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U.S. Begs WikiLeaks to Halt Document Release
The Blaze ^ | 11/28/10 | Scott Baker

Posted on 11/28/2010 6:17:13 AM PST by blueyon

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has told whistleblower WikiLeaks that its expected imminent release of classified State Department cables will put “countless” lives at risk, threaten global counterterrorism operations and jeopardize U.S. relations with its allies.

In a highly unusual step reflecting the administration’s grave concerns about the ramifications of the move, the State Department late Saturday released a letter from its top lawyer to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his attorney telling them that publication of the documents would be illegal and demanding that they stop it.

It also said the U.S. government would not cooperate with WikiLeaks in trying to scrub the cables of information that m

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agenda; media; obama; wikileaks; wikileaksdocdump
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1 posted on 11/28/2010 6:17:17 AM PST by blueyon
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2 posted on 11/28/2010 6:25:28 AM PST by mirkwood (Palin-Bolton 2012)
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First, I see no difference between WikiLeaks and the New York Times, the Washington Post, or any other major US newspaper or media outlet that never hesitates to publish classified material when they get their hands on it. Heck, when the GOP is in power, there is awesome praise from the left for these newspapers for engaging in these "patriotic" activities.

Second, there are ways that the US could stop these activities, it is just the fault of the regime, which seriously believes that our enemies are civilized, normal people who would stop being bad if only we had a nice, long, talk with them, for not engaging in whatever clandestine actions are needed to prevent this information from being published. Or, to put it more simply, why doesn't Wikileaks publish any classified information from China or Russia?

3 posted on 11/28/2010 6:25:28 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: blueyon
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange This smug little weasel needs wet work. Putrid little scum!
4 posted on 11/28/2010 6:25:32 AM PST by MrDem (Founder: Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
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To: blueyon

It’s probably been answered elsewhere, but are these documents coming from a hack in a server, or is someone on the inside providing these documents with Wikileaks?


5 posted on 11/28/2010 6:28:19 AM PST by RangerM (A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. - Robert Frost.)
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Just put a bullet in their heads and blow up Wikileaks HQ. Problem solved.


6 posted on 11/28/2010 6:48:10 AM PST by nonliberal (Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
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So let me get this straight. The Gestapo is busy shutting down other websites but has to beg and plead with this one.


7 posted on 11/28/2010 6:49:51 AM PST by Luke21
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Begs? What does Obummer want to hide? His administrations ineptness, arrogance? Hmmm...


8 posted on 11/28/2010 6:51:38 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (DeMint/Ryan 2012!!!!!)
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To: blueyon

If I remember correctly the left had a conniption fit over the presumed “outing” of Valerie Plame. This appears to be 400,000 times worse.

Where’s the outrage now?


9 posted on 11/28/2010 6:51:48 AM PST by John Valentine
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“Begs?”

This “problem” is so easily remedied if the folks in charge here would simply “act like a man.”

They don't, so then it is evident that the folks in charge simply have no real conflict with these “leakers” who have a lot of blood on their hands.

10 posted on 11/28/2010 6:52:00 AM PST by Radix ("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
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Wasn’t all this info provided by some scum traitor working in intelligence in our own Navy (which is why it’s all US info)? I know my own daughters were p!ssed about it when it was disclosed he was a Navy IS.


11 posted on 11/28/2010 6:53:15 AM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (You will try to nudge commies toward the truth, while they try to nudge you toward the cattle cars.)
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Wasn’t all this info provided by some scum traitor working in intelligence in our own Navy (which is why it’s all US info)? I know my own daughters were p!ssed about it when it was disclosed he was a Navy IS.


12 posted on 11/28/2010 6:53:33 AM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (You will try to nudge commies toward the truth, while they try to nudge you toward the cattle cars.)
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was given to him by a soldure in iraq a corporal one of those pansey assed ones gay ones and hate the military

At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history. The 391,832 reports (’The Iraq War Logs’), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United States Army. Each is a ‘SIGACT’ or Significant Action in the war. They detail events as seen and heard by the US military troops on the ground in Iraq and are the first real glimpse into the secret history of the war that the United States government has been privy to throughout.


13 posted on 11/28/2010 6:57:53 AM PST by LynnHam
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

America BEGS ?


14 posted on 11/28/2010 6:58:08 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: blueyon

Try “pretty please with sugar on top Obambi!”

This is BS

They could shoot this little weasel. The ICE Gestapo are shutting down web site right now for stealing music and video, and they can’t stop this a$$ hole?

They WANT him to make Bush look bad.


15 posted on 11/28/2010 6:58:36 AM PST by Mr. K ('profiling' would be much more offensive than grabbing your balls)
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They should be slammed and slammed again on the same level as Socks Berger was!

That would show 'em who not to mess with!

16 posted on 11/28/2010 7:00:23 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: mirkwood

Obama. George Soros. The Open Society Project. This leak is intentional and this story is only window dressing for the media.


17 posted on 11/28/2010 7:02:10 AM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: blueyon

“Begs” my @$$. You make the commie maggots and faggots an offer they can’t refuse if they want to continue inhaling oxygen.


18 posted on 11/28/2010 7:22:53 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Don't touch my junk!!!)
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To: nonliberal

Exactly.

Stop begging

Start shooting.


19 posted on 11/28/2010 7:22:55 AM PST by Venturer
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Obama’s begging an whining is meant for only one purpose: To divert attention from the fact that the Obama Administration is feeding these documents to Wikileaks.


20 posted on 11/28/2010 7:23:13 AM PST by Brilliant
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