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Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks [ Amnesty International, etc ]
Wall Street Journal ^ | August 9 2010 | JEANNE WHALEN

Posted on 08/09/2010 5:41:09 PM PDT by NoLibZone

A group of human-rights organizations is pressing WikiLeaks to do a better job of redacting names from thousands of war documents it is publishing, joining the list of critics that claim the Web site's actions could jeopardize the safety of Afghans who aided the U.S. military.

The letter from five human-rights groups sparked a tense exchange in which WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange issued a tart challenge for the organizations to help with the massive task of removing names from thousands of documents, according to several of the organizations that signed the letter. The exchange shows how WikiLeaks and Mr. Assange risk being isolated from some of their most natural allies in the wake of the documents' publication.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: leaks; spies; wikileaks

1 posted on 08/09/2010 5:41:11 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone
I have to check the temperature of Hell...


2 posted on 08/09/2010 5:43:23 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: NoLibZone

A lot of people are going to die because of Wikileak’s greed and gay boy Manning’s gayness. They all should be tried and sent to prison.


3 posted on 08/09/2010 5:45:42 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The United States of America! aka The Big Pinata. Bash it and the goodies fall out.)
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To: NoLibZone
Ahhh... so leaking is only bad when a leftist liberal is in charge.

Where were these losers when the New York Times and the Washington Post were leaking things right and left when Bush was president? Oh that's right, it was OK to leak stuff back then.

4 posted on 08/09/2010 5:46:11 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: NoLibZone

We need a WikiBirther site.

Any one that can access Obamas personal records could post there.

I am sure that liberals would view the site as aiding in our government’s transparency.


5 posted on 08/09/2010 5:46:11 PM PDT by NoLibZone (If we could remove bad representatives through voting, voting would have been made illegal by now.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Assange has turned himself into an enemy alien and it’s OK to dispose of him without further concern. There has got to be a few Afghans living in Stockholm who can do the job just like someone like them disposed of Palme.


6 posted on 08/09/2010 5:49:29 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: NoLibZone

Julian Assange even looks like a parasite.


7 posted on 08/09/2010 7:01:39 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (We don't have a leader in the Oval Office, we have a reader in the Oval Office.)
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To: NoLibZone

Anyone can post to wikileaks - anyone with the docs you mention can place them there. Don’t make the mistake of thinking Assange is pro the left or anti - the US, he’s just opposed to authority in general. From the docs I’ve browsed on Wikileaks (unrelated to the latest releases), he makes no bones of offending oother governments and non-governmental groups.


8 posted on 08/09/2010 7:51:17 PM PDT by Androcles (All your typos are belong to us)
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