Wikileaks Defies U.S. Order, Releases Classified Files
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The online website WikiLeaks unveiled hundreds of thousands of classified State Department documents Sunday in defiance of U.S. government and military demands not to publish the files. According to the Associated Press, the WikiLeaks website appeared to be inaccessible early Sunday and the group reported in its Twitter feed that the leaked documents would be printed in the U.S. and Europe if they could not be posted online.
The Obama administration has been bracing for the documents’ release for the past week. Upon today’s release, the White House immediately denounced the decision to release the classified files, claiming they may endanger U.S. diplomats and intelligence agents. Included among the documents are off-the-record candid assessments of some foreign leaders and governments — characterizations that threaten to undermine U.S. standing in the international community.
The White House says many of the documents reflect initial reports that are “often incomplete” and don’t always shape final policy decision. In addition, the Obama administration denounced the stunt as “reckless and dangerous” and considers the classified files “stolen.”
The Pentagon is also taking steps to shield itself from the document leak and says it has tightened security procedures since WikiLeaks’ last document dump. The Defense Department also announced Sunday new efforts its taking to prevent future unauthorized releases.
Since August, the Pentagon has changed its rules of file transfers utilizing flash drives or similar data storage memos, spokesman Bryan Whitman said Sunday. It has also changed the way classified materials are moved to and from unclassified computer systems, hopefully making it more difficult for an individual to steal secrets.
An Army specialist is reportedly the prime suspect in the latest theft of some of the materials.
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Comments (281)
molleighsgm
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:56pmIt looks like Glenn was right on the money about Google. check out this paragraph i found on NYT about the wikileaks….. ¶ A global computer hacking effort: China’s Politburo directed the intrusion into Google’s computer systems in that country, a Chinese contact told the American Embassy in Beijing in January, one cable reported. The Google hacking was part of a coordinated campaign of computer sabotage carried out by government operatives, private security experts and Internet outlaws recruited by the Chinese government. They have broken into American government computers and those of Western allies, the Dalai Lama and American businesses since 2002, cables said.
Report Post »Cuthalu
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:30pmOf course China has been hacking us for a long time. They steal anything not nailed down, and then some. Bank accounts of private citizens, trade secrets of businesses they can use to game our stock market and stealing any technology they can from our government/military.
Part of the “Art of War” is to use the wealth and resources of your enemy against your enemies rather than fighting them directly. China has been doing that to us for awhile. There was a reason the chinese diplomat handed Bush the book, Art of War to him publicly at the white house a few years ago. It was China letting us know, they already beat us. They have been at war with us for years yet our government acts like China is our best friend publicly.
I hope more eyes open to the truth of the matter, and soon.
Report Post »Border Fox
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:54pmWhat’s really annoying is that in the same week they shut down some 70 “illegal sharing” websites… They “asked” nicely for this one not to publish… Pretty pretty please… Disgusting!
WikiLeaks should be shut down as a matter of International Security, nevermind National Security! This site is a menace to democracy everywhere!
Report Post »60yroldfemale
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:53pmThe truth is that the administration doesn’t give a s*** about the people who are being put in danger here.
Report Post »And I do think there is a higher motivation to letting it happen.
Do we really believe that millions of documents could get copied and NO ONE notices?
I was in Europe when a foolish young Marine guard at the US Embassy in Moscow got involved with a Russian woman and took her inside.
Some very good Americans didn’t come home to their families that week.
Pray for the people whose lives will be forfeit because of this and their families.
wrs840
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:49pmHating America is a fashion statement for the left, and the mindset is largely a product of American education-institutions, media, pop-culture and entertainment. Next time you run into someone in these industries, let them know this is the spawn of their vocation. …And think about what you’re funding when spending YOUR money.
Report Post »tacomia
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:49pmThe documents are unbelievable. Check out: http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/cable/2009/03/09BAKU175.html
Report Post »09BAKU175, IRAN’S MONEY LAUNDERERS, SANCTIONS-BUSTERS, AND
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD MONEY MAKERS: A BAKU SAMPLER
troyvar
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:11pmOnly read part, but the first sentance jumped out at me, “According to widespread rumor”.
