Comments on: Iran's Nuclear Program: Scientists Attacked, Documents Wiki-Leaked

By: Brian Too

Brian Too — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:16:26 +0000

Seems to me like the gov’t. is trying to have it both ways: accusing Wikileaks of being irresponsible, risking lives, engaging in criminal acts and so forth. Then at almost the exact same time, claiming that it’s no big deal, international relations will not be impaired, foreign governments are already aware of the contents of the material, etc.

I’m not sure that I’m comfortable with Wikileaks methods. On the other hand, there’s a whole lot about the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan that I’m not comfortable about either.

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:41:56 +0000

@ scribbler: Surely you meant to comment on this Bad Astronomy post.

By: s

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:54:36 +0000

Wikkileaks would be more credible if they actually stuck to their mission. they don’t seem to care about the regime governments taking us to the brink of war.

sorry – try as I may, I just can’t accept anything posted there as factual. there are just too many questions and it is just too 1 sided for me to find them credible.

By: guineapigdude

guineapigdude — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:54:12 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if the U.S government and it’s various allies were behind the attack on wiki leaks, it’s been causing problems for governments for to long.
@ scribbler, you seem to have commented on the wrong page…

By: scribbler

scribbler — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:07:05 +0000

As I see it, the law says that IF Spain wants to allow this woman to own the sun, they can do so but that this in no way obliges anyone else to respect this action. Also, unless Spain takes an active role, like maybe collecting the woman’s tariff or legislates her law suits for damages, her claim is unrecognized.

Personally, I believe God Owns the whole Universe but He is VERY generous and lets us use it as we please…

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:19:57 +0000

It is not a hypocrisy. WikiLeak’s view is that there should be 100% transparency within the US gov’t. The US gov’t's view is that there are some files that need to be out of site for operational security.
Take this article for example. King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia said that he supports destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities with “whatever means necessary”. Publicly, Saudi Arabia has not voiced their opinion about Iran’s nuclear programs, and because of these wikileaks, King Abdullah’s opinion was released. What are the adverse effects of this? Will Iran launch a pre-emptive strike against Saudi(not likely, but who knows)?

These wikileaks have revealed the secret opinions of key leaders in the middle east, in an already high-conflict area, and adding more strife to this area could cost lives. And they may cause U.S. lives as well.

The U.S. gov’t isn’t being hypocritical, it’s trying to maintain operational security.

By: nick

nick — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:49:04 +0000

Wikileaks neeeds to bit-torrent it’s archives. Then no amount of DDoSing will stop that juggernaut.

It’s kinda sad, in our society we regard lying and liars as bad, and will crucify you in a court of law for doing so (well, depending on how well connected and/or politically important you may be). But when someone exposes our government as liars by reporting on their lying, we call it a breach of national security and seek to punish those responsible. The hypocrisy is stunning.