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Originally posted by NoAngel2u
For craps sake, all of this "big bad egomaniac Assange secret CIA agent NWO shill" rhetoric is such hooey. The US is the "big bad egomaniac secret CIA agen wielding NWO shill" we need to be concerned about.
Originally posted by atlasastro
reply to post by zcflint05
This is a campaign of distraction.
Make the story about Assange, not the releases or the information held within.
We could spend, months, or even years in protracted court cases or legal battles about these "iminent" charges or even one regarding extradition.
Even though the US has no real grounds to charge Assange, they have effectively switched the focus, and much of the media attenton onto an entirely different topic.
Don't buy the hype.
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That would translate to me that there is proof that our government is keeping secrets from the American public and that would imply that "they" view us a children...or cattle. Feeding us only what we "need to know" and controlling everything else to their benefit. While I have suspected this for quite some time, and I know many people here subscribe to the same conclusion...this would be "proof".
Originally posted by fleabit
That would translate to me that there is proof that our government is keeping secrets from the American public and that would imply that "they" view us a children...or cattle. Feeding us only what we "need to know" and controlling everything else to their benefit. While I have suspected this for quite some time, and I know many people here subscribe to the same conclusion...this would be "proof".
Some of you have no real idea... that countries and governments.. they really DO need to keep some secrets.. secret.
Originally posted by fleabit
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Some of you have no real idea... that countries and governments.. they really DO need to keep some secrets.. secret.
Originally posted by fleabit
While I know you would like to think the entire population was clever and mature enough to handle "all" information, they are not. And much of the information released has nothing to do with dirty secrets, but with simple day-to-day operations in wartime environment. Releasing this info is monumentally irresponsible.
Originally posted by theinfernal
Cant You See It??!!!!!???!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?
They will continue their cyber attacks untill it is in our national security best interest to completely control the internet. THIS INTERNET IS WHAT BROUGHT ALL OF US THINKING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND IT IS THE #1 THORN IN THE SIDES OF OUR WOULD BE MASTERS. The more they attack Julian the more anon attacks the madder we get at anon.
Originally posted by fleabit
That would translate to me that there is proof that our government is keeping secrets from the American public and that would imply that "they" view us a children...or cattle. Feeding us only what we "need to know" and controlling everything else to their benefit. While I have suspected this for quite some time, and I know many people here subscribe to the same conclusion...this would be "proof".
While I know you would like to think the entire population was clever and mature enough to handle "all" information, they are not. And much of the information released has nothing to do with dirty secrets, but with simple day-to-day operations in wartime environment. Releasing this info is monumentally irresponsible. Everyone on sites like this think they are so terribly clever - but the reality is, they have no real clue what sort of useful information an enemy can gleam from simple-seeming documents.
Does our government or other agencies have dirty secrets? Yea, you bet they do. It's been that way since the dawn of time, and won't be changing any time soon. Some should be exposed. But much of the stuff released is nothing "dirty" or scandelous - it's just dangerous to give such info to an enemy.
It's kind of funny that while we feel some of this info would be terribly damning, but other countries.. even enemies of ours.. their governments have dismissed the documents outright.
Some of you have no real idea... that countries and governments.. they really DO need to keep some secrets.. secret.
Originally posted by zcflint05
BREAKING: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be charged with espionage in US
Article from Daily Mail
(visit the link for the full news article)
America is set to bring spying charges against jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, claims his lawyer.
She believes U.S. prosecutors are finalising their case against the 39-year-old behind the publication of more than 250,000 secret diplomatic messages.
Jennifer Robinson said she understands U.S. charges are ‘imminent’.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk...
edit on 12/10/10 by zcflint05 because: more HTML correction