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:43pmI think we run the risk of seeing how this administration has been selling us down the river.
Silversmith
Report Post »Jsh1284
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:42pmYeah, that’s ridiculous. I don’t think this is something Obomba really cares about though. He is trying to ruin us .. so is there really any true concern here? I don’t think so …
Report Post »Cuthalu
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:38pmThis administration will use this to their full advantage and blame the tea party/conservatives for all of it. Sure, it would be a lie to blame us but with as much hatred the world has for not just the US but also conservatives then count on ALOT of money being funneled to every american progressive cause, every democratic organization and anything that is anti-tea party to ensure a progressive dominance for years to come. All they have to do is point their fingers at us, our media will fall over itself to help the progressive whole-heartly because of what it will do for the progressive movement.
If you thought all that foreign money being used to get Obama elected was alot, wait because it is now going to much, much worse.
Report Post »sbroiles
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:34pmAll right, the US Army Specialist broke the law—prosecute him. But how do you prosecute a foreigner for breaking our laws when he did the whole thing overseas? Let me see if I have this straight: You do something the Empire does not like, You do it outside of the Empire, and you’re not even a sub—I mean citizen of the Empire. So the Empire has the right to strike back???
I support our troops, but I do NOT support THE EMPIRE, the NEW WORLD ORDER, the ILLUMINATI or any of their schemes. JUST WHAT THE DEVIL ARE WE IN AFGHANISTAN FOR, ANYWAY???
Report Post »The American Republic should be run like a business, NOT an empire, especially a vicarious one at that!
60yroldfemale
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:04pmI have an idea about Afghanistan. It will always be a boil on the bottomside of the world.
Report Post »Let’s just hand a nuke to every country around them within throwing range and we all throw at the same time. Then no one has to take the blame.
Betcha not gonna like this idea?
kryptonite
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:48pm60yroldfemale, The root of the problem is not Afghanistan. It’s the jihadists/Islamists who control that country. If they weren’t trying to take over the world, Afghanistan would rot from the inside and nobody would give a d*mn. Right now, the real danger to our nation is Pakistan. The Taliban/al-Qaeda are gaining control of a country with nukes. This spilling over of the bad guys into Pakistan, as well as the Pakistanis new hostility towards America happened on Obama’s watch.
Report Post »Maxxwell Maddingly
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:33pmThis is treason – and during war time is supposed to be eligible for death penalty. Yet the Obama administration “asked” for it to not be published? They need to find this man, arrest him and shut his operation down. That’s not censorship, it’s protecting the country during war time. This is unacceptable and yet Obama stands by and does literally nothing. I smell George Soros somewhere behind this!
Report Post »FREEJAN
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:27pmWe must get organized and clean up voter regisration. There must be a way if anyone knows how to go about this please help.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:27pmThe all powerful Barry -
Report Post »I am scared as hell with Iran and now North Korea acting -up
This guy invites problems because he is weak.
What would Ronny do!
“Hey Mr, Wilki if you publish these secrets they will be your last publication – have a nice day” click
Zorro6821
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:12amI think it’s a little more complicated than what you posted. I guess that’s what happens to a generation that watches to much TV and plays too many video games. How about we wait until all the facts come out before we start our killing of innocent folk. The constitution remember….but I guess mob mentality rules the day.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:26pmWhy the sudden concern, or pretend concern POTUS? He must have found out someone he actually gives a s*** about is in imminent danger. Do you feel our seething hatred POTUS? Its working, isn’t it? The seething hatred that will eventually bring America down while you remain somehow immune?
Report Post »EP46
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:12pmThe Sudden concern???? Another chain in the link to shut down the internet.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:18pmDoes anybody really think this anti-military, anti-intelligence administration will actually do something. If so, I laugh at you. Think of what Washingtongrad has become comrad.
Report Post »TexanComeAndTakeIt
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:18pmAny American, military personnel or not, involved in this should be tried for treason.
