Wikileaks claims to have a copy of the book the Pentagon destroyed 1,000's of.

reply to post by MrWendal

Now I will admit it is possible that someone kept a copy and sent it in to Wikileaks,

Mate, windows XP was supposed to be one of the closet gaurded secrets and unhackable before its release..
I bought a copy in Asia for $5 2 weeks before official release and it required "NO" cd key...
The guys in the computer shop back here didn't believe me till I let them look at the disc...

This publisher had the manuscript for a while..Many people would have had access to it...

Originally posted by MrWendal
I have heard the rumblings of Wikileaks, some people think it is legit while others think that it is highly probable that they are a CIA operation of some type...

Now I am suspicious. The Government did not go out and purchase every single book, they cut a deal with the publisher to purchase every single book before it even hit the shelves for sale to the public. So how did Wikileaks get it? The answer is obviously from the Pentagon. Now I will admit it is possible that someone kept a copy and sent it in to Wikileaks, but I would think it is not very likely. After all the trouble the Pentagon went through to make sure this book would not hit the shelves, what are the chances that they would have relaxed security around the point where they were destroying this book that would allow someone to sneak away with one single copy? Sorry I don't buy it. Wikileaks getting a copy of this book is very suspicious.

If you read the article, it says they destroyed 9500 books. That means they weren't able to get their hands on 500 copies. They had no legal right to insist on purchasing all 10'000 copies, they just tried to do that.

I know you aren't alone in having suspicions about Wikileaks - suspicions which, incidentally, I don't share - but whilst I totally respect your opinions, I have to say that in your post you are doing truth a disservice by inventing a scenario and then presenting aspects of that imagined scenario as fact.

reply to post by wcitizen

I know you aren't alone in having suspicions about Wikileaks - suspicions which, incidentally, I don't share -

I truly wish Wikileaks was exactly what they say they are but some facts stand out..

Why hold back information?
Why release itty bitty bits of what they say they have?

Why create a code to release the rest?

If they were serious, they would just release it all...

reply to post by Trueman


I KNOW the Drudge Report had this story listed! Now I can't even find it in their archives. Can anyone else still see the headline where the pentagon buys all copies of this book on Drudge Report?

reply to post by 1curious1
I only have this story but it has the info you want .I think us.cnn.com...

I review books. Often I get a spiral bound printed version. They will be full of grammar errors and misspellings. An editor or editors will be working on correcting all of that, and I just read the book for the story value so i can get a review out in advance of the book hitting the market.

Now sometimes even after the book hits the market, I will still get an advance copy- it might be spiral bound or it might be marked ADVANCE COPY. If the book is coming out as a hardback, sometimes I will get a black and white paperback.

There's more than just author writes book, book gets published to the way a book goes to market.

So even if the pentagon DID get all the first run, they probably did not get all the initial books.

I got a empty envelope yesterday that HAD a book in it. I don't know which one, but it made me wonder.... lol The envelope was cut open, and the book was gone. The publisher paid 10.50 to mail it priority, and I got it empty.