July from the Afghanistan War. That cache involved field reports from analysts who compiled information from informants and others on incidents and intelligence."

* This Will Probably Contain Info on Detainee Treatment, writes Mark Hosenball at Newsweek: "The Iraq material portrays U.S. forces being involved in a 'bloodbath,' but some of the most disturbing material relates to the abusive treatment of detainees, not by Americans but by Iraqi security forces."

* They'll Try to Prevent Casualties, writes Gautham Nagesh at The Hill: "Overton said his organization is taking seriously U.S. complaints that the Afghanistan leaks have put lives in jeopardy, which is why they are reviewing all reports first for sensitive information rather than posting the raw material. He said WikiLeaks's media partners have agreed to make financial contributions to WikiLeaks to 'help meet productions costs.'"

* A Number of Media Sources Will Get Exclusives, writes Tim Edwards at The First Post:

Iain Overton, editor of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which is working with WikiLeaks to identify specific stories among the documents, told Newsweek that each of the organisations involved this time will come up with its own angle on the material, because "everyone wants their exclusive". He adds that the tranche of documents will be around three times the size of the Afghanistan leak.

* Bringing in the MSM Is a Smart Strategy, writes Michael Collins at The Agonist: "It guarantees maximum publicity. It takes a great deal of heat of Wikileaks as the prime malefactor in the eyes of the national security state. It also impresses on the leaks the imprimatur of the mass media, lending it immediate gravitas."
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I speculate that Assange will be dealt with in some extralegal manner prior to being able to dump the data; that the data-transmission will be blocked in any which way possible in order to prevent it from getting out. Sweden is one of the locations of his servers, and they've already tried to go after him for sexual assault, so I think they'll jam his messages with no problems


"I hope I don't get a heart-attack, die suspiciously, or vanish for saying this..."
(for those who don't know any better, this is a joke)
 
INRM said:
I speculate that Assange will be dealt with in some extralegal manner prior to being able to dump the data; that the data-transmission will be blocked in any which way possible in order to prevent it from getting out. Sweden is one of the locations of his servers, and they've already tried to go after him for sexual assault, so I think they'll jam his messages with no problems
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I speculate nothing of the sort will happen.

INRM said:
"I hope I don't get a heart-attack, die suspiciously, or vanish for saying this..."
(for those who don't know any better, this is a joke)
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Right... a joke... *wink wink nudge nudge*
 
twitter.com/wikileaks said:
We have no comment as to the claim that our next release is related to the Iraq war.
4:11 AM Sep 10th via web
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I smell a fake, although the "Bureau of Investigative Journalism" seems to be a legit organization. But maybe i only think that because its main sponsor is the guy who founded PSION, and i loved the PSION 5mx i once owned. We'll see.
 
I am looking forward to what this "biggest dump ever" uncovers.

It'll likely give us some renewed perspective on what war is really like when no one is there to report on it.

And...
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I think that Wikileaks exaggerate their importance, like Anonymous. Most of the Afghan stuff was just what most people already knew. I hardly think that there will be anything on the scale of Duke Nukem Forever being leaked.

Speaking of which, why didn't wikileaks tell us about this? Did you leave out stuff about DNF Assange?! :mad:
 
NWO Sentryman said:
I think that Wikileaks exaggerate their importance, like Anonymous. Most of the Afghan stuff was just what most people already knew. I hardly think that there will be anything on the scale of Duke Nukem Forever being leaked.

Speaking of which, why didn't wikileaks tell us about this? Did you leave out stuff about DNF Assange?! :mad:
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Come leak some! *du du dum, du du dum. du du dum, du du dum.* :D
 
If it's not the 800 secret pages of the SCCRC investigation into the Pan Am 103 miscarriage of justice case, I have to say I'm underwhelmed.

/off topic

Rolfe.
 
INRM said:
I speculate that Assange will be dealt with in some extralegal manner prior to being able to dump the data; that the data-transmission will be blocked in any which way possible in order to prevent it from getting out. Sweden is one of the locations of his servers, and they've already tried to go after him for sexual assault, so I think they'll jam his messages with no problems


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I certainly hope they do - with prejudice.
 
I don't get why Wikileaks is doing this now that we are pulling out of Iraq. They are getting what they wanted so what are they hoping to accomplish with this?
 
Travis said:
I don't get why Wikileaks is doing this now that we are pulling out of Iraq. They are getting what they wanted so what are they hoping to accomplish with this?
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Assange is an attention whore, this is getting him attention. And that's the real purpose of wikileaks.
 
Travis said:
I don't get why Wikileaks is doing this now that we are pulling out of Iraq. They are getting what they wanted so what are they hoping to accomplish with this?
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It's already in but they want attention. Primadonna rectums looking for a rep.
Need to be squashed like little irritating insects before they do some truly major harm.
 
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