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:54amOh please! if you believe that some low lever Army Guy with an Ipad and Lady Gaga Music exposed our most intimate State Dept secrets then we must be the stupidest country on earth. The “ Army Guy” was merely the fall guy for an incompetent administration that has allowed a Foreign Power to infiltrate Government Computers. We can‘t find Bin Laden and now we have a guy all over TV and doing interviews and we can’t touch him? Are we that retarded or just maybe he has some more info that he would reveal if we go after him. Info that could be really damaging, and totally unhinge the USA. So instead of mob mentality and listening to corrupt politicians say we must execute this guy, they are merely posturing, to protect their own ass. Folks I believe we have become a nation of boneheads. Don’t believe any Corporate Media, not even Fox.
Report Post »mark t
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:14pmwhy isn’t this wiki guy subject to some sort of punnishment from US, shouldn’t GB hand him over so we can execute him????
Report Post »Rob_M
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:35pmApparently since he didn‘t steal the data himself it’s not as easy as the army guy will be.
Report Post »jb1972
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:37pmIts the same as recieving stolen property. 1-5 years for each document. X ?????thousand= no more sunshine for pretty boy and his friends!
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:12pmGood gosh, don’t we have some spec ops guys who can take care of this little problem?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:40pmI can think of a couple of projects for special ops.
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:53pmYou people are truly unbelievable. Big Government is good as long as it’s doing and saying bad things to/about another “lesser” country, huh? But let’s have lowers taxes yea! No body scanners WHOOOA! But let’s keep killing people around the world under the banner of Democracy. That‘ll teach ’em!
You remind me of the group that commented on a Yahoo! News article about killing the #3 Al’Quida leader. Sure, he’s dead along with a dozen family members, which included young children. All the commenters were screaming for more blood, that we should have killed more of his family, that‘ll teach ’em!
Mike Z4000
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:08amWhy don’t we get a real Attorney General who looks out for the United States, as he took an oath to defend. Instead of defending every anti-American he can find. Treason is as much in the Attorney Generals Office as the rest of these traitors.
Report Post »ElaineA
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:10pmWithout context these kind of ‘data dumps’ are largely worthless but still dangerous.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:44pmwhat if Obama wants to start ww3 ? Don‘t you want to know it’s not
Report Post »being made up ? What if you found out that Bush knew beyond a doubt
that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction but lied to us about it ?
http://www.infowars.com/6-reasons-to-start-world-war-iii-if-you-are-a-globalist/
If the CIA and US army can’t encrypt the sensitive material and safe guard it who can ?
I wish Wikileaks could tell me who got the TARP money from the fed ???
Now the Fed reserve knows how to keep a secret.
Psychosis
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:06pm@ tower…..wikileaks released documents hidden by the obama administration that proves wmd were in fact found . biological and chemical weapons are considered wmds, and have been found and removed. funny thing that msm doesnt report on this
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:02pmPschosis,
Report Post »Did you read them already? I haven’t but I am sure the info is against Obama and his cohorts. That’s why he cares.
Steverino
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:08pmThe Army Specialist should be tried for treason, which I believe is a crime punishable by death, no?
Report Post »http://stephencharles-poppin-off.blogspot.com/
mark t
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:06pmthe army specialist should be tried for treason then executed……
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:17pmTreason as far as I am concerned has only one remedy and that is the gallows. Regardless of who it is, at any level, President, congress, senators and any one else engaged in the destruction of this country………….
Report Post »Ken
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:25amFINALLY, somebody is talking about the root of the problem…that army ***** who gave the secrets to Wikileaks to begin with! He needs to be court marshalled for high treason, and then executed like the animal that he is! I’m a 20-year military veteran, and I UTTERLY DETEST what this non-human has done!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:05pmWikileaks rules the world.
Report Post »No country is safe when it’s national intelligence can be
completely breached like this. If they don’t like your
policies, they’ll just publish all your secret intelligence.
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:13pmMr Obama could have stopped this, and chose not to. I place the blame squarly at the feet of his administration.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:28pmWhy the sudden concern, or pretend concern POTUS? Must have found out someone he actually gives a s*** about is in imminent danger. Do you feel our seething hatred POTUS? Its working, isn’t it? The seething hatred that will eventually bring America down while you remain somehow immune?
Report Post »teahugger
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:02pmSo what are they doing with the Army specialist who passed the information to WikiLeaks? And what was his motive? Are these people trying to topple the United States? They need to get in line…Soros got there first!
