Wikileaks

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Originally Posted by markabilly

... And let him start publishing some Putin secrets and see what happens.....No doubt, leakey would be squeaky as they lined him up....
yep find out real quick what the real world is like

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In all reality, Assange wouldn't have no need to go after Russia, or China for that matter, at least not yet anyways.

Regrettably, as an American, I must admit that he has a point. Since we're still operating on the Pax Americana mentality.

I don't know about you, but I've been tired of this body-bag politics, playing Capt. Save-A-Ho' of the world for quite some time now.

Yes, I do believe in going after Bin Laden

Yes, I do believe in taking out Saddam Hussien

But appeasing other gov'ts with financial aid & arms sales just so they'll stick to our geopolitical arena of 'democracy' - which it is not - is not only fiscally detrimental in the long run, but morally unnacceptable as well.

Mr. Assange - or Wikileaks if you will - is a necessary evil at this stage of the game. This country is long overdue for transparency of how are tax dollars are being utilized by the people, you and I have hired via voting. The gov't won't provide it, so us Americans have to rely on a globe-trotting Australian instead. Which says a lot if you ask me.

Also, I don't know about you, but I sure as hell don't want to wait for some Whitehouse braintrust like Robert McNamara to come out 30-odd years later and say "Uh, well, we were wrong. The war was a mistake."

Our global enterprise is done. Time to put the toys away.

Every attack on Mr Assange by the powers in Washington from having him wanted by interpol on regurgitated rape charges, freezing his swiss bank account, removing his mastercard and paypal facilities on allegations of him using them for criminal activities (with no charges as yet made against him in this regard) makes it look more like the plot from the movie 'Enemy of the state' prompting a backlash from hackers worldwide using 'Denial of service' attacks on both the Mastercard and Paypal websites.

He must have known this would happen yet seems ready and prepared to be the sacrificial lamb. I have a feeling this could prove to be an own goal for his prosecutors/persecutors.

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Originally Posted by Zico

Every attack on Mr Assange by the powers in Washington from having him wanted by interpol on regurgitated rape charges, freezing his swiss bank account, removing his mastercard and paypal facilities on allegations of him using them for criminal activities (with no charges as yet made against him in this regard) makes it look more like the plot from the movie 'Enemy of the state' prompting a backlash from hackers worldwide using 'Denial of service' attacks on both the Mastercard and Paypal websites.

He must have known this would happen yet seems ready and prepared to be the sacrificial lamb. I have a feeling this could prove to be an own goal for his prosecutors/persecutors.

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It just proves the stupidity of those who are after him (i.e. Mrs Clinton and Co).

Why do you people think you can receive stolen property and do what ever you want with it???

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Originally Posted by Roamy

Why do you people think you can receive stolen property and do what ever you want with it???

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Define "property"? I understand that patents and such are and can be called "intellectual property", but they have to be examined and published first by outsiders before you can call them your property. Wikileaks has revealed information that also concerns other people and nations than Americans and the US. In fact some may even claim that the US diplomats/spies have stolen information from the likes of Karzai, Gaddaffi and Putin.

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Originally Posted by Eki

Define "property"? I understand that patents and such are and can be called "intellectual property", but they have to be examined and published first by outsiders before you can call them your property. Wikileaks has revealed information that also concerns other people and nations than Americans and the US. In fact some may even claim that the US diplomats/spies have stolen information from the likes of Karzai, Gaddaffi and Putin.

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there is really no way to spin this EKI as much as you would like to. Yes and most of the time spies are punished if caught. We need to pop this guy and move on. If you can prove the diplomats were spies pop them too. See I am a equal opportunity "Popper"

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Originally Posted by Roamy

there is really no way to spin this EKI as much as you would like to. Yes and most of the time spies are punished if caught. We need to pop this guy and move on. If you can prove the diplomats were spies pop them too. See I am a equal opportunity "Popper"

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Fousto, the Big Popper.

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Originally Posted by Roamy

there is really no way to spin this EKI as much as you would like to. Yes and most of the time spies are punished if caught. We need to pop this guy and move on. If you can prove the diplomats were spies pop them too. See I am a equal opportunity "Popper"

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He didn't steal the info, he just publishes it. No one can call that spying. Spies don't publish their information. Spying equals secrecy, not publicity.

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Originally Posted by Roamy

Why do you people think you can receive stolen property and do what ever you want with it???

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are investigative journalists entitled to freedom of speech ? I thought it was part of what makes your country great. Still, I guess Nixon would probably agree with you.

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Originally Posted by Zico

Every attack on Mr Assange by the powers in Washington from having him wanted by interpol on regurgitated rape charges, freezing his swiss bank account, removing his mastercard and paypal facilities on allegations of him using them for criminal activities (with no charges as yet made against him in this regard) makes it look more like the plot from the movie 'Enemy of the state' prompting a backlash from hackers worldwide using 'Denial of service' attacks on both the Mastercard and Paypal websites.

He must have known this would happen yet seems ready and prepared to be the sacrificial lamb. I have a feeling this could prove to be an own goal for his prosecutors/persecutors.

Opinions?

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Mr. Assange also reintroduced the term 'feudal system' during one of his interviews - and rightly so I might add. Since none of the biased, corporate media (over here at least) has any integrity to mention it.