Why the World Needs WikiLeaks

Post by admax88q » Sun, Nov 20, 2016, 3:23 AM UTC

mehwoot wrote: post #125

admax88q wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would you propose they do? Not leak documents based upon who the source is? If the documents are authentic, why does it matter who the source was? If A leaks documents on B revealing corruption about B, just because A's motives may not be pure, doesn't make B any less corrupt.

What would you propose they do? Not leak documents based upon who the source is? Actually as far as I remember, this has always been part of their method of operation from the beginning, and they explicitly state this: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/784873305463459841 . They are more than just someone who releases whatever is given to them- they attempt to vet the information and publicise it as well. Which are…

Yes they vet the information, but if the information is true, then they publish it, regardless of who the source was.

Vetting the information does not necessarily mean vetting the source.

Post by pdimitar » Mon, Nov 21, 2016, 2:30 AM UTC

As they say in The Matrix: "you might be just another -- more advanced -- form of control".

I find it somewhat amusing how WikiLeaks releases things widely only when a certain topic becomes relevant and gets public attention. And then it chooses to keep silent on other topics but still vocally declares they have info on them. Fishy as hell for me.

It seems they are aiming for popularity and relevance at this point; and not to make any real change in the world.

I refuse to accept there is a "nuclear-level-of-unstable-and-dangerous" information. Just release it all on several big torrent trackers and move on. What'll happen exactly? A world war? We're past that point, several times now, ever since the 1960s up until today. It didn't happen even in the Cuba crisis, I don't think it'll happen over the racist slurs of a popular politician (one random example).

I fear WikiLeaks have been compromised long ago. Did we all forget that Julian Assange was questioned in private for a long time?

Everybody can be either bought or threatened to submission. Everybody.

Re: Why the World Needs WikiLeaks

Re: Why the World Needs WikiLeaks