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:38pmThe Master Plan is to Classify everything as Top Secret then execute any slave
Report Post »who tries to expose things like Agenda 21 by classifying it Top Secret
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h-lTRxKu3A
so in the future Obama can brand this kid as a traitor for
reporting Top Secret info.
we have to fill those imaginary FEMA camps
LC LaWedgie
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:34pmThe British paper, The Telegraph, reported that he was upset about the military’s DADT policy.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:36pmI bet that who ever gave these documents got a lot of money for this & why ’till this day the US did nothing to stop this .
Report Post »LC LaWedgie
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:58pmhttp://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/107915-nyt-manning-used-lady-gaga-album-to-bypass-dod-security
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified data while serving in Iraq, apparently disguised the data as a music CD by Lady Gaga in order to smuggle it past military security, according to a report from the New York Times.
[-----]
Former hacker Adrian Lamo said Manning confessed to him that he leaked the video to the website Wikileaks, as well as a second classified video of the infamous 2009 Garani airstrike in Afghanistan. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said his organization has the video and is working to decrypt it.
Sources told NYT that Manning hummed and lip-synched to songs to make it appear he was using the classified computer’s CD player to listen to music. In reality, he was downloading classified data in violation of the law.
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:53amyou know what is going to happen, don’t you ??? Eric Holder is going to use this as justification for taking over the internet and web pages.. I wouldn‘t be surprised if they weren’t in cahoots….
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:02pmI know what should happen to whomever got this guy these documents…
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:03amPerhaps the Chinese and not some low level Army Guy with an Ipod. Give me a break. Our gov‘t know who leaked this and it ain’t no geeky Army Guy who Loves Lady GaGa. What a bunch of bullcrap. As for all of you so called conservatives, don’t you think maybe we should be angry at out corrupt and inept government and be grateful that a skinny white had the balls to show you how your so-called democracy works. OH maybe we should censure all speech, that will solve the problem. Most of the posts on here are a bunch of phoney sheep.
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:00pmI am all for free speech, but what can be done about this?
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 5:07pmFree speech is when you say something or print something that is yours not stolen from you….These files were stolen, not given, so the ones doing this should be hung publicly for all to see…
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:18pmAnd should something be done about this? And how did this guy get these documents? Is there any crime here? http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »chazman
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 6:34amI think NOBAMANURE allowed this to happen since he hates our country so much. I smell LIBERAL MARXISM, and it’s coming from the WHITEHOUSE!
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:42amThis just shows how FN stupid we are. Our government has in effect has become so impotent that nobody gives a sh…t what threats we level. After Obamas world apology tours, nobody takes us seriously. Personally I say don’t shoot the messenger, but kick the bums out who are running us into a ditch.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 4:58pmThis is going to be interesting….
Report Post »Rev. WC
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:00pmSo this unknown guy has all of this top secret stuff and is going to release it on the internet? The same internet that Big Sis just shut down several servers for having free music on? Are we this fn stupid? What a scam this administration is..Hello is anybody home?
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:02pmEverything seems to be pointing at Hillary Clinton more that anything else. See was spying on diplomats at the UN. This is Obamas leak happening on his watch.
Report Post »DonoRomantico
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:03pmRev, you are making way too much sense!
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:16pmWe should just go find him, where ever. Arrest him and fly him out no matter what country he’s in. If they don’t like it, tough. Do something about it, if you think you can. He‘s not worth the lives he’s put in danger and he needs to be shut down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIoEUTqhYmA
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAN9f9clmig
CatB
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:46pmDon’t we have any spies or agents anymore .. you know like 007 license to kill?
Report Post »Rn mom
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:46pmExcellent point Rev., I was also thinking…CIA hit contract on the wiki leaks founder. But they want to beg, hmmmm- begging never worked well in negotiations.
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:46pmThe fact that the US Government is embarrassed by what is contained in some of the classified documents (ie off-the-record candid assessments of some foreign leaders and governments) maybe they shouldn’t have said those things in the first place.
I’m in the US Army. Yes, I believe it could put my brothers and sisters in harms way. You know what the solution is? BRING THEM ALL HOME!
