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Outdated opsec? No. The documents Assange published via Wikileaks exposed innocent Afghan sources by name and by village. These people are now in danger and
by fdschoeneman 16y ago
Outdated opsec? No. The documents Assange published via Wikileaks exposed innocent Afghan sources by name and by village. These people are now in danger and I've seen a report that at least one of them has now been killed. Personally I con't see any real sunshine value in leaking these particular documents but I'm amazed that Assange didn't take the time to sanitize them using plain old common sense. And I'm surprised that people don't see him for the thoughtless prick that he is. And for that, I'm afraid, he becomes the collateral murderer.
- sophacles 16y agoYou are correct, names of sources is different than both nuclear secrets and outdated opsec. Congrats, you understand one of my points. Amusingly, at the same time you commit the exact same error I was pointing out: The strawman attack. I was not stating a position on the nature of the original leak, but instead pointing out how there are situations with different ramifications and consequences. The most you can infer from my statements, without making assumptions, is that I am not fond of strawman arguments.
- fdschoeneman 16y agoThank you for the lecture on straw man. If you did not mean to imply that Assange's recent document dump was composed of nothing more than "outdated opsec" then please disregard my last comment. However on re-reading your comment I still think my assumption a reasonable one.