Unlimited Wikileaks Shenanigans

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

LONDON – WikiLeaks' next release will be seven times the size of the Iraq war logs, already the biggest leak in U.S. intelligence history, the website said Monday.

The organization made the announcement in a brief message posted to its followers on Twitter, giving no information about the content of the coming release or its exact timing — although it did refer to "the coming months" in a separate tweet sent about an hour later.

Although the website has been spilling secrets for years, WikiLeaks shot to international prominence this year with a three leaks. One exposed a classified U.S. helicopter video that appears to show an attack on two Reuters employees and other civilians. The second made public 77,000 ground-level U.S. intelligence files covering the war in Afghanistan. The third put out 400,000 more such files exposing the daily grind of attacks, detentions and interrogations in Iraq.

Although it isn't clear what WikiLeaks is planning to release next, it allegedly has a huge cache of classified U.S. State Department cables whose publication could give a behind-the-scenes look at American diplomacy around the world.

In the message, the site also said it was under "intense pressure" over the imminent release — a possible reference to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's legal problems in Sweden, where he is wanted for alleged sexual misconduct. It could also be a reference to the constant pressure Assange says is being applied to the website's servers, security, and finances.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101122/ap_on_hi_te/wikileaks

If this guy survives the rest of the year I will be surprised.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Wouldn't be wise for the US to off him. It will be obvious that the US killed a civilian and a citizen of an ally government.

[Disco Pickle]

Wouldn't be wise for the US to off him. It will be obvious that the US killed a civilian and a citizen of an ally government.

yeah, faking a suicide wouldn't be at all believable in this instance.  Not like, say, David Kelly's untimely demise.

[Jasper]

Interesting.  Being such a desirable assassination target that being killed would be suspect, no matter what the circumstances.

Refuge in audacity.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Interesting.  Being such a desirable assassination target that being killed would be suspect, no matter what the circumstances.

Refuge in audacity.

It's the Mulder Effect. Smoking Man could have killed him many times, but doing so would lend credence to the idea of a conspiracy.

/dork

[Cain]

I've been waiting for these for a while.  Definitely got a professional interest in looking through these.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

I might also add that this coincides with a new rape claim against Julian.

[Jasper]

Is there any validity to those claims?  Is it possible that it's a smear tactic?

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

Is there any validity to those claims?  Is it possible that it's a smear tactic?

If by possible you mean glaringly obvious.

The last time he went to court over them the charges were lowered to Sexual harassment due to lack of evidence. Then those charges were lowered to Emotional Abuse due to lack of evidence. Then he was found not guilty of emotional abuse.

[Placid Dingo]

This surprises me because Assange has said very directly a few times with WL does NOT release info about releases before they happen.

[Cain]

Well, it depends what you mean by "info".  He always calls a press conference or lets people know a large lump of data is coming down the line.  He doesn't always say what it is until it is released (which is a fun tactic, look for the more irritable or panicked than usual public figures in the next few weeks - I'm sure the Wikileaks analysts are), but I've heard rumours for several months now that he had a stash of State Department diplomatic cables, just as I heard for months before the Iraq release that he had a stash of Iraq war documentation.

[Jasper]

If by possible you mean glaringly obvious.

The last time he went to court over them the charges were lowered to Sexual harassment due to lack of evidence. Then those charges were lowered to Emotional Abuse due to lack of evidence. Then he was found not guilty of emotional abuse.

Okay.  Just being sure.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

UK Government has issued a "D-notice" warning to all UK news editors, asking to be briefed on upcoming WikiLeaks stories.

US briefs Russia over embassy cables according to Moscow press.

US briefs Iraq, Turkey over embassy cables according to AFP, Turkish media

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

Shits getting real.

[Remington]

In case anyone hasn't downloaded this yet:
http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/7962849636786176

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cables-wikileaks

http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=317391

Leak is officially out.