We the people deserve to know the full extent of what big Government is up to. For so many people here who call themselves Conservatives here, you all are more than willing to let big brother keep their secrets and to have the power to squash anyone that gets in their way. I say this guy has some balls to stand up to the US Government in such a way. If only a fraction of America had the balls this guy has to stand up against big brother, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
tower7femacamp
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:48pmSo the Govt can close web sites, but can’t stop this ? I smell a rat
Report Post »http://www.prisonplanet.com/us-government-seizure-of-the-internet-has-begun-dhs-takes-over-76-websites.html
CatB
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:48pmDon’t we have any “special agents” anymore .. you know the equivalant to 007 license to kill? This sounds like a job for Bond, James Bond … I know we had them during the “cold” war .. why not the war on terrorism?
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:51pmand obama does nothing about him…… if he was worth anything at all as the president of this country that little spy would be dead or we would kidnap his ass and bring him here to hang his ass. but we have a traitor in the white house. so nothing is being done as our friends are being screwed by obama and his unamerican cohorts. when will some sanity be restored to this nation and obama be placed under arrest for his acts of treason.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:54pmHa! I knew it! Obama is worried sick that comments his admin made about “other leaders and govts.” has been leaked. The traitor is desperately trying to cover his @ss by saying these were just initial, incomplete reports.” I didn’t read the previous leaks, but I will certainly browse through these. The fly on the wall is talking, and I am all ears.
Report Post »ADMIRAL747
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:57pmOdd how these leaks come out so much in this administration..
Report Post »tgarrett369
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 6:59pmhey americansoldier, what kind of solidier supports leaking secret documents from american government? you aint no american. your a trader.
Major Infidel
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:01pmEverything happens for a reason.
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:17pm@tgarrett369 Call me a traitor all you want. I’ve been to Afghanistan TWICE and I stand firmly in saying that we need to bring all our troops home, effective immediately. I’ve served my country, have you served yours? I had an epiphany since joining and signing on the dotted lines. Our foreign policy is screwed up. Our domestic policy is screwed up. Our economic policy is screwed up. You cry foul on two of the three but don’t see how foreign policy effects the other two as well.
Call me a traitor. I don’t care. The country I want to fight for is no longer the country I believed it to be. I will continue to fight for my country. Not with this uniform on but through activism. Freedom, TRUE freedom needs to return to this country. With that comes dismantling this EMPIRE that built up in it’s place. You can’t spread democracy at the barrel of a gun. Why would you even want to? I sure as hell wouldn’t want a democracy.
Our Republic will be great again but not until we wise up and wake up!
Simpleman78
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:23pmI think it is about time that Jack Bauer was cut loose on this WikiLeaks clown! Those responsible for leaking the information need to be tried for treason…
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:24pmRev. WC,
“Are we this fn stupid?”
Evidently we are. Sad ain’t it?
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »12thArticle
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:30pmZero tolerance for treason, traitors and spies. These are capital offences needing capital punishment. That would be interesting.
Report Post »Rev. WC
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:31pmAmericanSoldier, God Bless you and thank you for your service. I am with you brother..
Report Post »always watching
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:33pmAmerican Soldier:
Report Post »He has stated that his goal is to “bring down the U. S.”. Is that what YOU want too?
Rev. WC
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:37pmThePatriotDave Evidently we are. Sad ain’t it?
Indeed..
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:46pm@always watching Yes, I would like this Empire, this thing we use to call a Republic, this Country that was once great, dismantled from the top down. This Empire will collapse under it’s own weight. I‘d rather we have a controlled demolition but you can’t be picky. It’ll hurt, it‘ll probably hurt a lot but I’d rather suffer through it now then to make my kids deal with this mistake we’ve emphasized. I love my country. I love the potential is has. It can be a wonderful country again but not until we stop the warmongering AND the entitlement mentality. Neither side of the isle understands that both are equally as damaging to the health of our nation as a whole.
kryptonite
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 8:03pmAmericansoldier,
Thank you for your service.
Libertarians believe that fighting those who attacked us FIRST is “warmongering.” There’s something you and the liberal skunks can agree on. Not me. I am for defending the free world from Islamists. Or do you think jihad is a “spiritual concept”?
