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Old 12-05-2010, 06:42 PM
 
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Imagine if it was wikileaks.com.cn. Would it be as appalling?
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Old 12-05-2010, 06:48 PM
 
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Any time information is leaked that compromises international relations and put our troops at additional risk it is appalling.
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Old 12-05-2010, 06:54 PM
 
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So..If the military had a secret program to kidnap Afghan babies to cook them and feed them to their parents a part of "enhanced interrogation", would leaking correspondence about that program be appalling?
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Old 12-05-2010, 06:57 PM
 
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Leaking classified information is treason. The person or person(s) who leaked this information to Assange deserve the death penalty.
Surely, Stalin must have thought the same about those who leaked the truth about the USSR.
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Old 12-05-2010, 06:57 PM
 
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Nothing that the guy has released so far rises to the level of terrorism, in my opinion.
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Old 12-05-2010, 06:58 PM
 
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Any time information is leaked that compromises international relations and put our troops at additional risk it is appalling.
US condoning torture of captured people isn't appalling ?
US killing innocent bystanders of war and covering it up isn't appalling ?

The government would sure like more of your type. But sadly some of us aren't drinking that kool aid.
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Old 12-05-2010, 07:05 PM
 
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US condoning torture of captured people isn't appalling ?
US killing innocent bystanders of war and covering it up isn't appalling ?

The government would sure like more of your type. But sadly some of us aren't drinking that kool aid.
Luckily some of us can understand that the end sometimes justifies the means. I am not drinking any "kookaid". I am a person who can weigh the pros and cons.
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Old 12-05-2010, 07:07 PM
 
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Luckily some of us can understand that the end sometimes justifies the means. I am not drinking any "kookaid". I am a person who can weigh the pros and cons.
Many soldiers were put in harm's way by dubious means.
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Old 12-05-2010, 07:10 PM
 
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Luckily some of us can understand that the end sometimes justifies the means. I am not drinking any "kookaid". I am a person who can weigh the pros and cons.
That's probably Julian Assange's argument, as well.
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Old 12-05-2010, 07:14 PM
 
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I'll bet that it's the same people that for the last two years have been complaining (and criticizing) "big government" that are now defending the big government.
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