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Originally posted by shagreen heart
sometimes fighting fire with fire works. in the physical world, no, but in ideas, yes. it doesn't matter how he obtained the documents, the prime fact is that illegal activities and war crimes are being covered up.
Originally posted by GreenBicMan
reply to post by shagreen heart
Your profile makes me feel weird
Originally posted by YJLTG
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
One man's terrorist is other man's freedom fighter!
Enough said!
Originally posted by whateverpedia
So what's the difference between them and Law Enforcement Officers who vreak the law to get a conviction, such as drug dealing in order to get to "Mr Big"? Or LEO's speeding to catch a speeding driver
Quote from : The Underground Empire - Where Crime and Governments Embrace : Excerpt
[Page 3:]
The inhabitants of the earth spend more money on illegal drugs than they spend on food.
More than they spend on housing, clothes, education, medical care, or any other product or service.
The international narcotics industry is the largest growth industry in the world.
Its annual revenues exceed half a trillion dollars -- three times the value of all United States currency in circulation, more than the gross national products of all but a half dozen of the major industrialized nations.
To imagine the immensity of such wealth consider this: A million dollars in gold would weigh as much as a large man.
A half-trillion dollars would weigh more than the entire population of Washington, D.C. Narcotics industry profits, secretly stockpiled in countries competing for the business, draw interest exceeding $3 million per hour.
To what use will this money eventually be put?
What will be its ultimate effect? Though everyone knows narcotics is big business, its truly staggering dimensions have never been fully publicized.
The statistics on which the above statements are based appear in classified documents prepared with the participation of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.
These studies are circulated in numbered copies with warnings of "criminal sanctions" for unauthorized disclosure.
Why is this information withheld from public view?
The international narcotics industry is, in fact, not an industry at all, but an empire.
Sovereign, proud, expansionist, this Underground Empire, though frequently torn by internal struggle, never fails to present a solid front to the world at large.
It has become today as ruthlessly acquisitive and exploitative as any nineteenth-century imperial kingdom, as far-reaching as the British Empire, as determinedly cohesive as the states of the American republic.
Aggressive and violent by nature, the Underground Empire maintains its own armies, diplomats, intelligence services, banks, merchant fleets, and air lines.
It seeks to extend its dominance by any means, from clandestine subversion to open warfare.
Legitimate nations combat its agents within their own borders, but effectively ignore its power internationally.
The United States government, while launching cosmetic "wars" on drugs and crime, has rarely attacked the Empire abroad, has never substantially diminished its international power, and does not today seriously challenge its growing threat to world stability.
Why is this so?
Do the world's governments not want to eliminate this expanding source of criminal wealth and power?
Has there in fact never been an attempt to mount a truly effective global assault against it?
Has there never existed -- does there not exist today -- some hidden, unpublicized, international force struggling against the Underground Empire?
Originally posted by whateverpedia
You seem to be saying that any such conviction would be thrown out of court, because the conviction was obtained illegally.
Originally posted by whateverpedia
I completely disagree with your premise, even though it was well presented.
Originally posted by whateverpedia
The best way to fight fire is with fire.
Originally posted by whateverpedia
Another thought. What if the covering up of any info is actually illegal? The only way to get that illegally concealed info out (ie make it legal) is to break the law. What then?
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Since his death eighty years ago, Harry Houdini's life has been chronicled in books, in film, and on television.
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Drawing from millions of pages of research, they describe in vivid detail the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever-more-dangerous feats, his secret life as a spy, and a pernicious plot to subvert his legacy.
The Secret Life of Houdini traces the arc of the master magician's life from desperate poverty to worldwide fame -- his legacy later threatened by a group of fanatical Spiritualists led by esteemed British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Initiating the reader along the way into the arcane world of professional magic, Kalush and Sloman decode a life based on deception, providing an intimate and riveting portrayal of Houdini, the man and the legend.
Originally posted by whateverpedia
The only answer to this is the age old line we get fed whenever our freedoms are curtailed, or new powers are given to the authorities:
"If you're not doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to fear".
The mere act of making it secret is seems to indicate that TPTB are doing/have done something wrong.