Methinks your epiphany came under the command of the wrong man. It might have skewed your thinking in the wrong direction. As long as that traitor is in office, I like you want our troops to come home. Here’s my question to you: Will you defend America from the traitor within, yes or no?
Report Post »Rev. WC
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 8:03pmWe live in a Vanilla Sky/Beatle Juice world, time to get back to basics ie..Constitution
Report Post »ME
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 8:18pm@AmericanSoldier
I would have to agree we are not a republic we are socialist and I have never seen in history a country leave socialism with out a collapse. I don’t want to hand burning embers to my kids and I do not see anyone even close to being trusted or able to turn this around plus with two more years of this idiot at the wheel driving like a sailor drunk on spending.
I hate the weasel that released this but I do hope some good comes of it and more of the lies that we are told are exposed and the need for someone to do something with news. Not that all the stories are about fat cats, rhinos that paint and hockey fights but could not that space be used for something a bit more informative. Sorry to bring that up again and I understand the entertainment but Glenn’s show use to be 90% entertainments and 10% education now its 95% education and 5% entertainment might be time to move that way here too. There does seem to be a lot going on.
Report Post »uncleherbert
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 8:29pmits not about the messenger, Its about the traitor, the gay private. hard to believe one little soldier would be allowed to have so much damage. just remember whos watch its on…
Report Post »always watching
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 8:32pmAmerican Soldier:
Report Post »That’s why I belong to the TEA party. It is up to US to bring this country back to greatness and I believe the TEA party is the way to go about it, NOT wikileaks (luckily, you‘re home now so these leaks won’t put you in danger). If you destroy this country, you’ll destroy us all. Better to change it from within.
Spookytruck
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 8:33pmWhy is this guy and his cronies still alive?
Report Post »theCREATORisGOD
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 9:02pmWow, has everyone here read all these “leaked” documents?
I think for the sake of our credibility and humility we should not indulge in these conversations without first knowing EXACTLY what was leaked and what was said.
It’s easy to jump off the handle and scream treason, but lets get our ducks in a row first and be completely prepared to fight this battle before taking to the field.
If you are Beck supporters you should know that research is key and the most important aspect of any argument. We can all talk it, but can we back it up?
RESEARCH first people.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 10:44pmDoes’nt the CIA kill people anymore ???? … WTF… let’s get it on boys……
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 11:23pmI just recently rewatched “V for Vendetta”. I have to ask, how many of you knuckleheads cheered for the fingermen, appreciated the roving surveillance and were celebrating when people were black backed.
A lot of you wish we could just black bag this guy, don’t you. Yea. That’d solve this problem we have. Let’s black back the SOB! Hey big brother, I give you the power to black bag this scumbag, torture him and bury him in a shallow grave because he did something that just cannot be tolerated by the high chancellor, I mean fuhrer, I mean messiah, I mean by the GOP. It’s not like you have a history for over using and over reaching the powers given to you, right?
I feel like we’re about to live a bad remake of “V for Vendetta”. Oh yes, I enjoyed that movie a lot.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:35amdude… turn the tv off..
…..this is “THE REALITY SHOW”…. jebus crisis…. turn it off and open your eyes……WOW….
Report Post »gapch68
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:35amJust something to question. Supposedly the info was leaked to wikileaks by the gay soldier mad about the break up with his boyfriend (ok, having a bad relationship day makes most people put their whole country in danger, right?!). There are reports in NYT article on this leak that say some of the documents were from as recent as this past February – hasn’t the “soldier” been detained much longer than that? It was also reported he smuggled the info onto a disc he had labeled ‘Lady Gaga’ – the number of documents dumped THIS TIME would have taken MANY cd’s. I have been very suspicious about the TRUE origination of this leak for a while. Most in the military know that this kind of information is not readily available to most soldiers (especially ranking private first class) even if they have a Top Secret Clearance. Just sayin’ – sounds fishy!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:36amAmerican soldier,
Report Post »You quack like a liberal. Enough said.
AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 1:50amI quack like someone who doesn’t participate in your two party world. If you think you and others like you are the solution then you really do need to look deeper into yourself. I didn’t realize this was a website for the totalitarian crowd. My apologizes. I’ll leave you to your phone taps, your torture, your black bagging, you’re eye in the sky as long as I feel warm and fussy at night life.
