29 Nov 10
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Originally posted by no1marauder🙄
No, it isn't. The Constitution defines Treason:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
Leaking the information that some of our diplomats don't think much of the Italian PM is hardly treason and it's hysterical, Whodeyism to suggest it is.
You probably also thought I was being literal about them being hung drawn and quartered...
So, just in case:
I do not really condone the torture and execution of the Wikileaks publishers.
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29 Nov 10
Originally posted by sh76Anyway, don't you have laws protecting whistle blowers? All he has to do is argue his case that he's serving the public... and voila.
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You probably also thought I was being literal about them being hung drawn and quartered...
So, just in case:
I do not really condone the torture and execution of the Wikileaks publishers.
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29 Nov 10
Originally posted by sh76sh76: Some information has to be kept secret to protect its effectiveness. There's a word for leaking such government information to the public. It's called treason.
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You probably also thought I was being literal about them being hung drawn and quartered...
So, just in case:
I do not really condone the torture and execution of the Wikileaks publishers.
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That's supposed to be tongue in cheek?
29 Nov 10
Originally posted by shavixmirJesus K Poo Poo, are you aware that Every gov't spies on every other gov't, friend or foe? Your giggly girlish naivete rantings puts you in the category of a horse toothed jackass on a two week Meth bender.
There's nothing moderately strange about spying on the UN?
GRANNY.
29 Nov 10
Originally posted by no1marauderThat was the post where I was talking about "generals discussing troop movements," not the Wikileaks info. The Wikileaks info was the subject of the drawing and quartering remark which, yes, was tongue in cheek.
sh76: Some information has to be kept secret to protect its effectiveness. There's a word for leaking such government information to the public. It's called treason.
That's supposed to be tongue in cheek?
30 Nov 10
It appears one of the documents leaked shows that the leader of Yemen has been lying to his parliament and people regarding US bombing attacks on suspected "terrorist" targets in Yemen:
“We’ll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours,” Saleh said, according to the cable. This prompted Deputy Prime Minister Rashad al–Alimi “to joke that he had just ‘lied’ by telling parliament that the bombs in Ahrab, Abyan and Shebwa (provinces) were American-made but deployed by the ROYG (Republic of Yemen Government.)”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40423710/ns/us_news-security
30 Nov 10
Originally posted by AThousandYoungThe Americans were bombing with the permission of Yemen's President. BUT he knew that the majority of his people wouldn't approve of foreign military action in his country. So he lied to his Parliament and people and said it was his armed forces doing the bombing.
What does that mean...that Americans were bombing and Yemen was accepting the blame?
Surely that is something the people of Yemen had a right to know.
30 Nov 10
Originally posted by sh76If Americans have so low expactations about their diplomats within their governement, then they sholdn't be surprised that some people outside not overly love USA.
Why shouldn't he say it in a private communication to his superior? That's what he thought. It's his job to convey his impressions to his superiors. He has no reason to expect every memo he writes to his superior to be made public.
I think Wikileaks are doing a great job to expose bad diplomats. The world should have more of these whistleblowers.
30 Nov 10
Originally posted by smw6869You do know what the UN is, don't you?
Jesus K Poo Poo, are you aware that Every gov't spies on every other gov't, friend or foe? Your giggly girlish naivete rantings puts you in the category of a horse toothed jackass on a two week Meth bender.
GRANNY.
You do know you are a member (and probably wield the most power), don't you?
Don't you think it's moderately strange you're spying on an institution you are part off? Do you spy on your work? Do you spy on your wife?
And please. A citizen from a country with the CIA as it's intelligence agency really shouldn't be lecturing any other citizen from any other country about international naievity. Don't you think?