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semar

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Posted: 19 December 2010 at 6:19pm

What''s your opinion about WikiLeaks?

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Posted: 26 December 2010 at 11:16am

I see no difference between Wikileaks putting out information revealed to them and a newspaper or the cable news television networks doing the same thing. However, if it can be shown that the secret or classified information was solicited in some way, then that is another story. If that is the case Wikileaks should be held accountable also. The government employee that revealed what he had promised not to reveal will be and should go to jail for a very long time.

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Posted: 06 January 2011 at 6:10am

I used to work with a guy who's son Bradley Manning was in the US army and was actually responsible for leaking many of these cables. It was a fascinating story but also very sad and tragic too as to why he felt the need to do this.

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Posted: 10 January 2011 at 6:53am

I think it's a brilliant idea, but there has to be some limits.
I agree with schmikbob that is would be the same as hearing it on the news; but the fact that it's run through the internet worries me about the "shady" ways the information could be acquired.
And then there's always the possibilities of things being faked (this IS the internet after all) and people taking it way out of proportion and ruining it for everyone else.

It will be interesting to see where this all goes.

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Posted: 11 April 2011 at 11:41pm

Originally posted by semar

What''s your opinion about WikiLeaks?

Babylon Falling , Falling

El's Holy Qur'aan , States In Chapter 17 ; 81 , '' And Say ; Truth Has ( Now ) Arrived , And Falsehood Perished ; For Falsehood Is ( By Its Nature ) Bound To Perish (81 ) .

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Posted: 17 April 2011 at 9:47am

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El's Holy Qur'aan , States In Chapter 17 ; 81 , '' And Say ; Truth Has ( Now ) Arrived , And Falsehood Perished ; For Falsehood Is ( By Its Nature ) Bound To Perish (81 ) .

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Posted: 22 June 2011 at 5:40pm

I beleive that every citizen should have the right to know what their elected officials are talking and doing, so they don't step over others rights.

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I believe firmly that Wikileaks is not what it protrays itself to be.Bradley Manning rots in prison and Wikileaks recieves a medal...hummmmm.....

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Poll Question: What''s your opinion about WikiLeaks?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Bad for security and world order.	4	[21.05%]
Good for democracy and trasparancy.	11	[57.89%]
Don't know.	2	[10.53%]
Don't care.	2	[10.53%]
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semar Senior Member Senior Member Joined: 11 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1234	Topic: WikiLeaks Poll Posted: 19 December 2010 at 6:19pm
	What''s your opinion about WikiLeaks?
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schmikbob Male Agnostic Senior Member Joined: 27 June 2010 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 422	Posted: 26 December 2010 at 11:16am
	I see no difference between Wikileaks putting out information revealed to them and a newspaper or the cable news television networks doing the same thing. However, if it can be shown that the secret or classified information was solicited in some way, then that is another story. If that is the case Wikileaks should be held accountable also. The government employee that revealed what he had promised not to reveal will be and should go to jail for a very long time.
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michalis Starter Joined: 06 January 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 06 January 2011 at 6:10am
	I used to work with a guy who's son Bradley Manning was in the US army and was actually responsible for leaking many of these cables. It was a fascinating story but also very sad and tragic too as to why he felt the need to do this.
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ThatGirl25 Female Starter Joined: 10 January 2011 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 10 January 2011 at 6:53am
	I think it's a brilliant idea, but there has to be some limits. I agree with schmikbob that is would be the same as hearing it on the news; but the fact that it's run through the internet worries me about the "shady" ways the information could be acquired. And then there's always the possibilities of things being faked (this IS the internet after all) and people taking it way out of proportion and ruining it for everyone else. It will be interesting to see where this all goes.
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IssaEl999 Guest Group Joined: 10 March 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 336	Posted: 11 April 2011 at 11:41pm
	*Originally posted by semar* What''s your opinion about WikiLeaks? Babylon Falling , Falling
	El's Holy Qur'aan , States In Chapter 17 ; 81 , '' And Say ; Truth Has ( Now ) Arrived , And Falsehood Perished ; For Falsehood Is ( By Its Nature ) Bound To Perish (81 ) .
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IssaEl999 Guest Group Joined: 10 March 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 336	Posted: 17 April 2011 at 9:47am
	U.S. Military Blocks U.N. Official from Seeing Bradley Manning April 12, 2011 \| Headline U.S. military officials have blocked a top U.N. official from privately seeing accused whistleblower, U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, who has been held in solitary confinement at a military prison … Ecuador Expels U.S. Ambassador over WikiLeaks Cables April 06, 2011 \| Headline The U.S. ambassador in Ecuador has been expelled over comments made in a diplomatic cable released by the online whistleblower WikiLeaks. In a July 2009 message, U.S. Ambassador Heather Hodges said … Long Night’s Journey into Day: Democracy Now!’s Exclusive Interview with Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide March 22, 2011 \| Story Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family returned to Haiti last week for the first time since a 2004 U.S.-backed coup forced him out of office. A 2005 U.S. State Department cable … Jeremy Scahill: As Mass Uprising Threatens the Saleh Regime, a Look at the Covert U.S. War in Yemen
	El's Holy Qur'aan , States In Chapter 17 ; 81 , '' And Say ; Truth Has ( Now ) Arrived , And Falsehood Perished ; For Falsehood Is ( By Its Nature ) Bound To Perish (81 ) .
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honeto Senior Member Joined: 20 March 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2340	Posted: 22 June 2011 at 5:40pm
	I beleive that every citizen should have the right to know what their elected officials are talking and doing, so they don't step over others rights. Hasan
	39:64 Proclaim: Is it some one other than God that you order me to worship, O you ignorant ones?"
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umhalil Female Islam Groupie Joined: 10 March 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 60	Posted: 10 August 2011 at 9:30pm
	I believe firmly that Wikileaks is not what it protrays itself to be.Bradley Manning rots in prison and Wikileaks recieves a medal...hummmmm.....
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