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Michael Ratner: Assange called for release of Bradley Manning and attacked President Obama's call for free speech while suppressing whistle blowers
Whistleblowing generally implies that there is specific information or a specific issue you want to alert the public to by releasing information. Assange is not a whistle blower, he got his hands upon State Department communications cables in their hundreds of thousands and dumped them without making any effort to sift through them. He had no idea if people could be hurt, conflicts started or exacerbated, etc etc, because he didn't even really have a great idea of what was on them.
Because let's be honest, there is nothing "Whistle Blowing" about dumping half a million documents from SIPRNet and JWICS.
Because let's be honest, there is nothing "Whistle Blowing" about dumping half a million documents from SIPRNet and JWICS.
Or idolized either, he's just an egocentrist.
Why the hell should they free Manning? Dude is a traitor.
An egocentrist who highlighted the miserable failure of the US system that allowed a junior soldier to extract the largest set of restricted documents (250,000) that have ever leaked to the public. Ooops.
Wikileaks confirmed what i already knew. That our purportedly open, freedom-loving democratic governments lie to us on a regular basis.
Viva la truth.
Video @: [/FONT][/COLOR]Assange Speaks to UN - YouTube
Assange speaks to UN panel and calls on US, UK and Sweden and speaks to respect free speech, and protect whistle blowers, and to free Bradly Manning. Ecuador and others try to convince the US, UK, and Sweden to allow safe passage and go back to Sweden to try to clear up these "sexual acts" allegations.
How many times must this subject been regurgitated in futility? What some would prefer to label as "whistle blowing", was quite simply a document dump that violated the potential sovereignty, safte and diplomatic interests of a myriad of countries. Manning, on the other hand, by all indications violated both military and federal law by unloading a truckload of documents to sources not deemed fit by the contracts necessarily signed simply in order to obtain such security clearance. Not much sympathy for the kid, nor do I understand the overwhelming support and the seemingly hero-like treatment he's adorned with.
If ydou don't understand it you were probably duped by the corporate media too.
No "corporate influence" at play here, or any other buzzwords or catchphrases of the sort. Some of us simply realize that violations of the law should be treated as such, regardless of the feel good, cumbaya, intentions that may lie behind such actions.If ydou don't understand it you were probably duped by the corporate media too.
I'm assuming this is satirical...I hope it is...
Whistleblowing generally implies that there is specific information or a specific issue you want to alert the public to by releasing information. Assange is not a whistle blower, he got his hands upon State Department communications cables in their hundreds of thousands and dumped them without making any effort to sift through them. He had no idea if people could be hurt, conflicts started or exacerbated, etc etc, because he didn't even really have a great idea of what was on them.
Because let's be honest, there is nothing "Whistle Blowing" about dumping half a million documents from SIPRNet and JWICS.
No, I think most of the world is duped by the corporate media.
:lol:
What the ****? So if you think Assange just dumped a bunch of classified files in a half-hearted attempt for 'transparency' and that Manning didn't break not only UCMJ but also his legal non-disclosure agreement, you're just being duped by the corporate media? :lol: Seriously?
Except that the federal government basically labelled all information they have on any foreign dignitaries as "Top Secret" no matter how trivial, so only an extremely small number of cables were actually hurtful.
Assange does not deserve to be demonized for what he's been doing.
How many times must this subject been regurgitated in futility? What some would prefer to label as "whistle blowing", was quite simply a document dump that violated the potential sovereignty, safte and diplomatic interests of a myriad of countries. Manning, on the other hand, by all indications violated both military and federal law by unloading a truckload of documents to sources not deemed fit by the contracts necessarily signed simply in order to obtain such security clearance. Not much sympathy for the kid, nor do I understand the overwhelming support and the seemingly hero-like treatment he's adorned with.
If ydou don't understand it you were probably duped by the corporate media too.
No, I think most of the world is duped by the corporate media.
Who's? And what if it was? What would be the significance of that?
Are you implying that people should prize what's good for journalism over what's good for the federal government? Wouldn't that just be subjectively preferential?
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