tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post6213316218273378072..comments2023-11-05T10:53:07.638+00:00Comments on Patently Rubbish: Wikidribblespatentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-31847591864651221962010-12-11T13:52:47.659+00:002010-12-11T13:52:47.659+00:00The Court system wouldn't work in my opinion. ...The Court system wouldn't work in my opinion. Those that do and say the right things would be appointed, because so much would be at stake. <br /><br />Albert, I completely disagree that the information should not be published because the wrong doing of others won't be published. We can all make inferences. In my book, crime is crime (or in a stricter sense, violation is violation) and should be dealt with. <br /><br />Did we lock up the editor of the Daily Telegraph for publishing MPs expenses which was also stolen information? No. Should we lock up Assange? No. As far as I can see, no information so far has endangered lives and for once, it might make the US be more responsible in its actions. Why is this happening and why is it approved of? Because America did become imperialist under Bush and it should sort out Israel and Palestine without being partisan. I am pleased to see the US being held to account. I hope other countries, like China and Russia, will be too. This is possibly a start.<br /><br />Wikileaks is now saying it is a publisher. This may be posturing, but as P identified, it is on a sticky wicket being perceived as a constant publicity machine. Appalling atrocities should be aired, but tittle tattle tries to convey to the authorities don't mess with us. <br /><br />The game may escalate which would be dangerous to Wikileaks if it results in them losing the support of the people. A deal needs to be struck, whereby Assange will comply but on his terms. The way he is being dealt by the Swedes, the US and us is bordering on disgraceful.<br /><br />Albert, don't believe everything you hear on Newsnight; Wikileaks' actions to date seem warranted in my opinion. Why is the US still jumping up and down? Well, it makes you wonder what has been covered up. Does it matter Assange is labelled an anarchist? Whose interest is that in? <br /><br />In my opinion Wikileaks to date makes the world a better place and is a reaction to where we are at. A balance in what is released does seem to be being struck. Is it right? That depends on the information released, but the guys managing it are far from stupid, P.measuredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11281134269555074558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-31170739181599467362010-12-08T11:17:44.673+00:002010-12-08T11:17:44.673+00:00Exactly - the leaks may be justifiable, but Assang...Exactly - the leaks <em>may</em> be justifiable, but Assange has no authority to assess that. <br /><br />I agree it is unfair on the non-Mafia, non-Terrorist states that all the leaks will inevitably be against them, but don't see that as a reason to conceal wrongdoing by them.patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-62602201546388177542010-12-08T09:32:03.050+00:002010-12-08T09:32:03.050+00:00Newsnight last night indicated he had anarchist le...<i>Newsnight</i> last night indicated he had anarchist leanings, if so, his motivation is not to keep us informed but to attack government. Moreover, even if we do argue that leaks are good in principle, we can never make leaks universal. At the moment the US is in the limelight. Will an equal amount of material be leaked against the Russians, or the Arabs? Presumably not, so all he is doing is disadvantaging one side against another. Whatever the failings of the Americans, it is not clear to me that Russia or the Arabs are immaculate (to coin a word for the day).Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407051721186824991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-76458795755534071752010-12-07T21:23:12.857+00:002010-12-07T21:23:12.857+00:00Yes.
There is a case for disclosure of these thin...Yes.<br /><br />There is a case for disclosure of these things, where the security risk is low and the hypocrisy or wrongdoing that would be exposed is serious. Wikileaks has no standing to make this assessment. So far, the recent round of disclosures seems to be either trivial, or trivial and risky.patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-61761617219148692532010-12-07T16:58:30.568+00:002010-12-07T16:58:30.568+00:00On balance, I think Wikileaks is a bad thing. Cer...On balance, I think Wikileaks is a bad thing. Certainly, interesting and useful information will drip into the public sphere as a result, but in the end, for a Government to make decent judgments about things, it needs to build on frank comments from (e.g.) diplomats etc. All Wikileaks will do is make such channels of communication more bland and the decisions of Governments, less astute.Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407051721186824991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-27981021890965111862010-12-07T12:43:36.122+00:002010-12-07T12:43:36.122+00:00They are indeed going for the source; I have heard...They are indeed going for the source; I have heard of one US politician demanding that he be tried for treason so that he can be executed.<br /><br />Note though that Assange does not appear to have committed any criminal act in the US. That is, presumably, why the DDoS attacks were launched and the Swedish allegations were revived. In short, all possible forms of dirty tricks are being played, and every available string is being pulled, in order to prevent Assange from publicising the fact that the US plays dirty tricks and pulls strings in order to achieve its ends?patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-54542105016747335792010-12-07T05:49:26.473+00:002010-12-07T05:49:26.473+00:00I thought they already had a US intelligence sourc...I thought they already had a US intelligence source thought to be the leaker under arrest?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-55816271342491210572010-12-06T20:05:20.559+00:002010-12-06T20:05:20.559+00:00The US hounds a teenager who hacked into its defen...The US hounds a teenager who hacked into its defence computers, but apparently did no harm (he should be congratulated for finding the weaknesses!). Now they don't seem to be active in trying to find who leaked these papers, and are just concentrating their efforts on the person who published them.<br />Surely the person in the US establishment who released them is the real person that they should be after?English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.com