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Honest question, please don't snipe at me. Can someone please point me to significant leaks from out of china, russia, iran on wikileaks? Edit: since it appear

by vbtemp 6y ago

Honest question, please don't snipe at me. Can someone please point me to significant leaks from out of china, russia, iran on wikileaks? Edit: since it appears no one can actually answer this question with an actual answer, and only down vote and troll, I think that probably means wikileaks does not make significant leaks from the military-industrial complexes of China or Russia.

medicineman 6y ago
>muh whataboutism
throwaway829 6y ago
Julian Assange's Mandarin, Russian & Persian comprehension skills probably aren't up for the task. And copying and pasting leaks in Google Translate probably wouldn't work either.
sudosysgen 6y ago
Wikileaks is an English speaking website. All three of these countries aren't democracies, so whistle-blowers have no incentive to speak up. Finally, if you are from those countries and send info to Wikileaks, you would be sending information to a foreign organization which risks much harsher punishment. For all of these reasons, it is much much less likely for any leaker out of China, Russia or Iran to leak to Wikileaks instead of someone else.
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stefantalpalaru 6y ago
> Can someone please point me to significant leaks from out of china, russia, iran on wikileaks? https://wikileaks.org/spyfiles/russia/ https://wikileaks.org/spyfiles/russia/ https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Russia https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Russia https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:China https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:China https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Iran https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Iran
friendlybus 6y ago
Yeah there's a couple in this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_material_published_by_WikiLeaks#Tibetan_dissent_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_material_published_by_... Tibetan dissent in china, russians spying on their own people, ect. There's a few entries that contain multiple countries. I only skimmed the list.
boomboomsubban 6y ago
Imagine you lived in any of those countries and had politically relevant information. It's incredibly unlikely you've heard of Wikileaks, by comparison how many Chinese language newspapers can you name. On the small chance you had, you still wouldn't give an organization with nobody that speaks your language the information as none of your neighbors have ever heard of their website. You would give it to a local journalism source. So yes, Wikileaks does not make significant leaks from the military-industrial complexes of China or Russia. Anybody expecting them to has no clue what they are talking about.
Craighead 6y ago
The Russian leak about peter systems and sorm is the only one I know of in recent history.
casefields 6y ago
Serious question to you, what do you think happens to Joe Schmoe when he leaks embarrassing and/classified info about Putin or a Xi? In the US, you become a best selling author: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/books/trump-books.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/books/trump-books.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/17/mary-trump-and-john-bolton-books-are-amazon-best-sellers.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/17/mary-trump-and-john-bolton-b... https://www.thewrap.com/michael-cohen-disloyal-book-amazon-best-seller/ https://www.thewrap.com/michael-cohen-disloyal-book-amazon-b... Our culture and protections(1A) allow an environment of leaks. Obama’s war on whistleblowers barely made a dent: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/obamas-whistleblowers-stuxnet-leaks-drones/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/obamas-whistleb... https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/obamas-crackdown-whistleblowers/ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/obamas-crackdown-w...

by vbtemp 6y ago

medicineman 6y ago

>muh whataboutism

throwaway829 6y ago

Julian Assange's Mandarin, Russian & Persian comprehension skills probably aren't up for the task. And copying and pasting leaks in Google Translate probably wouldn't work either.

sudosysgen 6y ago

Wikileaks is an English speaking website. All three of these countries aren't democracies, so whistle-blowers have no incentive to speak up. Finally, if you are from those countries and send info to Wikileaks, you would be sending information to a foreign organization which risks much harsher punishment. For all of these reasons, it is much much less likely for any leaker out of China, Russia or Iran to leak to Wikileaks instead of someone else.

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stefantalpalaru 6y ago

> Can someone please point me to significant leaks from out of china, russia, iran on wikileaks? https://wikileaks.org/spyfiles/russia/ https://wikileaks.org/spyfiles/russia/ https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Russia https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Russia https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:China https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:China https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Iran https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Iran

friendlybus 6y ago

Yeah there's a couple in this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_material_published_by_WikiLeaks#Tibetan_dissent_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_material_published_by_... Tibetan dissent in china, russians spying on their own people, ect. There's a few entries that contain multiple countries. I only skimmed the list.

boomboomsubban 6y ago

Imagine you lived in any of those countries and had politically relevant information. It's incredibly unlikely you've heard of Wikileaks, by comparison how many Chinese language newspapers can you name. On the small chance you had, you still wouldn't give an organization with nobody that speaks your language the information as none of your neighbors have ever heard of their website. You would give it to a local journalism source. So yes, Wikileaks does not make significant leaks from the military-industrial complexes of China or Russia. Anybody expecting them to has no clue what they are talking about.

Craighead 6y ago

The Russian leak about peter systems and sorm is the only one I know of in recent history.

casefields 6y ago

Serious question to you, what do you think happens to Joe Schmoe when he leaks embarrassing and/classified info about Putin or a Xi? In the US, you become a best selling author: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/books/trump-books.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/books/trump-books.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/17/mary-trump-and-john-bolton-books-are-amazon-best-sellers.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/17/mary-trump-and-john-bolton-b... https://www.thewrap.com/michael-cohen-disloyal-book-amazon-best-seller/ https://www.thewrap.com/michael-cohen-disloyal-book-amazon-b... Our culture and protections(1A) allow an environment of leaks. Obama’s war on whistleblowers barely made a dent: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/obamas-whistleblowers-stuxnet-leaks-drones/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/obamas-whistleb... https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/obamas-crackdown-whistleblowers/ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/obamas-crackdown-w...