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White House: No attempt to stop WikiLeaks news reports
Yahoo News ^ | July 26, 2010 | AP

Posted on 07/26/2010 1:05:23 PM PDT by SmartInsight

The White House says it didn't try to stop news organizations who had access to secret U.S. military documents from publishing reports about the leaks.

WikiLeaks posted 91,000 classified documents on Afghanistan Sunday. The organization's founder says he still has thousands more Afghan files to post.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanstan; birthcertificate; kenyanvillagefraud; militarysecrets; obama; obamahatesjews; obamaisalquida; obamathekenyan; obamathemuslim; obamathesocialist; roadtosocialism; terrorism; treason; wikileaks; wot
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WHY didn't the Obama administration try to stop the publication of Military secrets?!

Everyone knew about this for weeks, if not months - where was the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security -- why was Wikileaks not raided>

Why weren't the news outlets told to NOT publish, under threat of prosecution?

1 posted on 07/26/2010 1:05:25 PM PDT by SmartInsight
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To: SmartInsight

These “leaks” may be just what Hussein needs to scuttle defeating the Taliban.


2 posted on 07/26/2010 1:09:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Will must be the harder, courage the bolder, spirit must be the more, as our might lessens.)
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To: BenLurkin

No doubt.


3 posted on 07/26/2010 1:09:47 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: SmartInsight

Well, they couldn’t tell the German and UK papers not to publish, but we know the NY Times and the Dems are one-and-the-same. If Soetero didn’t ring up Pinch and ask him not to publish, it means Axelrod WANTED the material released. It’s just that simple.


4 posted on 07/26/2010 1:10:08 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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AND if more files have not been published the FBI should be at the door today and say, "hey this isn't yours to publish"
5 posted on 07/26/2010 1:10:32 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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"WHY didn't the Obama administration try to stop the publication of Military secrets?!"

You're not serious, are you? Where do you think these traitors got the classified documents from in the first place? This gives Dear Leader an excuse to leave the Middle East & Afghanistan and the Taliban & Al Qaida carte blanche. That was the plan!! If something doesn't make sense, remember, he's a MUSLIM!!

6 posted on 07/26/2010 1:11:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Soapbox & Ballot Box or Ammo Box.)
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"they couldn’t tell the German and UK papers not to publish"

Yes, I believe they can. Those are stolen documents.

7 posted on 07/26/2010 1:12:29 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: SmartInsight

.. less than 120 days out from a hellapalooza of an election.

Obama&Regime needs all the smoke and distraction it can find about now..

Besides , who says the publications in question weren’t told? It never stopped some of them before..


8 posted on 07/26/2010 1:13:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Because they are leaked, there is no way to prove they are real.


9 posted on 07/26/2010 1:15:00 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: SmartInsight
Translation: The White House assisted Wikileaks and other news organizations publish classified documents.
10 posted on 07/26/2010 1:18:20 PM PDT by mojito
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To: Steve Van Doorn; NativeNewYorker

They most certainly could have told foreign papers not to publish — note that Der Spiegel actually called the WH and ASKED! An apparently was told by the WH to go ahead and publish the US Military Secret. Sounds like treason by the WH to me.

“Gibbs says the White House also received questions Friday from Der Spiegel, a German magazine that also had early access to the documents.”


11 posted on 07/26/2010 1:20:55 PM PDT by SmartInsight (Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
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"These “leaks” may be just what Hussein needs to scuttle defeating the Taliban."

I think the end game here is internet regulation under the aegis of national security.

12 posted on 07/26/2010 1:25:14 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: SmartInsight

Is it possible that the leaked documents originating
before the Emperor made his coup d’etat on the Constitution
were given to the Press with one month to get ready,

while the those later were just given to al Qaeda,
Taliban, Iran, Hamas, Fatah, etc. etc.?


13 posted on 07/26/2010 1:26:24 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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Then the papers were given they were not stolen.
and they are not making a secret about it either.

the arrogance is astounding.

14 posted on 07/26/2010 1:26:48 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: SmartInsight

Pres.Bush fault?


15 posted on 07/26/2010 1:27:46 PM PDT by FreeperDoll
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To: SmartInsight

Supposedly all of the really “damning” information seems to stop sometime in early/mid ‘09.

Hmmm.........


16 posted on 07/26/2010 1:29:57 PM PDT by conservativeharleyguy (Democrats: Over 60 million fooled daily!)
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To: SmartInsight

The only way they would have acted to stop this is if WikiLeaks was affiliated with Fox News. THEN they would have pulled out all the stops.


17 posted on 07/26/2010 1:31:21 PM PDT by newheart (History is an outbreak of madness--Ellul)
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To: Steve Van Doorn; SmartInsight

I didn’t phrase my comment well. I meant to say the White House couldn’t physically/legally prevent foreign papers from publishing. Barry Soetero could have used the legal system to try to stop the NY Times. In all cases, however, he green lighted the further degradation of our national security.


18 posted on 07/26/2010 1:32:06 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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Oh please...since all the “leaks” are from 2004-2009, why would they care? If it makes Bush and the military look bad, they were probably all for it!!(if not behind it)


19 posted on 07/26/2010 1:33:19 PM PDT by jackv (The darkness hates the light!)
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To: SmartInsight

Well, he said he was going to be the most open administration, I heard he even posted the nuclear launch codes on facebook.


20 posted on 07/26/2010 1:33:46 PM PDT by Scythian
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