I find it funny that some of you cry for freedom but willing give up your freedom for some illusion of safety. I believe someone wiser than all of us said something similar to those words back from our nations founding. I ask myself, “Would our Founding Fathers be proud of what we’ve done with their hard work?” My answer is almost always a resounding NO.
jds7171
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 2:26amThey could probably try to get him on espionage, but that will be hard to prove.
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 3:07amWikiLeaks did not steal/take the documents. They had nothing whatsoever to do with who or how or from where they were obtained. WikiLeaks is a clearinghouse for whistle-blowers to get their information out to the public without reprisals.
If Glenn Beck were to anonymously receive leaked government documents proving…oh, just for a hypothetical example…that Obama and Spooky Dood planned to start a war as a domestic political distraction…would you want the government to assassinate Glenn for receiving and publishing them?
If you grant the government power to kill/kidnap/harm Assange for publishing *already-leaked* documents, they can and WILL use that power on people you *do* agree with who *are* the “good guys”.
Does anyone remember the Pentagon Papers and Woodward and Bernstein? Did they *cause* the leaks? Would killing them have stopped anything, or would the original leaker simply have found another outlet?
If you destroy the ability of the press to publish things the government doesn’t want published, you‘ve gutted the press’s ability to be the guardians as the Founders envisioned. The leak had already happened before WL received the documents.
The documents were available to approximately *3 MILLION PEOPLE* on SIPRNET. Now, with all the news of late regarding how China and other countries have been stealing us blind with spies both inside and outside our government, don’t you think that any foreign government that wanted the information already had it long ago?
If so many lives were at stake, why the H*** were they placed on a relatively low-security network where a *freakin’ Specialist 1st Class*(!!) could access them? Not only access them, but was allowed to copy and transfer them out of the facility? Don’t you think that any foreign government that wanted them could have gotten them with little problem?
This is not the fault of WikiLeaks or Assange. If they hadn’t been released there, they would have been released elsewhere.
This is the same thing as a newspaper being given sensitive documents here in the US. Would you like Obama to have the power to assassinate journalists? How long do you think it would take for Obama, the unions, Spooky Dood, etc to use those powers to “take out” Glenn?
The same powers to they would need/use to “take out” Assange/WikiLeaks are the same powers that would be used to “take out” any other journalist/reporter/blogger/news outlet/etc.
Remember also that much of this “countless lives at risk” talking-points stuff was heard with the last WikiLeaks document release. I have heard of no deaths as a result. Not even a “I heard from sources” claim of deaths as a result. And the previous leaks DID directly concern military operations.
This leak appears to only concern US diplomat’s chatter about other foreign leaders and diplomats…”the leader of so-and-so appears to be in very poor health“ or ”this guy is an a**hole” type of talk. Unless some country wants to declare war on us for an insult from some low-level diplomatic attache’s assistant, I don’t think too many lives are at risk. This is CYA and a perceived chance to expand their control over what we can see, hear, and publish by inflaming people enough to grant them additional power over news and the internet.
Even Glenn has said that if they get control over the internet, we’ve lost. Is shooting the messenger worth losing the battle for a return to the America we love?
Save your ammo, guys. We have bigger and more important battles to fight, rather than helping Obama and the Progressives silence one of the only places where people can see and read things the government doesn’t want you to see or read.
Report Post »TNT1
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 3:49amSpooky dude gotta be behind this
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 4:43amThis dudes creepy.
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:31amI smell an Obama rat. Is this another manufactured “crisis” requiring biger government to swoop down and control the internet?
Just saying…
Report Post »Journalist Stunt Double
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:01amThere is a huge scam afoot. I’m surprised so many folks on here I respect as patriots and wise citizens are falling for this.
They‘re counting on you all returning to your patriotic senses of the America we’re all longing for, to want to hunt down the “traitor” with swift justice.
Stop and consider the ramifications of this. What will come of this? Democrat and GOP congresscritters passing a “bipartisan” bill allowing the government to squash any website they deem a “risk.” Is that Glenn’s website? Is that your blog? Is it mine? Who get‘s to decide what’s a risk? The majority of these top secret cables are nothing earth shattering…they’re filled with intel we all know, now it’s just confirmed.
