Huge classified message archive relating to Afghan war to be released by WikiLeaks

[Marek Tucan]

Then there will be the damage to their reputation with the truther community that they are just in the pocket of the USG/Bilderberg Group/ Giant Space Ants and the website's reson d etre is gone.

 

Hey, our foreign Minister is in the Bilderbergs! All your base are belong to us!

 

(anyway, always ask "truthers" why is it so bad to have an envoy in the ggroup that, according to them, rules the Earth?)

[Ssnake]

Assange is also showing his true colors.

As if there has been any reasonable doubt about that question.

[shep854]

As if there has been any reasonable doubt about that question.

 

Not for us, but there are an awful lot of idealistic ignorama out there. Hopefully some of them will Get It.

Edited August 11, 2010 by shep854

[DKTanker]

What am I missing here? How is redacting the names now going to keep those that already downloaded the files from reading the names?

[Mistral]

Anyone else find it ironic that wikileaks complains that the emails from the human rights organizations were leaked?

[Marek Tucan]

Anyone else find it ironic that wikileaks complains that the emails from the human rights organizations were leaked?

 

How dare they use his own weapons against him!

 

Yes, I find it slightly ironic. I will find it highly ironic when some relative of an Afghan family killed because of this asshat gets to Assange's address and cuts his head off. Slowly.

[Corinthian]

Then there will be the damage to their reputation with the truther community that they are just in the pocket of the USG/Bilderberg Group/ Giant Space Ants and the website's reson d etre is gone.

 

GIANT SPACE ANTS?!? Where?!?

[Sardaukar]

How dare they use his own weapons against him!

 

Yes, I find it slightly ironic. I will find it highly ironic when some relative of an Afghan family killed because of this asshat gets to Assange's address and cuts his head off. Slowly.

 

Hopefully they post the vid online about it too.

[Sardaukar]

Now...this is quite ironic:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11047025

 

 

 

 

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape

Swedish authorities say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on accusations of rape and molestation.The warrant was issued late on Friday, said Karin Rosander, communications head at Sweden's prosecutors' office.

 

Swedish police have been trying to contact Mr Assange, but have been unable to so far, she told the BBC.

 

On Twitter, Wikileaks, which has leaked Afghan war documents, quoted him saying the charges were "without basis".

 

The message, attributed directly to Mr Assange, said the appearance of the allegations "at this moment is deeply disturbing".

 

In a series of other messages posted on the Wikileaks Twitter feed, the whistle-blowing website said: "No-one here has been contacted by Swedish police" and said it had been warned to expect "dirty tricks".

 

 

[shep854]

The above could be suspiciously convenient, but my impression of the Swedes is that they are very careful about such charges, especially in such politically-charged circumstances.

[X-Files]

Now...this is quite ironic:

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape

Swedish authorities say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on accusations of rape and molestation.The warrant was issued late on Friday, said Karin Rosander, communications head at Sweden's prosecutors' office.

 

Qu'elle surprise.

[mnm]

Polanksy Mk.II ?

Edited August 21, 2010 by mnm

[Xavier]

Qu'elle surprise.

*grammar check on* It's quelle surprise, i.e. what (a) surprise, what you typed would be translated as "that she surprise", making no sense at all. *grammar check off*

[Sardaukar]

Warrant was cancelled:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11049316

[Guest JamesG123]

The curtain slipped a bit. You'd think they would nail him better or more carefully than that.

[Archie Pellagio]

Some of this mud will stick however...

[Manic Moran]

Anyone else find it ironic that wikileaks complains that the emails from the human rights organizations were leaked?

 

I don't actually see that in the article.

 

NTM

[Sardaukar]

Rape case has been reopened in Sweden:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11151277

 

A senior Swedish prosecutor has ordered the reopening of a rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

 

Public Prosecutions Director Marianne Ny said there was "reason to believe a crime has been committed" and that the crime was classified as rape.

 

 

[FlyingCanOpener]

By those paragons of freedom...

 

Burn all the books you want, Nazi punks. We already have a copy. | CNN http://bit.ly/acJnX9

Edited September 26, 2010 by FlyingCanOpener

[BansheeOne]

WikiLeaks Spokesman Quits

 

'The Only Option Left for Me Is an Orderly Departure'

 

In an interview with SPIEGEL, Daniel Schmitt -- the 32-year-old German spokesman for WikiLeaks who is also the organization's best-known personality after Julian Assange -- discusses his falling out with the website's founder, his subsequent departure and the considerable growing pains plaguing the whistleblower organization.

 

SPIEGEL: Mr. Schmitt, you and WikiLeaks have been unreachable by e-mail for several weeks. What's wrong?

