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Originally posted by SpartanKingLeonidas
Yes, but in certain circles, Noam Chomsky is seen as a dis-information agent.
Controlled, and spewing forth lies, to confound the information out there.
There is always the potential for those people being compromised.
Originally posted by jpvskyfreak
They killed JFK in broad daylight .... this guy is small fries if they wanted to get serious they would "off him" ..... chances are his hacker mates would follow up with some serious leaks.
Lets all support this guy he really is the information Robin Hood.
well if there are truly upwards of 260,000 they probably have to thoroughly go through each of them and figure out what to release and what things are most important to get out. I agree with the others calling these "classified" is likely translation for corruption of some degree, now will the MSM cover it?
Originally posted by crontab
If he has the cables, why hasn't he released them already? Maybe, he has put measures in place where if anything happens to him, all the documents will be released. He could be negotiating with the government on how he will release the documents, or something.We don't know what he has, or his intentions.
Originally posted by Shark VA84
reply to post by monkeySEEmonkeyDO
Well I used to work for the government as well, and there were many damn good and varied reasons why work is/was classified. It is naive to think that everyone within the fabric of the American public would use information given to them in a productive and informative manner. If some of the "top secret" stuff I was involved in became public knowledge at the time, I would be sitting six feet under the dirt and my mother would have a folded American flag on her mantle.
The problem lies in the abuse of "top secret" information. Some information made classified should and would be used by the general public to effect positive change, other information would place thousands of individuals in great peril. Moderation comes to mind, and applying the term "classified" to information should be done out of absolute necessity alone, not to further the agenda of an individual or their associates.
[edit on 11-6-2010 by Shark VA84]
Originally posted by monkeySEEmonkeyDO
It's amazing how our government is supposed to be working for us the people? "Classified" information only means that they need to cover their @ss.......
www.thedailybeast .com
(visit the link for the full news article)
Originally posted by Boomer1941
This guy is a "Dead Man Walking". He might even be caught by now for all we know. We know the CIA, Pentagon and NSA want him alive, common sense will tell you if they make a capture it will be hushed up if at all possible leaving the news media to believe he's still on the run. Needless to say he's going to find out what waterboarding is all about and if that happens he will surely be killed, or ahem...suicided. They need him alive to find all the files he has stored on servers around the world. This guy is in a world of hurt, can you imagine what it would be like on the run always looking over your shoulder, wondering what camera out there would pick him up for facial recognition. This guys only out is to surrender with a high profile with plenty of witnesses and then cut a deal. The SOB that gave the info to him in the first place should get life at Hard Labor until he stops breathing. Both of these guys are screwed for life, and was it all worth it for some notoriety?
Originally posted by aching_knuckles
I believe that as a free country we should not have spies, nor should we have our armies enforcing our economic policies throughout the world. Besides these two groups, who else would be at risk if some of this TOP SECRET stuff came out? I find it hard to believe thousands of people would be at risk.
Originally posted by monkeySEEmonkeyDO
It's amazing how our government is supposed to be working for us the people? "Classified" information only means that they need to cover their @ss.......
www.thedailybeast .com
(visit the link for the full news article)