Jegsimmons said:
these leaked documents can seriously cost peoples lives. no matter how you put it its illegal activity and harming people's jobs and lives. Im not saying that america hasnt made a boo boo here or their but the documents are secret for a reason, this wikileaks guy is just an american hater. its one thing if a journalist discovers one thing and reports it, but this guy is useing STOLEN DOCUMENTS.
yes i am an american but it would still be wrong if it happened to just about any country.
and whos to say he wont do it to another country like the U.K.?
Facepalm+ Infinity.
WikiLeaks Front Page said:
Wikileaks was founded by CHINESE DISSIDENTS, journalists, mathematicians and startup company technologists"
Yes, WikiLeaks publishes a lot of information on all sorts of countries and organizations but nobody seems to care about that. Off the top of my head are some underreported international stories that broke on WikiLeaks:
China:
*Photographs of the detainment, torture, and executions of Falun Gong practitioners.
*Documents on China's harvesting of condemned prisoners' organs.
*List of government state TV and internet search engine censored keywords.
*Video of the torture of an employee of the manufacturing giant Foxconn (who exclusively makes iphone and ipods) who allegedly lost or stole an iphone prototype.
*Records of dozens of employees who commited suicide at Foxconn.
*Documents that allude Foxconn bribing politicians.
*Plans for mobile execution chambers.
*Video of a politician walking with a young girl who then runs away from him accusing him of attempted rape.
*Information that shows that the Beijing politburo like the rest of the world is frustrated with North Korea, and favors Seoul.
Iran:
*Footage and documents concerning the executions of LGBT Iranians.
*Criteria to be diagnosed as a transsexual to receive sexual reassignment surgery.
*Documents that record weapons imported (including SAMS, shaped charges, and missiles) to help the Iraqi insurgency against the Coalition.
*Documents that indicate Iran's training of suicide bombers and other militants to attack the Coalition and Israel.
*Documents that detail drones sent by Iran to spy on U.S. operations and attacks by their special forces groups.
*Reports that the Ayatollah is near death.
North Korea:
*Documents that reveal they had sold weapons to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
*Documents that they are actively assisting and assisted by Syria and Iran.
*Training brochures for netizens to spread propaganda on external websites.
*Videos of executions, some at the DMZ next to South Korea.
*Details of torture of dissidents including children.
*Records of kidnapped foreigners.
*Financial records of the cost of a Pyongyang hotel that took up 2% of the national budget and was eventually abandoned.
Eastern Europe:
*Information that Dyncorp was trafficing minors into sexual slavery.
South Africa:
*Official charges of corruption against President Jacob Zuma.
*Official charges of rape against President Jacob Zuma.
*Allegations of bullying against President Jacob Zuma.
And WikiLeaks has done a hell of a lot more to protect the names of individuals who may face danger than the government has. Every one of their documents is first analyzed and the names and identities of parties are redacted for protection. That's a far cry from say what officials did to Valerie Plame.
Not exposing corruption and abuse while not holding ourselves accoutable for it makes us no better than the countries I listed.
