…for the moment. This is an attack designed to damage the United States, to harm all our interests.

With regard to previous Wikileaks of DoD material, it would appear that a likely suspect has been identified. However it seems unlikely this State Dept traffic would have passed through the same disloyal individual as the military communications.

How on earth could some disaffected traitor gain electronic access to 250 THOUSAND State Dept communications, unless he (or she) was in some pivotal, central capacity? It would seem like the list of suspects shouldn’t be too long. Unless, of course, this exposure represents shockingly incompetent security practices and procedures.

This breech seems quite serious and damaging. We’ve got to get to the bottom of the security failure(s).

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I am shocked this has not already happened….

Obummer wanted to take the country down a few notches and this is a great way to do it. I can believe the previous leak were down by the soldier but I think someone in the state department let all this out of the bag.

A real president would have long ago ordered some black operations to permanently end the leaks and effectively deter others–regardless of where in the world they may be–from even thinking of doing this to our country in the future. Such black ops would likely have coincided with some very tragic accidents involving both the leakers and those who published the leaked secrets.

Who else would think like those who equated girls’ underwear on a terrorist’s head with torture, being ignorant of what real torture is? This is fairly innocuous stuff, by international diplomatic corps standards for most countries (imagine the faux pas from the French, or the sinister stuff from the Russians) but to an idealistic leftist – convinced that the USA is the most evil country on earth and on a mission to make it pure and transparent – these memos are fraught with diabolic scheming and must be revealed.

This isn’t Manning’s work, any more than the military stuff was. He’s a convenient scapegoat for the perp and for Assange to lay the blame on while they embarrass the USA. Some mid-level careerist screwed out of a promotion by Obama’s goons in State did this to show who’s boss. While airing out the dirty laundry, it appears little of earth-shattering import was released. There will be some red faces for certain, but the best part for conservatives will be just the opposite result desired by the leaker. US diplomatic staff will be even less effectual than in the past, since no one will trust them with information any more, and as a result military means will be utilized more to get our foreign-policy objectives realized.

Then there is screwing all of Western Civilization because *you can*…

If ever there was a traitor to humanity wikileaks and anyone associated with supporting this scale of activity fits the definition.

I’m still surprised that some government (or even the Russians for a roundabout self interest motivation) hasn’t dealt with this guy (and his friends) after the fist big leaking. A lot of pain and suffering will come out of the propaganda and intel coup being handed over to the world by these lofty minded fools.

Why does Assange still draw breath? If it is too risky, we have friends that could take care of it for us. He is waging war on us. But then, Obama is probably not unhappy with the results.

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Whether it’s wise for Wikileaks to publish this stuff is an issue worth debating; whether it’s legal or not was settled in the Pentagon Papers case.

Any US citizen who gave Wikileaks this stuff almost certainly committed a crime – but once they had the stuff, Wikileaks had as much right to publish as the Washington Post and NY Times did with the Pentagon Papers.

Add to all this that Assange is not a US citizen, and not under US jurisdiction. If you want the US government going after him, then I’d really love to know how you plan to respond when (insert some European government with hate speech laws here) goes after a US citizen for posting something they object to in a place their citizens can read.

No, they aren’t the same thing. But claiming US jurisdiction over Assange would open up a whole ton of cans of worms best left shut.

that the CIA KILLS people for a living…?

Assange is an ideologue and leftist to that, which means he doesn’t think clearly about consequences.

1) At this point of the Obama administration foreign policy, these leaks will probably make us look better, not worse if they reveal to the world that we have some intelligent thinkers around rather than weak-willed syncophants.

2) He’s giving us a road map as to the vulnerabilities in our security systems.

3) If we win the White House in 2013, these leaks will give our President grounds to be able to clean out the State Department and rebuild from the bottom up.

In short, after some short term pain, we have a good chance of emerging stronger.

None of this negates the fate in store for Assange for his hostile actions against the U.S. Just pointing out that the outcome will likely not be what he envisioned.

Well, this time we get to get off the “Bush did it” theme and say, without a doubt, that it is an “0 did it” theme. As part of the “transparency in Government” idea that 0 brought in with him [and did not implement in other areas] the WH told State to set-up a server on which it could publish all of its cables, at and below the ‘secret’ level, so that they could be accessed by other Cabinet level departments and the intelligence community. They were told to go back three years so that the previous administration’s consultations would be available for review. Access was controlled by those departments/agencies, not the Department of State. That’s why, according to some, an Army PRIVATE could get on the server and set-up a BitTorrent file to publish the entire thing to either a specific point or the world.

As an Australian skank, he owes no allegiance to the US. The fact is, someone or multiple someones who DOES (or do) owe allegiance to the US has/have proven to be (a) Judas(es).

Each of the potential suspects is somewhere within a chain of command. The information leaked should indicate where, and the entire chain(s) should be suspended forthwith, and the barn door(s) belatedly locked down. Then let the games begin. Anyone failing a polygraph, gets to find out firsthand whether waterboarding is really “torture.”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/29/lawmakers-administration-prosecute-wikileaks-designate-terror-group/

Not usually a fan of the government crashing a web site, but i heard on the news the other day the government has the audibility to. But I’ll make an exception here. And in the CIA’s charter it says they have no jurisdiction in the USA. We to make it simple i think someone should watch their back. Or be hauled in on charges of espionage. And accessory to murder, for every soldier that has died since he leaked info.

He’s been charged with “sex crimes.” Slate reported recently that the law he’s being charged under concerns him not using a condom and not submitting to an STD test when requested, which is illegal in Sweden.