The latest round of Wikileaks materials has embarrassed the Obama Administration, creating a diplomatic crisis. However, their next target, Russia might not play as nicely as the US.
Access by the military to some of the United States' most sensitive diplomatic information was cut off on Tuesday cut, after Wikileaks released a torrent of information that embarrassed and outraged governments around the world.
It is believed that a former enlisted Army corporal, Bradley Manning, was behind much of the released documents. It appears that he'll never see the light of day again, facing a likely life in prison sentence.
In another Wikileak development, "National security officials say that the National Security Agency, the U.S. government’s eavesdropping agency, has already picked up tell-tale electronic evidence that WikiLeaks is under close surveillance by the Russian FSB, that country’s domestic spy network, out of fear in Moscow that WikiLeaks is prepared to release damaging personal information about Kremlin leaders."
Maybe Wikileaks leader Julian Assange missed this memo, the Russians play for keeps. They are very good at taking out people who say too much. Perhaps this is one reason he is on the move so much.
Proverbs 20:19 says "Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler."
My advice, if you are in close proximity to Assange, look out for big men with Russian accents, then run the other way.
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A restricted version of what should have been news now released as 'leak'. If one closely observes, the leaks are not actually harmful to the interest of the elites running USA. The leaks are tactically used to deliberately leak information ultimately to protect vested interests of the governing elites of that country.
Further, such leaks will soon become justification for further secrecy and further monitoring of the citizens of US and other humans elsewhere.
Moreover, through rising sentiments the media and the administration has created a convoluted patriotism, by which citizens are conditioned to invite stricter monitoring of themselves, and totally protected top secrets. While this is done, freedom is only ensured to the miliotary-industrial-speculative-corporate-complex.
Indeed in real democracy, to the degree to whic it is real, there will be less state secrecy, less monitoring or spying citizens/ non-citizens and the interests of the people will be seriously considered.
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