Pentagon waarschuwt WikiLeaks

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Op zaterdag 21 augustus 2010 11:16 schreef Monidique het volgende:

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Het blijkt nu dus dat WikiLeaks al het mogelijke heeft gedaan dergelijke potentieel gevaarlijke informatie niet te publiceren -op het publiceren zelf na dan-, dat ze zélfs het Pentagon hebben gevraagd aan te geven wie de informanten waren, welke informatie gevoelig is, en het Pentagon weigerde dat! Het Pentagon heeft dus bewust gevaarlijke informatie laten lekken, zodat... het hun beter uitkwam in de propaganda-oorlog?

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Op zaterdag 14 augustus 2010 20:00 schreef Thomas B. het volgende:
Ik denk dat het argument van het risico voor Afghaanse informanten best gegrond kan zijn. Als blijkt dat Wikileaks inderdaad niet discreet omgaat met de namen van die mensen kan dit een bedreiging voor die mensen betekenen. Het is een morele afweging die ze daar moeten maken.

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The online leak of thousands of secret military documents from the war in Afghanistan by the website WikiLeaks did not disclose any sensitive intelligence sources or methods, the Department of Defense concluded. . .

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But a senior NATO official in Kabul told CNN that there has not been a single case of Afghans needing protection or to be moved because of the leak.

Let's repeat that. Despite Gates' ongoing assertion that "the initial assessment in no way discounts the risk to national security" and that "there is still concern Afghans named in the published documents could be retaliated against by the Taliban," even the DoD and NATO admit that the WikiLeaks release "did not disclose any sensitive intelligence sources or methods" and that "there has not been a single case of Afghans needing protection or to be moved because of the leak." Nonetheless, the accusation that WikiLeaks and Assange have "blood on their hands" was -- as intended -- trumpeted around the world for weeks without much question or challenge.

It's been clear from the start that -- despite the valid concern that WikiLeaks should have been more vigilant in redacting the names of innocent Afghan civilians -- the Pentagon (and its media and pundit servants) were drastically exaggerating the harms, as The Associated Press noted on August 17:

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Op zondag 17 oktober 2010 17:41 schreef Pietverdriet het volgende:
Gezellig, wikileaks, namen publiceren van de mensen die als Tolk ofzo hebben gewerkt, die zijn hun leven niet meer zeker.

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Op zondag 17 oktober 2010 18:37 schreef capricia het volgende:

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Goes with the job.

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Op zondag 17 oktober 2010 17:41 schreef Pietverdriet het volgende:
Gezellig, wikileaks, namen publiceren van de mensen die als Tolk ofzo hebben gewerkt, die zijn hun leven niet meer zeker.

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Where do all these claims about WikiLeaks doing something on Iraq today (Monday) come from? A single tabloid blog at Wired Magazine!

That's right. Over 700 articles, newspapers all over the world, and newswires fooled by a tabloid blog--and each other.

Of course you won't see this blog cited, generally, in the mainstream press articles, because that would lessen the credibility of these articles back to where the belong -- unsubstantiated, and indeed, false claims made by a source that is not credible. What is journalism coming to?

But, Wired's blog is not just any source that lacks credibility. It is a known opponent and spreader of all sorts of misinformation about WikiLeaks. This dramatically ramped up since we demanded an investigation into what role they played in the arrest of the alleged journalistic source, US intelligence analyst, Bradley Manning:

http://www.salon.com/news(...)2010/06/18/wikileaks

We condemned Wired magazine for that conduct and the magazine has been oppositional ever since. The two blogs concerned, "Threat Level" and "Danger Room", while having produced some good journalism over the years, mostly now ship puff pieces about the latest "cool weapons system" and other "war tech toys" as befits their names -- "Threat Level" and "Danger Room".

These two blogs, and in particular editor Kevin Poulsen, have been responsible for a tremendous amount of other completely false information WikiLeaks.

A post today on "Danger Room" begins with:

"We’re still waiting for WikiLeaks to make good on its pledge to reveal hundreds of thousands of U.S. military documents on the Iraq war."

http://www.wired.com/dang(...)co2hog#ixzz12iu8RVBO

Another fabrication.

WikiLeaks does not speak about upcoming releases dates, indeed, with very rare exceptions we do not communicate any specific information about upcoming releases, since that simply provides fodder for abusive organizations to get their spin machines ready.

Julian Assange
Editor-in-chief

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Op dinsdag 19 oktober 2010 18:22 schreef Thomas B. het volgende:

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Is één bron. Maar ik hoop dat die official gelijk heeft. Welke oorlog in Zuid-Azie heb je het overigens over?

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Op dinsdag 19 oktober 2010 18:17 schreef Thomas B. het volgende:
O Salvador, wat geniet ik toch altijd van jouw diepgaande analyses.

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Op dinsdag 19 oktober 2010 18:10 schreef gebrokenglas het volgende:
't verbaast me dat het pentagon de zaak al niet 'geregeld' heeft. Let maar op: ineens krijgt die man een mysterieus ongeluk.

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Op dinsdag 19 oktober 2010 18:39 schreef Louis22 het volgende:

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Afpak, me dunkt.

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Leaked report details Italy’s “secret war” in Afghanistan

A report based on Wikileaks documents detailing Italy’s military involvement in Afghanistan, claims the country has held a number of secret operations responsible for the deaths of Afghan civilians.
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The report describes a series of incidents, including air raids on villages and the failure of Kabul’s government to use monetary aid from European member states effectively. Based on more than 10,000 documents from the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, the report was published in Italy’s weekly L’espresso magazine last Wednesday.

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“Italy is fighting a war in denial,” says journalist Fabrizio Maronta. “We are there officially on a peace-keeping, rebuilding, reconstruction mission. That is the way [Italy’s political establishment] sold to the Italian public opinion the rules of our engagement.”

Earlier, however, Italy’s Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said the country was planning to increase its military contingent from 2,800 to 4,000 troops by the end of 2010.

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WikiLeaks communications infrastructure is currently under attack. Project BO move to coms channel S. Activate Reston5.

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Op donderdag 21 oktober 2010 11:50 schreef Louis22 het volgende:
En nog een raadselachtig bericht op twitter:
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Op donderdag 21 oktober 2010 12:24 schreef Muridae het volgende:
Ik denk dat ze nog bluffen...
Als ze echt iets willen releasen, dan kan dat beter via de diverse torrent en nieuwsgroepen.
Op die manier kan niemand de verspreiding meer stoppen.

By the way, zou Reston5 het wachtwoord van dat Insurance bestand zijn ?