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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:21 PM Original message |
What, exactly, has wikileaks posted that Americans don't have a right to know? nt |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nothing we don't have the right to know |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. My thoughts exactly. I doubt we'll get one good answer to this question, |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's so secret |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Exactly |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. And then there is that long long list of victims |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. If you know what they are doing. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. The sad fact of the matter is that many have been taken in by a concerted mefia |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's not like they revealed the identity of a covert CIA agent or anything. |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Bullseye! |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Scooter was convicted on 4 of the 5 charges and was sentenced to 30 months |
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noise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. The super patriots have contempt for the public |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Good question. Though "What is it they have no right to know?" would be... |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Kick and Rec nt. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Great post. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Is it really desirable to have one person like Julian able to |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The US modifying it's behavior may be disturbing to you, but i find these leaks far more disturbing: |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Yes one person should be able to threaten a country like that. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Or Osama bin Laden |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
14. Ignorance is bliss. Their bliss is from keeping us ignorant of the truth |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. Thats easy, the classified and/or secret cables that does not involve crimes, corruption and such. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Could you site a particular incident? |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. the vast majority of the already released cables. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. So, nothing specific. I would submit that we all have a right to know the content of |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. the vast majority of the cables has nothing to do with the war tho |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
19. Do you think wikileaks is anything more than an info dump - or is Assange censoring |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Truthfully, had the government not overreacted, we would not know whether any of the info was |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Have you read any of the documents released by "wekileaks[sic] sites"? |
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rgbecker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Try this: |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Mirror sites are merely images of the same site. Thus, one site. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. But hundreds of thousands have died because of Wikileaks. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wikileaks is exposing millions of Americans to the risk of death. Of blissful ignorance. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's not a matter of a "right to know." |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. You may allow yourself not to know, I choose to know. In a democracy, |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. that is not the issue |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. You don't know who this should be kept from except, definitely us? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Spies from other countries |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. You really believe that don't you? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. This ^ |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. IF American public still want Democracy, we need to know what the government is doing in the dark |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. The names of Afghans who aided our war effort |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. One can only hope the US got those people and their kin to safety. nt |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Or while ushering them to safety they didn't get slaughtered by a U.S. drone. Ha! |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Yes. He said that after asking AI for help. AI declined. Wikileaks also asked the U.S. govt for... |
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