Saudis funding terrorism…derrrrr.
China attempting to hack anything with an extension cord and more than 5MB of memory…duhhhhh.
NoKo selling weapons to any buyer…doyyyyyy.
Spying on other countries at the UN…would you expect anything else?
Two wars raged on. Obama played golf. The Gulf filled with oil. Obama played golf. The economy burned. Obama took a vacation. The “worst” diplomatic foul-up in American history. Obama played basketball.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too. Either Obama and his crew are hell bent on screwing this country and “fundamentally transforming America,” or we’re all wrong and Obama really does care about this country and the “grave concern” over these leaks prove his administrations care. Which is it.
Wake up, you’re all being played…again.
Report Post »wildbluyonder11
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:28amFor those of you wasting your time arguing with “AmericanSoldier”, don’t bother. In my 20 years in the Army, I’ve run into a few of his kind, very few, but they are out there. My guess is he “joined for the college money”, chose the wrong job (or wasn’t qualified for a good job), has become disgruntled because he figured out it isn’t the joy ride his recruiter promised, and now hasn’t the fortitude to go the distance. But he’ll brag about his “service” and tell all kinds of “war stories” to whoever will listen. I’m always a little wary of those guys who have a war story for everything. Just for the record, I served 3 tours in Iraq before retiring honorably with just over 20 years of service, got a lot of war stories, but I generally keep them to myself. If you were there, you already know. If you weren’t, you probably wouldn’t understand anyhow. As for “AmericanSoldier”, why don’t you change your UserID to something else. When you use that monaker and spout some of the stuff you do, it makes the rest of us look bad. Just like when you wear the uniform off base and act like an idiot in public, it makes the rest of us look bad. I imagine you have some experience with that.
Report Post »James
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:36am@Rev. WC
Excellent point however, the serves are located outside of the country and they have been moved several times. Please don’t mistake this for me giving the administration a pass on this but, shutting this down is not as easy as some may think.
http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:50am@ WildBluYonder11
You need to calm down and think carefully. Read my post above.
You’re doing what Glenn has cautioned everyone about. You’re letting the Progressives get you mad enough to do their bidding without thinking things through. If that weren’t bad enough, you‘re also allowing them to turn us against one another by attacking American Soldier all because you’ve not done your homework.
Again, read my post above, take a break…pray…think bigger picture. Far be it for me to judge anyone, but I think if you take time out to do your own research like Glenn is always telling us, you might want to apologize to American Soldier. He’s done his homework for the nation he loves, and you jumped the gun and have allowed yourself to be played just like Obama and the Progressives are hoping we all would.
Just trying to keep us all together here and on the same page.
Don’t let the Progressives drive you to the Dark Side of the force, Luke.
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:31am@WILDBLUYONDER11 Actually, I joined because I was an ideological Republican wanting to kill as many terrorist as I could get my hands on. I bought into the hype. They hate us for our freedom! I cheered for President Bush and wanted to do my part. So I joined the Infantry, wanting to create a nice little list of confirmed Terrorist killed. Oh yes, I did become disgruntled. At the entire establishment. At the very reason for being there. Did we have reason to go initially, yes, but the job has long been done. Since when has Conservatives believed in nation building? I thought that was a Liberal thing to want.
For the record, I never spouted off war stories, so don’t judge before you know me.
I’m sorry if thinking that 10 years of war is long enough. I’m sorry if thinking that big government is not very soldierly of me. It’s a shame. I could have just been another cookie cutter soldier, ready to carry out any order given to me, even it it means going against American citizens.
I am not that soldier but I am proud of my service, of my individual accomplishments. I am not, however, proud of where my country has gone and where it continues to go. If that makes me a bad soldier, then so be it. If that’s the price of being considered a “good” soldier, I pay it gladly.
Compete or Lose
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 5:32pm.
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It is too bad the WIKILEAKS didn’t really piss off MOSSAD.
THey tend to have relatively quick solutions for these type abuses of free press.
Maybe the next round of air to Israel could include the request for a little errand from Mossad??
Problem solved.
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