Not that surprising in the politics subforums.Yup, hypocrisy is a strong theme in this thread.
Not that surprising in the politics subforums.Yup, hypocrisy is a strong theme in this thread.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/28/wikileaks.attack/index.html?hpt=T1
they are releasing countless secret documents and intellectual property of the United States. they are in possession of stolen goods, which is a crime.
they are releasing classified documentation which they have no right to possess or even see. this is a crime.
I don't know if somehow the USA is responsible for the cyber-attack on Wikileaks, but I would not mind it if we were.
there is a legal way to get government documents, even classified ones from the USA. its called the Freedom of Information Act. it does wonders.
however, Wikileaks chooses to go another route. an illegal one.
and it does appear that their agenda may indeed be to harm the United States and our allies.
they are an enemy of the USA.
btw, nobody without security clearance has the right to know about the secret NON-ILLEGAL communications between the State Dept. and other countries.
They have to come up with something.Apologies if this has already come up, but I just read this: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/71l2t1
Is this true? Is Assange genuinely wanted by interpol for cheating?
BERLIN – The online payment service provider PayPal has cut off the account used by WikiLeaks to collect donations, serving another blow to the organization just as it was struggling to keep its website accessible after an American company stopped directing traffic to it.
PayPal said in a blog posting that the move was prompted by a violation of its policy, "which states that our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity."
... Julian Assange, who I've already agreed is an enemy of the U.S. ...
As an American, I just thought I'd chime in & say that I do NOT consider Julian or Wikileaks any kind of "enemy" of the USA. I think they provide an invaluable service & there are many, many people who share my opinion.
The bending over by the media, and now private companies to the US government regarding wikileaks is astonishing. Most of the media are simply mouthpieces for government officials at this point--which is exactly why Wikileaks is necessary.
Also astonishing is the hypocrisy, doublespeak, and horrible logic used by attackers of Wikileaks.
Some new news--now PayPal has shut down charitable contributions to Wikileaks.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101204/ap_on_hi_te/wikileaks
So, apparently PayPal has its own judicial system and has already decided on a Guilty verdict. They should let Lieberman etc. know exactly what law Wikileaks broke, and more importantly, what law it broke that the NYT, Der Spiegel, and the long history of intentional "leaks" of secret stuff by the government (and the media that reports them) itself didn't break.
The bending over by the media, and now private companies to the US government regarding wikileaks is astonishing.
Also astonishing is the hypocrisy, doublespeak, and horrible logic used by attackers of Wikileaks.

So, apparently PayPal has its own judicial system and has already decided on a Guilty verdict. They should let Lieberman etc. know exactly what law Wikileaks broke, and more importantly, what law it broke that the NYT, Der Spiegel, and the long history of intentional "leaks" of secret stuff by the government (and the media that reports them) itself didn't break.
Concerning the OP I have a question:
What if the informant who gave the Cable-data to Wikileaks had forwarded the information directly to those media outlets like Spiegel, New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian etc.?
Would those Media Outlets also be "an enemy to the US" or is it just easy to attack Wikileaks for not being a traditional Media Outlet? ... Given the fact that Spiegel, Guardian and Co. are publishing the sensitive data as well.
As an American, I just thought I'd chime in & say that I do NOT consider Julian or Wikileaks any kind of "enemy" of the USA. I think they provide an invaluable service & there are many, many people who share my opinion.
Why are people debating whether or not he's a journalist?The Center for Investigative Journalism considers Assange to be a journalist. Alex Massie says that he's a journalist. Amnesty International considers him a journalist.
What did you learn from wikileaks that wasn't already reported by the MSM?Wikileaks basically as far as I'm concerned is doing what the media in this country should have been doing a long time ago.
Evgeny Morozov has cautioned in The Financial Times that the US backlash against WikiLeaks and Julian Assange may have unintended consequences: "WikiLeaks could be transformed from a handful of volunteers to a global movement of politicised geeks clamouring for revenge. Today’s WikiLeaks talks the language of transparency, but it could quickly develop a new code of explicit anti-Americanism, anti-imperialism and anti-globalisation.[...] An aggressive attempt to go after WikiLeaks – by blocking its web access, for instance, or by harassing its members – could install Mr Assange (or whoever succeeds him) at the helm of a powerful new global movement able to paralyse the work of governments and corporations around the world."
Source: Financial Times
Why are people debating whether or not he's a journalist?
What difference does it make?