02-04-2010, 07:23 AM
I'm pretty much with Jan on this.
No question but that the trio mentioned - plus others - will do their level best to co-opt, suborn, discredit etc etc ANY operation that risks exposing the stuff they need to keep hidden to a large audience; and it's the 'large audience' bit where Wikileaks scores over the likes of DPF etc and makes them especially threatening.
I also have misgivings about Julian Assanges apparent penchant for publicity seeking - although it could also be seen as a form of self-protection. Also, John Young's observations on Wikileaks are apposite: http://www.deeppoliticsforum.com/forums/...=Wikileaks . His observation that "There are fake whistle-blowers - trying to make you distrust whistle-blowers." quoted in post #4 here resonates too.
Stiil it never does any harm to cast a thoroughly sceptical eye on these things and I can see no reason why Wikileaks should be an exception.
No question but that the trio mentioned - plus others - will do their level best to co-opt, suborn, discredit etc etc ANY operation that risks exposing the stuff they need to keep hidden to a large audience; and it's the 'large audience' bit where Wikileaks scores over the likes of DPF etc and makes them especially threatening.
I also have misgivings about Julian Assanges apparent penchant for publicity seeking - although it could also be seen as a form of self-protection. Also, John Young's observations on Wikileaks are apposite: http://www.deeppoliticsforum.com/forums/...=Wikileaks . His observation that "There are fake whistle-blowers - trying to make you distrust whistle-blowers." quoted in post #4 here resonates too.
Stiil it never does any harm to cast a thoroughly sceptical eye on these things and I can see no reason why Wikileaks should be an exception.
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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