2010-12-10, 07:23 AM
Cancambo Wrote:WikiLeaks never said "please give us things to embarrass the USA." WikiLeaks setup an anonymous method that anyone in the world can give them information they feel should be published. WikiLeaks then reviews the information and decides to publish it. They jsut happened to get someone who had these cables.
Also, relevant:
[video=youtube;xhZk8ronces]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhZk8ronces[/video]
transcript: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Res...271961.htm
[color="#cc8899"]By creating a site for the sole purpose of publishing classified information outside of the legal method of doing so, he has indeed been requesting the information. I highly doubt you're dumb enough to actually believe what you just said. It's akin to "I didn't tell him to illegally download music and movies, I just made a filesharing website, it's not my fault people misuse it and I do nothing about it"
The website was created with the intent to facilitate illegal disclosure of classified information and encourages people to do so. We also don't know what went on behind the scenes with Manning contacting Wikileaks and saying "I might be able to provide ___, how could I do this?" I seem to remember Manning claiming that Wikileaks gave him instructions and software that would help him get the classified cables onto CDs in mass quantities without detection. [/COLOR]