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There was a bit of chatter

kgb999 — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:14:06 +0000

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There was a bit of chatter when Tunisia ousted their president that Wikileaks had been a catalyst (or at least provided crucial fuel to the fire). Different outlets give varying degrees of support to the theory, but websites highlighting the Tunisian-related cables were indeed the primary targets of censorship by that government.

Somewhat related. Have you noticed that the places where unrest is unfolding seem to closely mirror where we apparently take people snatched off the streets for torture interrogation? What an odd coincidence.

What the wikileaks docs say

artappraiser — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:20:20 +0000

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What the wikileaks docs say about relations between the Obama admin.and the Mubarak regime according to the NYT yesterday:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/middleeast/28diplo.html

The Gaza jail has 2 gates, 2

jollyroger — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:16:55 +0000

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The Gaza jail has 2 gates, 2 jailors, both in the pay of the USA. If you like the (GODWIN VIOLATION ALERT) Warsaw Ghetto, 21st century version, this disclosure is trouble.

I feel like there's a whole

Verified Atheist — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:58:14 +0000

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I feel like there's a whole swath of America who isn't quite sure what to make of Assange, but so far what they do think of him is probably that "he's releasing dangerous US secrets to the enemy". If they now get the idea that his site is responsible for "promoting democratic ideals where dictatorships flourish", then that should help him, I would think. Granted, I'm not great at understanding the "average Joe" (I really didn't think they'd re-elect Bush), so take it with a huge grain of salt.

positive w/me, but he doesn't

jollyroger — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:54:25 +0000

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positive w/me, but he doesn't need that; (I love this guy!) pos. w/those who find him a pain in the ass? not so much.

That's a very interesting

Verified Atheist — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:48:54 +0000

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That's a very interesting take, and one that could definitely give Assange some positive PR.