Excerpt: "It quoted US Ambassador to Norway Barry White saying that, while he could not vouch for the authenticity of the documents, he expected them to contain US officials' candid assessments of political leaders and political movements in other countries. He said diplomats had to be able to have private, honest discussions to do their jobs."
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attends a news conference in London with Kristin Hrafnsson, Phil Shiner and John Sloboda, 10/23/10. (photo: Reuters)
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state terrorists - hackers - will try to disable the media - but virus could hit everybody. The system is falling apart.
Start being honest for once, THAT'S a novel idea and geee maybe things will work out better in the end.
for the refreshing effect these leaks have on the the states' delusions of grandeur.
WikiLeaks disclosures should be a humbling experience for the U.S. and be a reason to reexamine our position in world politics and unbridled hubris. Instead, the U.S. is trying to kick the dog that just bit us ... again. Nobody seems to be asking how we will explain away all the underhanded dealings soon to be released. We might be able to censor our citizens but what of the other 95%?
I agree with you 100%, except for your comment about the poll. Almost everyone I talk to (even strangers in public) is of the mindset of complete distrust of our 'government'. Most of us KNOW most of our gov't. are a bunch of liars, cheaters, killers, back-stabbers...I could go on & ON (as you well know). Please consider that the poll is most likely RIGGED, just like our elections. They, for some reason, want the good people to go down with our horrible, despicable government, perhaps so those who like to travel will find themselves the target of completely enraged people in other countries. Then, they could say "I told you so!"...WikiLeaks has ENDANGERED LIVES, making THEM 'liable' for our stinking government's filthy deeds. Again, PLEASE consider that more than likely the poll IS RIGGED. I am VERY HAPPY for the truth to be coming out, hopefully so we can then FINALLY clean house. I'm eternally GRATEFUL for WikiLeaks and I send my love to every one of them, including Assange, who is obviously being framed for crimes he didn't do. Blessings to you~
And so around we'll go again ... same plot, different characters.
This stuff is actually the back-drop. Real history is how we the mass of people as individuals in our everyday lives either perpetuate this Bully Fractal Pattern (BFP), or rise to the challenge of treating one another and the planet with love and respect. When we live within the confines of the BFP we are automatically disposed to action or inaction that allows those on the national and international stage to use us, and thereby facilitate larger manifestations of the BFP. This is how the enormous power of we the ordinary people gets taken from us. On the other hand if we choose the path of love and respect we break the cycle and begin a process of releasing empowerment within ourselves -the kingdom of heaven is within you.
Time, and then some, for the ugliest of all the ugly Americans (a.k.a. the greed and power addicted villinaire rulers and their enforcers and puppets) to get humble and contrite. Wikileaks has them quaking, with cause, in their boots. They should, indeed, be afraid to have their true greed and power addicted, selfish and contempt for all souls exposed.
We the sheeple have been led down a path of selfishness and contempt vs. compassion, love, and respect for all. Yes, indeed, we need to come clean and start over, as Gloria stated so well. It's time for all we the sheeple to take off the blinders, leave La La Land behind, and apologize worldwide for our egregious, greed/power/so profitable for the villinaire rulers based war and war and more war, and greed, greed and more greed m.o., which has and does threaten humanity and all the world.
Oh, and Assange as a truth teller?...it's that kind of hyperbole that gets people to doubt themselves by disabling the inner observer/critic.
They crucified Him last time, now look what they are doing to Him this time.
Repeat
Roll the tapes
America has become a bi-polar nation, with one side fiercely holding on to the dysfunctional past, while the other side champs at the bit, eager to walk into the new world that's coming. When the tipping-point is reached, and the regressives are dragged kicking and screaming into the future, the old world will be left in the dust. Literally.
Has it become impossible to keep a digital secret? Will governments have to go back to coded, typed documents in diplomatic pouches hand-cuffed to legions of men in cheap suits? Does anybody even make typewriters anymore?
Magnificent!
Yes, for example, one document might say: "Even if he's corrupt and racist and his allies are the neo-fascists, he supports us and that's all that counts."
Sergeant Manning is the first hero to spill the beans. I pray there will be many more and that the corrupt and criminal will go to prison. Secret service detail in the big house looking out for foolish George???
The U.S. government has no soul and no conscience. It feels nothing in terms of human life. The U.S. government will do virtually anything to protect itself. Be assured that, because of this announcement, that the U.S. government has increased its efforts to put a stop to this in any covert way that it can.
Wikileaks, if they had any kind of brain, would simply keep its proverbial mouth shut if it has any information that it wants to reveal to the world pertinent to U.S. war crimes and crimes against humanity, but isn't, for whatever reason, ready to do so. Keep it a secret. Don't say a word. And, when Wikileaks is ready to reveal it all, just do it, and do it as fast as you can.
Wikileaks is playing with a rattlesnake, and they better wake up and realize it.
And to Harold R Mencher: They are doing exactly the right thing by enticing the public with their ads for Dish! It serves dual purposes: to excite officials into making more recordable blunders, and to whip up anticipation (more hits to RSN etc ...) among the reading public.
By making WikiLeaks (Assange) appear to be on the run from those in power who are scared of the truth, WiiLeaks only gains more credibility. And of course ya gotta throw in some trumped up sex scandal to sell any good news these days. I'm guessing Obama will make sure Assange stays in power for the next two years, at least.
I'm sorry, Ben, but wake up to reality. You can assume all you want, but, in the end, Wikileaks' advertising of future releases will eventually bite them in the ass. Members of Wikileaks will strangely disappear, or lose their lives in strange ways with authorities claiming accidents or suicides. Obama's extrajudicial policy of assassinations will being running full tilt.
Don't misjudge how far the U.S. govt will go to protect itself since there is no agency in the world, including the U.N., that can stop us.
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