Wikileaks: Something is up
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Wikileaks: Something is up
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Re: Wikileaks: Something is up
#2If they really have something that important, why would they drum up attention and wait like sitting ducks, instead of publishing it ASAP?
Re: Wikileaks: Something is up
#3If they really have something that important, why would they drum up attention and wait like sitting ducks, instead of publishing it ASAP?
Because publishing something takes time and computer access, both of which they may not have had.
Re: Wikileaks: Something is up
#4If they really have something that important, why would they drum up attention and wait like sitting ducks, instead of publishing it ASAP?
Wikileaks publishes memos, reports, that sort of concrete evidence. I don't think they would officially publish their first hand reports without first trying to get some kind of confirmation through a leaked government file on them, for example.
Re: Wikileaks: Something is up
#5If they really have something that important, why would they drum up attention and wait like sitting ducks, instead of publishing it ASAP?
Wikileaks publishes memos, reports, that sort of concrete evidence. I don't think they would officially publish their first hand reports without first trying to get some kind of confirmation through a leaked government file on them, for example.
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Re: Wikileaks: Something is up
#6If they really have something that important, why would they drum up attention and wait like sitting ducks, instead of publishing it ASAP?
Wikileaks publishes memos, reports, that sort of concrete evidence. I don't think they would officially publish their first hand reports without first trying to get some kind of confirmation through a leaked government file on them, for example.
The tweets mention a video, not an observer report.
Re: Wikileaks: Something is up
#7If they really have something that important, why would they drum up attention and wait like sitting ducks, instead of publishing it ASAP?
Wikileaks publishes memos, reports, that sort of concrete evidence. I don't think they would officially publish their first hand reports without first trying to get some kind of confirmation through a leaked government file on them, for example.
The attention they claim they're getting seems proof enough.
Re: Wikileaks: Something is up
#8If they really have something that important, why would they drum up attention and wait like sitting ducks, instead of publishing it ASAP?
Two reasons:
First, the "confession" -- whosever they are trying to elicit -- has more value if given out of paranoia.
Think about it this way: you have a brief glimpse into something wrong that happened, but you don't know the full story. Let's say you know 10% of the full story.
If you come forward with the evidence, the accused party need only acknowledge or refute the 10% that you've divulged.
However if you make them think you know a whole lot more than 10%, you might end up pressuring them to give a confession that will reveal a much larger amount of the wrong deed.
Second, pressuring a government to admit wrongdoing is better PR for Wikileaks than disclosing leaked information. Wikileaks is treading on delicate territory already with their mission statement. When classified information becomes whistleblower-deserving information is a debatable topic. Because of this, Wikileaks has to manage their PR very carefully, lest they be viewed as the enemy-to-all, friend-to-none. By pressuring organizations to admit wrongdoing rather than publicly accusing them of it, it's a win-win: the information gets out, and WikiLeaks doesn't have to be in the press again for leaking "stolen" information.
Re: Wikileaks: Something is up
#9If they really have something that important, why would they drum up attention and wait like sitting ducks, instead of publishing it ASAP?
Possibly to draw more attention and support.
They've been having funding issues lately; they might think this is a good way to get out from under that. Of course, it'll backfire if this turns out to be insignificant, a la the recent documents that they claimed were evidence of the U.S. trying to "shut them down".
Re: Wikileaks: Something is up
#10If they really have something that important, why would they drum up attention and wait like sitting ducks, instead of publishing it ASAP?
Two reasons: First, the "confession" -- whosever they are trying to elicit -- has more value if given out of paranoia. Think about it this way: you have a brief glimpse into something wrong that happened, but you don't know the full story. Let's say you know 10% of the full story. If you come forward with the evidence, the accused party need only acknowledge or refute the 10% that you've divulged. However if you make…
Still, I think the idea of a small amateur (as far as spycraft is concerned) organization pressuring the DoD like this is insane. They're risking their own wellbeing.