Treason. Shoot him.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant....

Sunlight is the best disinfectant....

As is true with so many things it's a matter of degree. I think almost anything that does not affect national security should be subject to sunlight. But some of this stuff was private conversations about matters that do affect national security. That, to me, is over the line.

This has nothing to do with national security. It has everything to do with making our government transparent. Every American has a right to know what the government is doing and why. Last time I checked we live in a democracy (kind of), not a totalitarian government.

Fear the military-industrial-complex.

If he doesn't "resist arrest" and get himself shot twice to the temple.

Fish on...

Todd

Wow sure sucks when somebody reads through your private papers without probable cause. Good thing the government never listens to cell phone calls, never looks at what websites you go to, never reads your email and never checks to see what books you check out of the library without probable cause or a warrant.

Gentlemen do not read other gentlemen's mail. So if our government behaves like a gentleman, this guy is scum. However if out government is doing corrupt and immoral things then there is probable cause to look into what they are doing and this guy is a hero. Although it may not have been officially sanctioned, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

I'm sure that the government is all sunshine flowers and candy, there is no reason for any oversight of them at all.

Funny thing is that this guy will probably be locked up before he drops the banking bombshell. Since we already know that banks were lying in court to fraudulently steal people's houses and we know that the banks recklessly destroyed our economy, I wonder what that banking megaleak is all about. I bet we won't see it. The government knew in advance he was going to leak these diplomatic documents and did nothing. After all risking the lives of a few plebs in our military is not really a concern to the government at all, mess with the big bankers who own this country, well that's unforgivable.

It's often hard to see where our government starts and where the military-industrial-banking mafia stops.

Goldman Sachs probably put out a strong buy recommedation and then turned around and shorted BoA.

No but I don't think any of this is going to change human nature, if anything security will just become tighter and the average citizen will just be further out of the loop.

Was the CIA leak a part of this discussion?

Maybe you should start a different thread...

Was the CIA leak a part of this discussion?

Was the CIA leak a part of this discussion?

Maybe you should start a different thread...

It has been argued that this is the exact reason gays haven't been allowed to serve.

And your a good example of why some animals eat their young.

And you're a good example of why some animals eat their young.

So what some here are saying is leaking sensitive government documents is treasonous, and should warrant the death penalty.
What would the appropriate punishment be for blowing the cover of a CIA operative?

You should ask that of the agents who initially outed Plame in the '90s with documents that were mistakenly allowed to be read by Cuba. After that happened her value as a covert agent was compromised and all of her later work for the CIA was in-house.

Look it up...I did....

From Thomas Jefferson:

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."

The Russians do it right. A surprise bullet to the head.

Interesting article on Ron Paul's opinion on this matter.

When it comes to WikiLeaks, much of media has planted its flag on the wrong side of the secrecy battle -- and so much of the reporting about WikiLeaks has served to obscure and mislead. One method they're using is to conflate the secrecy that governments use to operate and the secrecy that is used to hide the truth and allow governments to mislead us. Nobody, including WikiLeaks, is promoting the idea that government should exist in total transparency. But the government's legitimate need for secrecy is very different from the government's desire to get away with hiding the truth. And conflating the two is dangerously unhealthy for a democracy. That's why it's especially important to look at what WikiLeaks is actually doing, as distinct from what its critics claim it's doing. The establishment media may be part of the media, but they're also part of the establishment. And they're circling the wagons.

Click link to read more.


Exposing War Crimes Is No Crime

Well said sir.

yeah, Arianna has a way with words..

I shoulda known better

Diplomats should have a right to expect their conversations are held in the strictest confidence. The result of those conversations leaking will be even less transparency and methods used to prevent any further leaks. Enjoy these while you have them because you're not likely to see or hear more.

Why? They need to operate in strict confidence because the U.S. government doesn't want to public to know just how many billions of dollars or fighter jets we're giving to Israel? Secret negotiations don't do anything. Obviously they didn't do anything to stop the attacks on 9/11.

In a perfect world, diplomats would be required to provide meeting minutes to the public on what was said after every meeting.

Or you can just continue on living in ignorance like the rest of this country and not worry about it.

Solving the mystery of the universe would be a simple task in comparison to discovering how someone as addlebrained as yourself can continue to function.

The end to WikiLeaks and any other type of leaked documents is fast approaching. The U.S. intelligence community has an official response to those leaks.

The CIA has launched the WikiLeaks Task Force.

That's right...the WTF Squad is on the case.

Plan to Shut Down US Internet in Action