Originally posted by wheresthetruth
OP, I stopped reading as soon as you said Hackers and Crackers are criminals.
Originally posted by wheresthetruth
Get your head out of that place on your body where the sun never shines. Hackers do more for the security of the computer and network field than any of those freakin bookworm wannabe engineers.
Originally posted by wheresthetruth
Crackers are the ones that pose a threat to computer security.
Originally posted by wheresthetruth
Those of you who would lump hackers and crackers in the same bag disgust me and are the prime example of idiocy and stupidity and spread such ignorance to others and ruin the credibility of legitimate hackers that are trying everyday to protect you from the people that would steal your identity.
Originally posted by CosmicEgg
Assange is a man with a conscience. He is doing what must be done by anyone with a heart and a brain (and decent-sized balls too). He has copious amounts of both (or all three, really) and he's not afraid to use them. I can't say as much for his critics though. If only more would aspire to his heights...
Originally posted by CosmicEgg
If these governments were acting themselves in a legal/moral/ethical fashion with our best interests at heart, then they should have nothing to hide and certainly nothing to be ashamed of. When they have to work this hard to hide their machinations, we surely must take time to consider what it is they are doing that merits such secrecy. It's not that their enemies don't already know what they're up to - they most certainly do! It's that they don't want us to know. Why would that be, O Solid Citizens?! Think for a while.
Originally posted by CosmicEgg
I give him conscious support every moment of the day. What he's doing must be done. It's simply astounding that anyone would think otherwise. I'm afraid this speaks directly to his critics about their Heart/brain/balls. Be advised!
I have uncovered more than Assange has in my lifetime.
If you know policy you can easily read how to fight these laws without breaking them.
Originally posted by SpartanKingLeonidas
While I am a conspiracy theorist, through and through, I do what I do, without breaking the law.
Whether I agree with the law or not, whether I always agree with foreign and or domestic policy, or not, there is a clear delineation of what I will and will not do.
And the actions taken by Julian Assange, are criminal, period, and I could care less if anyone agrees with me or not, because his website, Wikileaks supports criminal activities.
Quote from : Wikipedia : Julian Assange : Biography
Assange was born in Townsville, Queensland in 1971.
Assange has said that his parents ran a touring theatre company, and that he was enrolled in 37 schools and 6 universities in Australia over the course of his early life.
During his childhood years, he lived on the run with mother and half-brother.
They were avoiding his half-brother's father who was believed to belong to a cult led by Anne Hamilton-Byrne.
Assange helped to write the 1997 book Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier which credits him as researcher.
It draws from his teenage experiences as a member of a hacker group named "International Subversives", which involved a 1991 raid of his Melbourne home by the Australian Federal Police.
Wired, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Sunday Times have pointed out that there exist similarities between Assange and the person called "Mendax" in the book.
The New Yorker has identified Assange as Mendax and explains its origin from a phrase of Horace.
Assange was reported to have accessed various computers (belonging to an Australian university, a telecommunications company, and other organizations) via modem to test their security flaws; he later pleaded guilty to 24 charges of hacking and was released on bond for good conduct after being fined AU$2100.
Originally posted by SpartanKingLeonidas
Originally posted by YJLTG
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
One man's terrorist is other man's freedom fighter!
Enough said!
Yes, I know this and it has what to do with criminal action, really?
A hacker/cracker is not a freedom fighter.
There is a fine line between fighting and criminal action.
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
I'm not going to delve too much into this thread. I read your post OP and you do make valid points... while you somehow miss the reality of the causes of it all. you state that you are a middle man, who chooses to understand both sides, which is an admirable thing to do... if you truly did understand them both, which is obviously something you do not.
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
You criminalize Julian Assange's campaigne yet fail to realize who his campaigne is against, and if it comes down to who the true element of criminality is, I'd think that someone who is as intelligent as yourself would understand that the governments that Julian Assange has exposed have been the ULTIMATE in criminality from the very gate.
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
As it is, Julian has actually become the most noteable figure in history to blatantly have taken on the position he has, a one man army, fighting a war (against the odds) against the very root of this planets evils.
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
Julian Assange is doing his job... as a journalist, lol... and he's doing it just like any other journalist should be doing it... ruthlessly, against a ruthless establishment.
