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TheWebHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:12 AM Original message |
Floyd Abrams: Why WikiLeaks Is Unlike the Pentagon Papers |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Frankly, I don't know whether Wikileaks is indiscriminate or not. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +1 and well said! nt |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You actually nailed it . |
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11cents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The "source" here isn't the WSJ; it's Floyd Abrams. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers disagrees with Floyd Abrams. |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 02:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Damning |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 03:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That isn't the point. The NYT has lost credibility. However, |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 03:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Wiki is biased |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 03:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. What has Wikileaks accomplished? Are you serious? |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Okay |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Thank you for keeping an open mind. |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Interesting-and not too far fetched |
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11cents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Floyd Abrams doesn't "work for" Rupert Murdoch |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. About Floyd Abrams |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. But WSJ, like Fox "News", publishes only right-wing propaganda |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Sounds like not dealing with the issues at all |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. FLoyd Abrams, big Wall Street lawyer. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. It's not 'silly', it's necessary |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. In the big picture |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Just goes to show you, anybody can be bought. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. From what we have seen so far, wikileaks has been quite responsible |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. I am unsure which is indiscriminate, Wikileaks or the overused "Secrets" stamp. nt |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Good point |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. Another article written by someone who clearly knows nothing |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. He does know what he's talking about |
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vicman (373 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. The truth is genuinely frightening |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yep! They R so good and kind, their beautiful system of crooks will lead to |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 03:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. finally a voice of reason. |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. WikiLeaks is a neutral source for exposing the disgusting nature of our world and shows how our |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. Abrams is wrong. What Wikileaks shows is how massively abused the system of classification |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. Unrecommended. |
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11cents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Sigh. People no longer know what "information" is. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Let me put it this way. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Or, put another way, |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Said like a true right winger |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. Floyd Abrams is a Wall Street attorney. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. This part is interesting: |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Empty prattle. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. What is the history of the legislation mentioned? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. What is the frequency Kenneth? nt |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Unreccing this piece of shit |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Agreed. |
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