Unlimited Wikileaks Shenanigans

[the last yatto]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B74BI20101208
Wikileaks and baby jesus...

[Cain]

Yeah, they totally flew planes in and bombed the servers. 

The USAF has, for some retarded reason, been building up cyberwarfare capabilities most quickly among any branches of the US military (excluding the NSA, who are technically not a branch, despite coming under the authority of the Pentagon).

[Pæs]

http://mashable.com/2010/12/13/julian-assange-okcupid/#6043Self-Summary

[geekdad]

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2010/12/assangegood.png

http://mashable.com/2010/12/13/julian-assange-okcupid/#6043Self-Summary

That's got to be one of the most interesting male dating profiles I've ever read

[The Johnny]

Yeah, they totally flew planes in and bombed the servers. 

The USAF has, for some retarded reason, been building up cyberwarfare capabilities most quickly among any branches of the US military (excluding the NSA, who are technically not a branch, despite coming under the authority of the Pentagon).

Yeah, thats what i meant that i thought had happened according to the ambiguous news headline.

Anyhow, it surprises me the Navy isnt ahead of the Airforce or on equal grounds, in the sense of its tech reliance.

[Cramulus]

WikiLeaks says that Iraq did have weapons of mass destruction and that Bush wasn't lying.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20101209/cm_uc_crlelx/op_2416261

[Adios]

So why would that have been kept secret?

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

WikiLeaks says that Iraq did have weapons of mass destruction and that Bush wasn't lying.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20101209/cm_uc_crlelx/op_2416261

I like the lack of direct quotes or references and the large helping of derision. Really professional of Larry Elder... oh wait, its Larry Elder.

[LMNO]

For the record, googling "Noah Shachtman wikileaks yellowcake" only returns Elder's article. There is no corroborating story, nor anything from Wired magazine, or the Brookings institute.


I am dubious.

[the last yatto]

Wasn't there something about we knew they had these weapons cause we sold it to em to use againsts Iran?

[the last yatto]

RT @TheWikiLeaks
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il may be a ruthless dictator, but if you get the chance, you MUST try his peach cobbler

[Cain]

It was the official policy of the United States government that Iraq had WMD programs.  We know this is false because, if they did, Bush would've never stopped crowing about it, ever.

Wikileaks doesn't state anything, it only offers the analysis presented within the documents it puts up for the public to read.

I mean, shit, I read a diplomatic cable that said the Foreign Minister of Syria believed Prince Charles was behind the assassination of Di, and was going to go on a tour of the Islamic world to gain support against these allegations.  Doesn't mean it's actually true.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

For the record, googling "Noah Shachtman wikileaks yellowcake" only returns Elder's article. There is no corroborating story, nor anything from Wired magazine, or the Brookings institute.


I am dubious.

Here's what I've found thus far:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/wikileaks-show-wmd-hunt-continued-in-iraq-with-surprising-results/

Says there were bits of Mustard Gas etc still laying around, but no mention of Yellowcake, or stockpiles anywhere near levels that would threaten the US or other nations at large.

[LMNO]

I'm pretty sure we already knew about the mustard gas.

[AFK]

I think maybe Larry Elder is counting on Americans being too lazy and confounded by the volume of leaks to actually do any meaningful digging for information that backs him up.  He's probably right.