We do NOT need to know about some of the military operations that have been carried out. Sure they are rough and not pleasant, but that's war, you have to play dirty.
America is not at war.
-just sayin'
(you'd need a declaration of war to be at war).
They just posted a list of the most crucial places outside of the U.S. for its government. This website is unbelievable. Completely irresponsible.
have you actually read the list???
lets see, what's on the list? Colbalt mines -that supply critical industry.
nuclear facilities, -critical industries
landing points of undersea comms links. -communications
All these things are A) really really really obvious, B) already common knowledge.
one of the sites listed is an anti venom plant in Australia, lets see, the US perform operations all over the world -including where there are poisonous snakes, ergo, the availability of venom antidotes is critical to the army's operation, no anti venom = no ability to deploy in those areas.
To say that he's posted critical top secret classified information is pretty much nothing short of a lie.
other cables include describing silvio berlesconi as a bit of a ladies man, a man who's been on TV basically saying as much.
Vladimir putin fancies himself as the alpha dog
we're talking about the guy who had this photo taken of himself
so in short, yes, he really really fancies himself as a bit of an alpha dog.
also, the British government is paranoid about it's "special relationship" with the US, something that was in the news pretty much all the time shortly after Obama was elected.
in further news the pope is a catholic, and when caught short a bear will indeed shit in the woods.
It will have monumental impacts on the first amendment should it go to the supreme court. Let's hope it doesn't for the sake of simplicity and argument.
it'll have no impact on the first amendment at all.
it's like how free speech is protected, yelling fire in a crowded theatre will land you in trouble. there are laws that stop you slandering a person, that's only speaking.
the most damming thing in all of the released memos are the ones regarding dropping bombs in Yemen, where there is proof that the US has been dropping bombs in the country with permission of the government, but it's been covered up by the Yemen government claiming responsibility, to avoid civil unrest in the country that the government would allow the US to bomb it's citizens...
to say that papers can't publish what they are reading online is also false, the papers are editing what's written and redacting certain information.
Wiki leaks is not, (so basically it's not sensible disclosure).
