Wikileaks

[Galactus]

Our PM offered to take one just to have a 20 min meeting with Obama :lmao:(and then clarified to the press that he would do it even for free)

Not only is he the most incompetent PM in Slovenian history, he's also pathetic.

To be fair, you've only had like, three.

[Lord O' Bones]

To be fair, you've only had like, three.

lol brief national history!

I've waited an historically insignificant long time to be able to do that.

[alguien]

Jon Stewart jokingly says Julian Assange is apparently:

Osama bin Laden, crossed with Magneto, and the albino from the matrix with more than a scootch of the Dyson vacuum guy.

Once again, the Daily Show has some hilarious insight on the leaks.

Jon dismisses any attempt to claim that these are the equivalent of the Pentagon papers and is a bit critical of the whole thing. And Assange's one pulled interview clip does make him look like kind of a prick.

A few of good tidbits:

"If this is the diplomatic 9/11, sack up. I'll give you it's diplomatic mischief night ... maybe. But most of the shit in there is non-policy chit chat and things we already knew."

Transparency is about me knowing everything I don't already know. Because if I don't know it, that means someone's keeping it from me.

And my favorite thought:

I think you're underestimating how cynical Americans are about our government. Ah, we've engineered coups in Chile, Iran, Guatemala. We sold arms to Iran and used the money to fund Central American revolutionaries...to our enemy's enemy, who somehow becomes our enemy and forces us to defend ourselves from our own weapons. That happens a lot. ...You really should read up on the shit we already know about our government. So unless you're gonna reveal to us that aliens from Area 51 killed Kennedy, stop with the drama.

[Galactus]

lol brief national history!

I've waited an historically insignificant long time to be able to do that.

You don't get to talk, colonial.

[Eyelesbarrow]

I can't wait for the UFO-related stuff from Wikileaks. Was it a coincidence that the UN named an Alien Ambassador recently?

[Former Lord of Winterfell]

Can't link today, but apparently, there was a bunch of diplomatic skullduggery, bribes, etc., relating to the U.S. effort to gain agreement on the Copenhagen climate accords. I suspect those revelations will make it even harder to get agreement on a meaningful globa

l warming/emissions treaty.

[CloudFlare]

Can't link today, but apparently, there was a bunch of diplomatic skullduggery, bribes, etc., relating to the U.S. effort to gain agreement on the Copenhagen climate accords. I suspect those revelations will make it even harder to get agreement on a meaningful globa

l warming/emissions treaty.

I'm underwhelmed by the leaks so far.

Putin is fisting Medeved?

Berlusconi is a horny old goat?

Mexico is corrupt and losing the drug war?

Even the most innocent Mormon naif off of the farm in Minnesota knows this.

[Cantabile]

Wikileaks fiascos in rap form:

Pentagon

Iraq leaks:

Pretty impressive videos.

[Usotsuki]

Even the most innocent Mormon naif off of the farm in Minnesota knows this.

There may as yet have been nothing to astonish the residents of the Twin Cities but if you live in the UK the leaks are quite enlightening.

I doubt there are many countries which can boast of an elite so enthusiastic in the prostitution of their nation and their principles, and none where the politicians are quite so eager to be degraded without ever actually being paid.

[MinDonner]

Someone needs to tell Britannia that Uncle Sam just isn't that into her.

[Horza]

One did not need wikileaks to uncover that

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[sToNED_CAT]

Not so crazy Wikileaks-China connection conspiracy theory.

ETA: Wikeleaks just released list of potential targets for terrorists. Can any Wikileaks supporter say what purpose does such list serve, other than to help terrorists?

[Guest Raidne]

I can no longer disseminate the leaked info in any manner as a federal employee so I cannot participate in this thread. Mods if you could delete my recent post with three sections of quoted material from the cables to comply with my new guidelines, I would appreciate it greatly.

[Cocomaan]

There's a lot of back channel communication with Iran, usually via Switzerland.

Actually, from what I understand, a lot of it is through Oman and tiny Bahrain.

I can no longer disseminate the leaked info in any manner as a federal employee so I cannot participate in this thread. Mods if you could delete my recent post with three sections of quoted material from the cables to comply with my new guidelines, I would appreciate it greatly.

Let's quote all of them! Just kidding.

[Lord O' Bones]

I can no longer disseminate the leaked info in any manner as a federal employee so I cannot participate in this thread. Mods if you could delete my recent post with three sections of quoted material from the cables to comply with my new guidelines, I would appreciate it greatly.

Welcome to my world. It's a silly place.

[Quoth]

Wikileaks supposedly has a Doomsday file.

Hmmmm... Strange game of chicken in the digital age.

[Cocomaan]

Wikileaks supposedly has a Doomsday file.

Hmmmm... Strange game of chicken in the digital age.

So awesome. Torrenting right now.

[Former Lord of Winterfell]

Someone needs to tell Britannia that Uncle Sam just isn't that into her.

I think Britannia figured that out when Uncle Sam ditched the bust of Winston Churchill.

[Hereward]

There have been 100s of other, much more substantive, clues than that, but Britannia sadly only hears what she wants to hear. The alternatives are just too dreadful to contemplate.

[Former Lord of Winterfell]

There have been 100s of other, much more substantive, clues than that, but Britannia sadly only hears what she wants to hear. The alternatives are just too dreadful to contemplate.

I'm curious -- what are those more "substantive" clues? The reason I ask is because in an odd way, it's the less substantive ones that seem more telling sometimes. At least on substantive issues, you might have a clash of national interests so that even thought the U.S. likes Britain, it is still going to put it's own interests above Britain's if push comes to shove.

But there is just no "self-interest" explanation for something like the Churchill bust. There was no tangible benefit to the U.S. at all to return it. Just a gratuitious insult, really.