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I wonder too about the leaks we haven't seen yet either, but at the same time, wouldn't WikiLeaks want to release the most scandalous and head-line grabbing inf
by TheBurningOr 16y ago
I wonder too about the leaks we haven't seen yet either, but at the same time, wouldn't WikiLeaks want to release the most scandalous and head-line grabbing info first? That would go a long way towards vindicating their position in the public eye.
- rayval 16y agoHere is some wikileaks information about US practices in Afghanistan that is quite shocking: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/12/wikileaks_texas_company_helped.php http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/12/wikileaks_te... For those who don't click on the link, the article refers to cables in which US diplomats discuss how to quash a journalist writing about a private US military contractor procuring young boys to be sex-party favors in order to help motivate Aghan police recruits. The argument that the US diplomats discuss using in order to prevent publicity is that this reporting will "endanger lives". Here is the cable: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/213720 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/... I think this is quite scandalous and shocking. Maybe it's just me. I don't understand why stuff like this has not received much press coverage in the US.