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
Can you imagine if Julian Assange actually worked for the government?
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
Not to say he's some super hero, or specialty shop show case... however I will say this about the man...
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
He's got the moves, he's got the intelligence, and he's obviously got the connections... and he's doing what EVERY person who has those things should be doing, as it in reality is thier duty to do so due to the position they have been allowed to be in...
and that would be to use thier assets in support of those not so well to do, not so well informed, or not so well educated.
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
If you can stop for a second and picture this: Julian Assange is literally fighting GodZilla, with a LongSword.
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
Julian Assange isn't the one doing the "Hacking" or "Cracking"... He's the one those folks go to to release what they RISKED THIER LIVES to get.
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
And finally..... you mention concern about documentation in his possession that would expose the United States of America in some unheardof manner where all the teeth in the world will come chomping it's way to our shores to gobble us up...
Well, if the information wasn't soCRIMINALLY DAMAGING
then people wouldn't be that upset now would they? So, I ask you... who are the real criminals here? Did you even get a clue yet, mr. "Divide and Conquer"?
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
oh yeah.... and the comment you made about Those "innocent" men and women over in the gulf fighting wars on "our" (**Cough*Bu*lsh*T**) behalf...
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
I'm sure you're referring to the ones that have been repeatedly exposed for Murdering innocent civilians, raping innocent women - AND CHILDREN - destroying an entire country's benevolence via DEPLEATED URANIUM, torturing unarmed and incarcerated civilians, shooting mothers, raping sons, and obliterating entire families via phosphoric demise, murdering journalists, deep frying fathers, scalping clerics, and mutilating animals...
Are those the ones you're referring to?
Originally posted by Megiddodiddo
If you consider these people innocent, I'm of the mind to tell you that while I had some respect for you before, I've pretty much lost that respect for you, and am at a loss to understand why someone as brilliant as yourself has fallen unto the level of disgrace I see you at now... I truly do.
Originally posted by Flighty
As Julian has said on many occasions, once upon a time these documents and videos would leak to a program like 60 Minutes OR to a cutting edge non bought out investigative journalist. Now that the MSM has been bought out and investigative journalists have gone extinct, Wikileaks and people like Julian have taken their place.
What Julian is doing is no different to what truth seeking journalists USED to do before they were replaced with TPTB trojans and talking heads who will keep up the company line.
And you have to agree, it doesn't take much of anything to break laws these days.
[edit on 3-7-2010 by Flighty]
So, prove it, through stepping up, and putting them in jail.
I do not criminalize Julian Assange's "campaign" he did that all by himself.
So, he is at war, with America?
I am sure Australia will not support that.
Or else America has lost an ally.
He is associated with hackers and crackers and that is enough.
Assange holds no journalistic license, he is not a reporter.
Originally posted by SpartanKingLeonidas
Assange holds no journalistic license, he is not a reporter.
Originally posted by C0bzz
Didn't read much of the OP because it was unreadable.
Last I checked Wikileaks does not hack anyone or steal anything. They are simply a messenger that receives and then publishes leaked documents which allows the whistle-blowers to have a voice yet stay anonymous.
[edit on 3/7/2010 by C0bzz]
Originally posted by Crimson_King
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
Exposing criminals are not criminal actions. I do not agree with you and any theatrical basis you have laid in your posts.
Originally posted by Alethea
Very interesting name "Assange". Ah Sang. I sang.
Especially considering that "sing" is a slang word meaning "tattle, inform, squeal, whistle".
Some people are born from mist.
Illuminati children? Hidden Houses?
[edit on 3-7-2010 by Alethea]
Originally posted by C0bzz
Could you please explain this comment because considering the amount of work Wikileaks has done this statement is baffling to say the least.
Originally posted by C0bzz
Which is exactly what wikileaks is doing hence why despite the hundred plus lawsuits against them, all have failed. If you can point to any criminal action Assange has taken then file a lawsuit against him or specifically point it out. Put your money where your mouth is otherwise I would call that slander which itself is against the law and that would make you a criminal.
Oh, and good luck attempting to file a lawsuit against them. You will fail.
[edit on 3/7/2010 by C0bzz]