is Wikileaks freedom of the press?? or is it receiving stolen property??
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WikiLeaks
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Daiichidoku
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Re: WikiLeaks
CUDA wrote:is Wikileaks freedom of the press?? or is it receiving stolen property??
ok. both. thats what makes it such a difficult issue to tackle, the proverbial "gray area"
plus it is international, and dealing with international documents and laws, which further complicates matters
i think, for example, the sarah palin email hack was brilliant, for its results...but the means taken to get them, hacking, invading her privacy, is intolerable
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CUDA
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Re: WikiLeaks
I'm leaning more towards Receiving stolen property. they have obviously received documents that were not for general consumption since most were classified. and since Wiki is just a blog and is not an acredited news agency I cannot see this being a freedom of the press issue. also it would be hard to head towards Treason as this is an international issue (WWW) and what nation(s) was it treasoness against??
another question How do you prosecute???
another question How do you prosecute???
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Pudfark
Re: WikiLeaks
That sounds like a pedophiles explanation for child porn, found on his computer...brilliant Daii, just brilliant....Daiichidoku wrote:i think, for example, the sarah palin email hack was brilliant, for its results...but the means taken to get them, hacking, invading her privacy, is intolerable
Cuda, the soldier in this matter is being charged with Treason. Depending on where WikiLeaks is located? They could be charged with the same.
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HappyHappy
Re: WikiLeaks
John Kerry commited high treason and got elected Senator.
Teddy Kennedy comitted murder and remained Senator.....
Osama Obama will pin a medal on this fool.....
Oh yes, to answer the thread question, it's both. But the man providing the stolen information deserves a firing squad.
HH
Teddy Kennedy comitted murder and remained Senator.....
Osama Obama will pin a medal on this fool.....
Oh yes, to answer the thread question, it's both. But the man providing the stolen information deserves a firing squad.
HH
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CUDA
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Re: WikiLeaks
I had not heard this. if true then I say execution by firing squad would seem to be the appropraite punishment, then we can post the video on WikiLeaks.Pudfark wrote:Cuda, the soldier in this matter is being charged with Treason. Depending on where WikiLeaks is located? They could be charged with the same.
Wiki is based in Sweden and the run their main server with a Military encription from there.
Wikileaks is an amorphous, international organization, based in Sweden,[1] that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents from governments and other organizations, while preserving the anonymity of their sources
Wikileaks describes itself as “an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking”. Wikileaks is hosted by PRQ, a Sweden-based company providing “highly secure, no-questions-asked hosting services.”
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Daiichidoku
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Re: WikiLeaks
WTF are you talking about? i dont have a cretinese-to-english dictionaryPudfark wrote:That sounds like a pedophiles explanation for child porn, found on his computer...brilliant Daii, just brilliant....Daiichidoku wrote:i think, for example, the sarah palin email hack was brilliant, for its results...but the means taken to get them, hacking, invading her privacy, is intolerable
a pedophile that has child pron on his computer explains that he has it there because why?
because someone hacked his computer is why he has child pron on his computer?
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Re: WikiLeaks
Wikileaks purports to support 'transparency' in corporate and government practice. In reality, due to the unverifiable nature of the material in many cases, they are yet another Internet site with an agenda. In many cases, yes, they are receiving and disseminating stolen property. Lots of luck prosecuting them, however.
I've heard they plan to centralize servers in Iceland, which is considering very liberal laws protecting freedom of online information dissemination.
As for the case that has gotten them into the news today: The source of the material should be found guilty of treason or similar. However, it does give insight into exactly what sort of dicey mess we've gotten into over there, and maybe, will give the public some reasons(as if they should have needed them) to wonder if we are spending 1/2 trillion per year wisely over in Afghanistan.
I've heard they plan to centralize servers in Iceland, which is considering very liberal laws protecting freedom of online information dissemination.
As for the case that has gotten them into the news today: The source of the material should be found guilty of treason or similar. However, it does give insight into exactly what sort of dicey mess we've gotten into over there, and maybe, will give the public some reasons(as if they should have needed them) to wonder if we are spending 1/2 trillion per year wisely over in Afghanistan.
Re: WikiLeaks
Anyone wanna link me to the story you're talking about?
