AP Interview: WikiLeaks to publish new documents

[kpete]

Source: The News Tribune

AP Interview: WikiLeaks to publish new documents


The Associated Press
Published: 08/07/10 7:53 am | Updated: 08/07/10 7:53 am

BERLIN – The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks said it will continue to publish more secret files from governments around the world despite U.S. demands to cancel plans to release classified military documents.

"I can assure you that we will keep publishing documents - that's what we do," a WikiLeaks spokesman, who says he goes by the name Daniel Schmitt in order to protect his identity, told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday.

Schmitt said he could not comment on any specific documents but asserted that the publication of classified documents about the Afghanistan war directly contributed to the public's understanding of the conflict.

"Knowledge about ongoing issues like the war in Afghanistan is the only way to help create something like safety," Schmitt said. "Hopefully with this understanding, public scrutiny will then influence governments to develop better politics.


Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/08/07/1293151/ap-interview-wikileaks-to-publish.html

[wildbilln864]

1. k&r! nt

[Jefferson23]

2. K&R

[ironrooster]

3. That's great, but can we please find out the real reason Plame was outed?

Now that would be TASTY!

[indepat]

4. No American in their right mind would want WikiLeaks to publish anything detrimental to our

national security or otherwise put our troops in harm's way, but every American should want to see published every improperly classified document which serves solely to hide from the we the people that which we the people should know/be told or to hide crimes/other reprehensible acts committed in the name of we the people. :P

[gaiangreentree]

5. National Security

I love my country, but I would rather something become aired to the detriment of our security than the the electorate being non-informed to our detrimental actions that have become secretive.

[Turborama]

6. Wikileaks Condemns Interview With Alleged Wikileaks Spokesman

by Frances Martel | 12:45 pm, August 7th, 2010

For an organization that advertises itself as a defender and disciple of the truth, Wikileaks sure has a hard time keeping the truth about itself straight. Little more than an hour after AP published an interview with alleged Wikileaks spokesman “Daniel Schmitt,” http://twitter.com/wikileaks">the organization’s Twitter feed, suspected to be run by editor-in-chief Julian Assange, condemned it as “untrue and misleading” and emphasized that it was “not endorsed.”

Schmitt, who posed for a picture despite giving a pseudonym, told the AP that the organization is hopeful Americans will become more politically active against the war in Afghanistan due to the documents they leaked. Despite many accusations that Wikileaks has put countless Afghan informants and American soldiers in danger needlessly, Schmitt told AP, “Knowledge about ongoing issues like the war in Afghanistan is the only way to help create something like safety. That said, he toed the same line as Assange and argued that Wikileaks editors “have tried our best and we are still working on minimizing the harm that has been caused.”

None of that deviates significantly from anything said on Assange’s big media tour these past two weeks. So what exactly is Wikileaks complaining about? Perhaps they are uncomfortable with the fact that Schmitt outed the size of the full-time Wikileaks team– Schmitt, Assange, and three more people. Or perhaps it is the fact that AP’s headline states dramatically “Wikileaks to Publish New Documents” which, though it seems to imply that there are new, threatening documents to American national security related to the Afghanistan leak, comes from the following quote from Schmitt: “I can assure you that we will keep publishing documents — that’s what we do.” In other words, that means the headline is about as shocking as “Glenn Beck to Film More Programs for Fox News” or “Ralph Nader to Run for President.” The new documents could be anything from significant national security leaks to candid photos of the scribbles on Sarah Palin’s hand.

More: http://www.mediaite.com/online/wikileaks-condemns-interview-with-alleged-wikileaks-spokesman/

[daleo]

7. Support for war withers

Once the realities are brought out into the light.

[goforit]

8. I hate to tell our US gov't, but the shock and awe is over. It just can't be any worse.

We already know that Afghanastan is nothing but a drug,oil and mineral heist.
We know Osama Bin Ladin woks for the CIA.
We know that Cheney/Bush/Rumsfeld attacked the WTC for an excuse to attack Iraq/Afghanastan/Iran.....the new world strategy.
We know about the thousands of people you torture daily and commit perverted acts toward all you chose to.
We know about your international sex-slave abductions.
We know about your military weapons black market.
We know about your De-population strategies/ swine flu manipulations.
We know about HAARP.
We know about your suppression of information of aliens from outer space.
We know about your control of the media.
We know about your attempted assasination of the Kennedy 1 and 2 and Martin Luther king.
We know about your denials of global warming and your intent not to notify the public.

Sooooo..... WTF...........WE WILL NOT BE SURPRISED!!!
Soooooo.....GET A PHUCKING GRIP US GOV"T......NO MORE TRUST AND NO MORE SHOCK AND AWE!!!!

[cstanleytech]

9. "We know Osama Bin Ladin woks for the CIA."

Well then I would like to place an order for some sweet and sour chicken also some eggrolls to be picked up around 6 tonight.

Sorry, was just to tempting :evilgrin:

[TylerDurden123]

10. Wikileaks

“The knowledge on current issues like the war in Afghanistan is the only way to help create something such as safety,” he said, “We hope with this understanding, can affect public scrutiny on governments towards the development of better policies.”

Source: http://www.thene.ws/wikileaks-we-will-continue-to-publish-secret-documents/

[goforit]

11. Agreed! The truth is a tool to better our rational problem solving and better our souls

Thanks and Welcome!

[lovuian]

13. Wikileaks and the Internet ....who needs the media

Quotes
From GoFOR IT
We already know that Afghanastan is nothing but a drug,oil and mineral heist.
We know Osama Bin Ladin woks for the CIA.
We know that Cheney/Bush/Rumsfeld attacked the WTC for an excuse to attack Iraq/Afghanastan/Iran.....the new world strategy.
We know about the thousands of people you torture daily and commit perverted acts toward all you chose to.
We know about your international sex-slave abductions.
We know about your military weapons black market.
We know about your De-population strategies/ swine flu manipulations.
We know about HAARP.
We know about your suppression of information of aliens from outer space.
We know about your control of the media.
We know about your attempted assasination of the Kennedy 1 and 2 and Martin Luther king.
We know about your denials of global warming and your intent not to notify the public.




Why threaten Wikileaks when the information was out there
because they have the DOCUMENTS to prove it without doubt
there is no ifs or buts

War Criminals

the fact is the Government lies and has no credibility
today when I read that the FDA said eating the Gulf Shrimp was ok
was the topper
Anybody who believes this US government is there to protect and help its people
would be in la la land

[goforit]

12. LOL!!!!....(sp) Silly me. The image is perfect for a SNL sitcom.

[bemildred]

14. The notion that more secrecy == more national security is obviously false.

National security is largely better served by candor and transparency.

[mother earth]

15. I'm glad WikiLeaks is shining their light....transparency is in order!

End the neverending for profit war machine. K & R