 

Schmitt: There are technical problems and no one to take care of them. WikiLeaks is stuck in a phase in which the project has to change itself. We grew insanely fast in recent months and we urgently need to become more professional and transparent in all areas. This development is being blocked internally. It is no longer clear even to me who is actually making decisions and who is answerable to them. Because of the high pressure we have all been under following the publication of the American military documents, we have not been able to restructure our organization accordingly. This has created a situation in which not all of the work is being done correctly, and that is overwhelming the project.

 

SPIEGEL: Is that your opinion or do all the people involved share it?

 

Schmitt: That is one of the points of dispute internally, but there are others. WikiLeaks, for example, was always free of discrimination. In the past we processed and published smaller submissions that were only of local importance the same way that we did more comprehensive documents that are of national or even international importance.

 

SPIEGEL: Why don't you do both?

 

Schmitt: We would like to, but unfortunately we've reached a dead-end. I have tried again and again to push for that, but Julian Assange reacted to any criticism with the allegation that I was disobedient to him and disloyal to the project. Four weeks ago, he suspended me-- acting as the prosecutor, judge and hangman in one person. Since then, for example, I have had no access to my WikiLeaks mail. So a lot of work is just sitting and other helpers are being blocked. I know that no one in our core team agreed with the move. But that doesn't seem to matter. WikiLeaks has a structural problem. I no longer want to take responsibility for it, and that's why I am leaving the project.

 

SPIEGEL: Why has your fight with Assange escalated to this degree?

 

Schmitt: We have all experienced intense stress in recent months. Mistakes happened, which is okay, as long as people learn from them. For that to happen, though, one has to admit them. Above all, though, we seem to have lost the faith that we are all pulling together.

 

SPIEGEL: Assange himself says that you questioned his power and wanted to take over leadership of WikiLeaks.

 

Schmitt: From my perspective there was no power struggle. It wasn't about personal interests, it was about our organization and its development. Only he can say why he sees things differently.

 

SPIEGEL: Nevertheless, you did advise him to temporarily retreat from the public eye as a result of the rape allegations lodged against him in Sweden.

 

Schmitt: The investigation into Julian in Sweden is, in my opinion, a personal attack against him, but they do not have anything to with WikiLeaks directly. Still, it does cost time and energy and it weighs on him. In my opinion it would have been best if he had pulled back a bit so that he could quietly deal with these problems. It would have been fine if he had continued his normal work out of the spotlight. But he clearly saw my internal proposal as an attack on his role.

 

SPIEGEL: What will happen now?

 

Schmitt: I worked on WikiLeaks because I considered the idea to be right and important. We tried numerous times to discuss all of the issues mentioned with Julian, without success. I have given more than 100 interviews to media all around the world, coordinated finances in Germany and also worked on the publication (of documents). Now I am pulling out of the project and will turn my tasks over to -- who knows?

 

[...]

 

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,719619,00.html

[shep854]

SOMEBODY at Wikileaks seems to have grown a conscience-from FOX;

Does Wiki's Latest Docs Dump Have Staff in Revolt?

'Julian Assange's single-minded focus on the Iraq war -- and publishing a trove of leaked documents that government officials say puts U.S. soldiers at risk -- may be threatening the very stability of Wikileaks.

 

'While the whistle-blowing website and its outspoken front man Assange have proudly passed out access to the secure documents they've uncovered, a diverse collection of former staffers, activists and volunteers are taking issue with the organization and its mission.

 

'They describe an organization that is largely out of control, driven by the personality and ego of its founder, Julian Assange.

 

'At least five people from the core group have left because of disagreements over the way Assange was running the operation, reported the Washington Post over the weekend. The paper cited Herbert Snorrason, a 25-year-old Icelandic activist who moderated a WikiLeaks chat room until about a month ago. "Quite a few others" who were more tangentially involved have also left, he said.'--excerpt

 

 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/25/does-wikis-latest-docs-dump-staff-revolt/?test=latestnews

Edited October 26, 2010 by shep854

[Corinthian]

'They describe an organization that is largely out of control, driven by the personality and ego of its founder, Julian Assange.

 

 

Hehehe... I am not surprised.

 

The way he talks, as if he's some sort of "Enlightened God," full of arrogance... heh... it was always about himself and how he views himself as a "influential person who can change the world." IOW, a megalomaniac/messianic-complex afflicted guy.

Edited October 26, 2010 by TomasCTT

[Mike Steele]

Hehehe... I am not surprised.

 

The way he talks, as if he's some sort of "Enlightened God," full of arrogance... heh... it was always about himself and how he views himself as a "influential person who can change the world." IOW, a megalomaniac/messianic-complex afflicted guy.

 

That sounds like someone.... I just cant put my finger on it....

 

 

[Corinthian]

That sounds like someone.... I just cant put my finger on it....

 

 

 

 

Hehehe

[RETAC21]

muhahAHAHAHAHA

 

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