tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post6152002293665704457..comments2023-06-02T04:01:27.551-04:00Comments on Commentary: Julian Assange And That WikiLeaks LeakAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07062157855175783540noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post-14027762670437594802011-03-25T02:35:46.280-04:002011-03-25T02:35:46.280-04:00The blog proper is very sound.If anything a little...The blog proper is very sound.If anything a little soft on the wrong doer.There can be no administration without secrecy.An unholy secret plot can be unearthed, but not all the things necessarily ,and in the public interest, done.<br />The greatest crime is to be soft on crime.<br />gomathinayagam(Twitter/chennaigomes). www.enumber.ingomathinayagamhttp://www.enumber.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post-51510139193099632592011-01-24T19:53:02.274-05:002011-01-24T19:53:02.274-05:00Thanks for reading and commenting everyone. den ha...Thanks for reading and commenting everyone. den haag, I believe that nobody should be afraid to speak their mind anywhere in the world but I also believe that free speech should be tampered with a great deal of responsibility. Like I said on an earlier post, what if this document leaks into the hands of people who would use the sensitive information in it to harm America and its people. Wikileaks has been editing what they put out and have basically just given out gossip, so far. So what if the documents fall into the hands of people who would not be as responsible? <br /><br />No country will be happy to have its secrets floating around in no man's land, therefore, don't be surprised by the US's reaction. I don't mind leaking corporate secrets when they're breaking the law but playing with state secrets like wikileaks is doing is playing on very dangerous grounds. The risk involved is just too big for it to be funny.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062157855175783540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post-88367520713893761752011-01-24T18:21:33.271-05:002011-01-24T18:21:33.271-05:00I had never in my LIFE been afraid to speak my min...I had never in my LIFE been afraid to speak my mind in my own country until this past year. The US’s behavior is unbeLIEVEable to me right now. I’m in shock. I realy hope that wikileaks stay's on his foots and not give up!!<br /><br />Den Haag the Netherlandsden haaghttp://www.style-escort.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post-54374060108252766502011-01-23T12:44:23.104-05:002011-01-23T12:44:23.104-05:00I have mixed feelings regarding Wikileaks, however...I have mixed feelings regarding Wikileaks, however I don't think there are any laws on the books that the US can use to arrest or prosecute Assange. If he can be arrested for publicizing secrets that were given to him the same thing could apply to the editors of the New York Times. <br /><br />I am very interested in the recent information Assange has procured regarding overseas banking. US corporations have outsourced jobs and some are also outsourcing their money (stashing profits offshore to avoid US taxes). I hope some heads roll over this and some policy changes are made. The corporations are making patsies out of us all and apparently some politicians have secret accounts also. It has the potential to be a very big scandal.Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03456570127329082692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post-77077167020025721642010-12-14T00:15:02.901-05:002010-12-14T00:15:02.901-05:00"Yes, the leak has not done any physical dama..."Yes, the leak has not done any physical damage but it has harmed relationships that has been built over the years with blood, sweat and financial resources."<br /><br />I definitely agree with you. Govt has secret that should be kept (for good or bad). I think we have to discern between secrets and lies. Just like an individu, govt need space to keep their secrets.. I'm not quite agree with Julian Assange's action to hack govt information, its like stealing. But we can thank him because maybe this case can lead the international order to build a law regarding this issue... Well, i do believe that all things work for our good :Dtabhitahttp://twitter.com/#!/TabhitaHtgalungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post-10112691695749977872010-12-02T12:58:13.621-05:002010-12-02T12:58:13.621-05:00Thanks gentlemen/ladies for your comments and I mu...Thanks gentlemen/ladies for your comments and I must say that I appreciate them very much. I will only make one request that when next you leave a comment that you may also leave a name so I can know, for sure, who I'm talking to. <br />Having said that, anonymous 1 senator Clinton is, of course, Mrs. Hilary Clinton, former fist lady and former senator from New York and the present Foreign affairs secretary of the United States. <br /><br />Anonymous 2, yes, I agree with you that commercial secrets are different from govt. secrets but don't forget that the govt is also a commercial entity. The way you, as a commercial entity is in competition with other commercial entities is the same way that govts are in competition with other governments and must maintain their own secrets. <br /><br />Anonymous 3, I am not trying to imply that our govt is perfect, it is not, just like every other govt everywhere in the world. We have done some terrible things in the past and keep doing terrible things but that should not mean that our govt shouldn't maintain some secrets. It's a competition to exist in the world and to win or stay ahead, like we want to do, our govt needs to maintain some secrets. If the world was just America I would say put everything out there for us to see as we have the right, like you mentioned, to know what our govt does on our behalf, but, sadly, it is not. Anything you make public is seen by the whole world including our competition and enemies which makes it imperative that we keep our cards close to our chest. We have no choice but to trust those we elect to do right by us which is why we should all be more careful with our votes. Being more careful with our votes is the solution and not hoping to have no state secrets, that's not practical. Once more, thanks to all of you for reading and commenting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062157855175783540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post-72615683082135154752010-12-02T04:12:04.409-05:002010-12-02T04:12:04.409-05:00That these leaks prove there are people who need t...That these leaks prove there are people who need to be brought to justice, I agree, but those people are not Julian Assange and Wikileaks. The US has a history of this kind of diplomacy and intervention in other countries affairs since WW2, especially in Latin and South America (where the incidents go back 150 years) and the Middle East. The Viet Nam war was sold to us on lies, we've overthrown a score or more democratically elected governments and installed military generals or strong arm dictators in their place who's loyalty was/is more to the US than their own people and country. All because might makes right.<br />Many citizens of this country are not proud the rest of the world is scared to death of us like they would be a drunken teenagers playing with dynamite. We don't take it as source of pride that half the world hates our guts and it has nothing to do with our freedoms, which are being torn at by our supposed leaders so they can be allowed to conduct war easier and with less dissent. <br />Of course the government considers them a dangerous thing. This is not about secrets and if it were, a person's secrets and the secrets of the world's remaining -- for now -- Super Power are like comparing sharks to mosquitoes. My secrets are not going to end up in bloodshed or wars or 'regime changes' -- maybe I'll be embarassed, maybe someone will be mad at me. A ridiculous comparison I see made by many to justify what the US does and why its secrets and behavior should be kept in the dark. <br />In my lifetime the lying began with u-2 and has continued unabated; those older than me can go back to the late 40s and remember statements made that were bald faced lies designed as self-serving reasons for imperialistic wars or "police actions" and government and election intervention. Our last 3 major enemies were all either created by us or supported or put in power by us -- AQ, Saddam, The Taliban. <br />I can see no way this benefits the US or the world. Since We The People are the United States, these decisions made by a few, usually unelected older white males who seem to think if you can do it, it's okay have created chaos and death for millions of innocent people who have wanted merely to live their own lives under their own leaders. If Wikileaks can make us take the first steps toward renouncing empire and imperialism and return to being a Republic with a standing army for defense, the entire world would gain. The cables are written in many cases by those who need to be brought to justice. Assange is the messenger and the message is there may still be time to wake up and quit thinking that without our military intervening around the world, it will fall apart, It won't. <br />But it will never happen if we consider the precedent set by them to be more dangerous than the precedents set by our own government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post-71889496785273901872010-12-02T01:54:43.114-05:002010-12-02T01:54:43.114-05:00Commercial secrets to promote competition are very...Commercial secrets to promote competition are very different to democratically elected government's secrets to mislead it's public. Do not confuse the two. People have a right to know what is done in their name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540159488319990460.post-41505151911508460122010-12-01T21:22:43.260-05:002010-12-01T21:22:43.260-05:00who is senator clinton?who is senator clinton?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com