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[foxhedgehog, I seem not to be allowed to reply to your last comment (too deeply nested?) so I'll put it here] You said "Disseminating [information about actua
by cnvogel 11y ago
[foxhedgehog, I seem not to be allowed to reply to your last comment (too deeply nested?) so I'll put it here]
You said "Disseminating [information about actual harm] would be highly irresponsible."
And my claim is that disseminating of this information is necessary to reinstate trust on control of secret agencies, even if some harm is done by this additional disseminating.
- foxhedgehog 11y agoOk. My guess is that the institutions that be have made a cost-benefit decision on this and decided otherwise. In the case of WikiLeaks, specifically, I can't blame them: not giving material information to the Taliban is probably more important than any short-term PR boost that is going to be diluted with skepticism.