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Originally posted by Crakeur
So, I'm wondering, is our government so afraid of what might be in those future releases that they tightened the screws on everyone to ensure that Assange is taken into custody, hopefully removing the risk of disclosure?
Originally posted by mirageofdeceit
Probably the biggest impact Assange has had so far is in demonstrating that a country like the US can't keep a secret, and I suspect it is this that is the real issue here. If they can't keep 400,000 cables secret, then they're worrying about what else could easily get out if someone on the inside wanted to leak it.
Originally posted by Newbomb Turk
Nah folks...we are being led by our noses EXACTLY where those bastages intend on us ending up, without an internet into which we have had the advantage of being globally connected and which has been a thorn in their evil sides like they even never imagined. THIS IS A FALSE FLAG OPERATION of immense proportions which will carry with it the most dire consequences for us all should they succeed :-/
Originally posted by thoughtsfull
reply to post by Crakeur
My thinking runs along the lines that he has taken refuge in protective custody...
One has to question why he decied to take refuge in the UK, why the UK gov has tolerated the unfettered media access Assange that allowed those comments to be made, and why the UK gov has not (unlike some other govs) made any attempt to see whether Assange/Wikileaks have broken any UK laws in releasing the information in the first place..
Certainly an interesting set of questions being thrown up, and I really do like your theory be interesting to see where this all goes next.
Edit to add: just out of speculation, and to marry into my own theory, did the new UK PM not say something about releasing all the data they had on UFOs
edit on 7/12/10 by thoughtsfull because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Cablespider
reply to post by SevenThunders
Wikimedia/pedia and Wikileaks are not the same. The only thing that ties them is the open source software that anyone can use.
mediamatters.org...edit on 8-12-2010 by Cablespider because: (no reason given)
Operating a Web site to post leaked documents isn't very expensive (Young estimates he spends a little over $100 a month for Cryptome's server space). So when other Wikileaks founders started to talk about the need to raise $5 million and complained that an initial round of publicity had affected "our delicate negotiations with the Open Society Institute and other funding bodies," Young says, he resigned from the effort.
Originally posted by Cablespider
reply to post by Section31
Do you honestly believe they would not have touched the net had WL not released? All indications pointed towards them taming the net with or without WL. Now they have a scapegoat. It did make things easier for them to do but it was a matter of time anyway. They would have found some other scapegoat. LIEberman and friends have been trying to emulate China for some time now.
Originally posted by Newbomb Turk
Originally posted by Crakeur
So, I'm wondering, is our government so afraid of what might be in those future releases that they tightened the screws on everyone to ensure that Assange is taken into custody, hopefully removing the risk of disclosure?
I am sorry but I am not believing what we are being "fed". I am a 20+ year retired senior enlisted military member that had/still has a TS/SCI security clearance for most of those 20+ years (with SIPRNET access the entire time) and if you all even think for a second that some PFC by the name of Manning carried out all of what has been reported (the leaking of 2 million + classified documents that range from embassy cables to flippin UFO's to CIA field reports and foreign country intel assessments) ALL BY HIMSELF through SIPRNET ACCESS ALONE! And even on SIPRNET you are not automatically granted access/clearance to all DoD/Gov sites as they require permission to access BASED OFF OF THE NEED TO KNOW said information...I SAY IS COMPLETE BS!
Nah folks...we are being led by our noses EXACTLY where those bastages intend on us ending up, without an internet into which we have had the advantage of being globally connected and which has been a thorn in their evil sides like they even never imagined. THIS IS A FALSE FLAG OPERATION of immense proportions which will carry with it the most dire consequences for us all should they succeed :-/