"As far as anyone can tell, this has never happened," Assange responded. "When we deal with such serious issues and such [a] large amount of information, we have to accept the risk that it might, but this is balanced by the understanding that such information is also likely to save a great many lives."
But U.S. officials have said the documents could nevertheless endanger sources in the Afghanistan field. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview this month that the information was published "without any regard whatsoever for the consequences."
FOXNews.com - WikiLeaks Founder Describes Possibility of Casualties as Acceptable Risk
It seems like the founder of Wiki Leaks has no problem releasing potentially harmful information even when warned by the Pentagon. I wonder if his opinion would change if someone posted his personal info somewhere or information was published that places his life in danger.
FOXNews.com - WikiLeaks Founder Describes Possibility of Casualties as Acceptable Risk
It seems like the founder of Wiki Leaks has no problem releasing potentially harmful information even when warned by the Pentagon. I wonder if his opinion would change if someone posted his personal info somewhere or information was published that places his life in danger.
This is why he is an asshole. People are almost certainly going to die over the documents he posted.
FOXNews.com - WikiLeaks Founder Describes Possibility of Casualties as Acceptable Risk
It seems like the founder of Wiki Leaks has no problem releasing potentially harmful information even when warned by the Pentagon. I wonder if his opinion would change if someone posted his personal info somewhere or information was published that places his life in danger.
The fundamental conflict is that the secrets act is being abused and its hard to unwind the stuff that should be secrets vs coverups and other shenanagans. Its unfortunate that it has to come to this, but it wouldn't have been an issue if the pentegon and other agencies had been more responsible.
This.
No excuse to use state secrecy to hide possible corruption.
They were asking for it.
So what corruption has been uncovered? Is it worth the lives of those Afghanistan people whose names have been published as working with the US forces and who now are targets, and their families are targets?
The potential to get certain people to tighten up their approach to engaging enemies has the potential to save more people than the release of any names.
If I'm not mistaken there was an attempt to cover up at least one engagement by the military brass.
Unacceptable.
Sorry but transparency in government is more important.
Sorry, but that is easy to say since your name was not one of those released. It's not your family that is at risk. There is no evidence I have seen yet that we have learned anything particularly dramatic in this, but real people have been put at risk. If this asshole had taken the time to redact names, you might have an argument, but he did not, preferring to get views to his website over protecting people.
Not all of the documents that have been posted should even have been classified in the first place. I thought that Obama was going to create greater openness in government?
I read an article earlier last week that there are thousands more documents being prepped for release in the next two weeks that may be equally as damaging. I'm really curious to see what happens to WikiLeaks if they keep it up.
I don't really respect the fact that soldiers are in danger over this, but I equally don't appreciate how we are being lied to about just how badly this war is going. Maybe if the press had fair access to report on what is really happening, weasels like Assange wouldn't have such golden opportunities to make a name for themselves. Our governments are keeping us in the dark while using our tax money to fund their dream operations overseas. Who knows what is really going on, especially in the intelligence world.
I support the documents being released, ultimately. We're supposed to live in a democracy and if the war is going badly then we should know about it.
This.
No excuse to use state secrecy to hide possible corruption.
They were asking for it.
I would of never had put my family in such a situation in the first place, so you're right.
When you become an informant, you accept that danger.
Edit: It's already done
So in the sake of what may be better, you're going to have to weigh the people who put themselves in danger vs. the potential that some people may be saved.
I'm siding with the potential.
They were asking for someone to out the names of those Afghans aiding Coalition forces? How does this guy not already have an INTERPOL warrant out for his arrest?
How is anyone going to be saved by releasing the names of those Afghans aiding Coalition Forces?
No.
They were asking for it, making so much information "secret" and then they left their systems wide open for any informant to take it.
If the army, etc, knows that more eyeballs will be on their actions, that people won't accept the some of the bs stories they've been letting fly the potential for them to be more discriminating with potential targets.
You can't prove that it will save anyone but the potential exists.
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