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I think that he should have dumped everything. Or at least, everything that didn't put individuals at risk. I get where he was coming from. But the people in c
by mirimir 7y ago
I think that he should have dumped everything. Or at least, everything that didn't put individuals at risk.
I get where he was coming from. But the people in charge of releasing stuff seem too clueless and/or deferential.
- mhh__ 7y agoDumping all of it online would have been like wikileaks, which I think would've been a mistake in that Wikileaks have been very open about aiming to use there releases to influence politics rather than merely releasing for the sake of knowledge e.g. "Maximum political impact" which does make them less credible (Aside from the dubious links to and decision not to criticise russia)
- mirimir 7y agoBut isn't it less biased to dump it all? With the only reason for not releasing being risk to arguably ~innocent individuals. Also, it's relevant to note that Holocaust investigators have not redacted names of ~responsible individuals from their releases. Indeed, they've targeted them.
- mhh__ 7y agoWikileaks regularly publish credit card details of completely unrelated bystanders e.g. political donors (and I mean $15 rather than $15 million). They also clearly time their leaks for impact rather than purely apolitical time slots. Speaking of the holocaust, wikileaks also hired a holocaust denier (in the words of hopenothate) - Israel Shamim - for years
- mirimir 7y agoUmmm, I didn't mention Wikileaks, so bringing up them -- and freelancer Israel Shamim -- is whataboutism. My point about Holocaust investigators is undeniable. I mentioned it as evidence that culpability is an accepted justification for releasing information about individuals.
- ryanlol 7y ago>decision not to criticise russia Do you have any evidence such a decision has been made by WL? Does that decision apply to China too? I don’t see any wikileaks from China. What makes Russia special? Perhaps these countries just aren’t that interesting to mostly English language WL?
- mhh__ 7y agoThey didn't publish a group of documents embarassing to Russia, when given to then. Then there is also the source of their 2016 leaks, as documented the Special Counsel report