November 28, 2010
— DrewM The SOBs at WikiLeaks are back and along with their willing accomplices in the media they are revealing internal State Department communications. So far most of the stuff seems likely to cause some mild embarrassment and discomfort.
Gaming out an eventual collapse of North Korea: American and South Korean officials have discussed the prospects for a unified Korea, should the North’s economic troubles and political transition lead the state to implode. The South Koreans even considered commercial inducements to China, according to the American ambassador to Seoul. She told Washington in February that South Korean officials believe that the right business deals would “help salve” China’s “concerns about living with a reunified Korea” that is in a “benign alliance” with the United States.Bargaining to empty the Guantánamo Bay prison: When American diplomats pressed other countries to resettle detainees, they became reluctant players in a State Department version of “Let’s Make a Deal.” Slovenia was told to take a prisoner if it wanted to meet with President Obama, while the island nation of Kiribati was offered incentives worth millions of dollars to take in a group of detainees, cables from diplomats recounted. The Americans, meanwhile, suggested that accepting more prisoners would be “a low-cost way for Belgium to attain prominence in Europe.”
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As he left Zimbabwe in 2007 after three years as ambassador, Christopher W. Dell wrote a sardonic account of Robert Mugabe, that country’s aging and erratic leader. The cable called Mr. Mugabe “a brilliant tactician” but mocked “his deep ignorance on economic issues (coupled with the belief that his 18 doctorates give him the authority to suspend the laws of economics).”
Hopefully Obama will read that last report, he might learn something.
It'll take awhile to parse all of this out as various WikiLeaks media 'partners' (in crime), roll out their stories.
Der Spiegel has a preview of their planned stories, including the revelation that the US was apparently getting some inside information as Germany built their coalition government and some unflattering assessments of the new German Foreign Minister.
Mostly they seem really surprised that the US isn't thrilled with Turkey's lurch towards Islamic fundamentalism.
Mostly it seems this is a story about they hyper-empowerment of individuals and small groups in the modern world. How in the world does an Army PFC get access to this material. Why can't the US government shut down a cartoonish 'international man of mystery' like Julian Assange?
It seems the most likely danger is that individuals will be afraid to share information with US officials out of fear that they will show up in the next batch of WikiLeaks. In some parts of the world that will get you dead right quick. Of course Assange doesn't care about that.
Personally, I think it would be kind of fun if Assange could get a hold of some European or Asian government files and see what they think about Obama and Madame Clinton.
Added: Via Andy Levy....Blake Hounshell, the Managing Editor of Foreign Policy magazine is "live tweeting" as he reads through the cables. He's already found some interesting nuggets.
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Coz the Zero administration really doesn't want to?
Posted by: Proudinnc at November 28, 2010 10:45 AM (5rhkf)
Sounds very familiar.
Posted by: Vic at November 28, 2010 10:45 AM (e4sSD)
Posted by: James at November 28, 2010 10:47 AM (Nljcu)
Because they're too busy dealing with actual threats like movie download sites and fake Gucci sellers.
Posted by: Bomber at November 28, 2010 10:49 AM (d88g9)
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at November 28, 2010 10:50 AM (3jZ02)
Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 10:51 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 10:52 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Assange Transparency Consulting Solutions, LLC at November 28, 2010 10:54 AM (fLHQe)
Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 10:54 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: JDW at November 28, 2010 10:55 AM (pgFlh)
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 10:56 AM (03m7i)
Posted by: Julian Assange, sexual offender and admirer of tyrants at November 28, 2010 10:57 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: rdbrewer at November 28, 2010 11:05 AM (7hPoF)
I kind of like this one.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 11:06 AM (JItMh)
Posted by: shivas Irons at November 28, 2010 11:07 AM (qu2SW)
Posted by: unknown jane, my specific major was English with a visual arts minor at November 28, 2010 11:13 AM (5/yRG)
Posted by: unknown jane, my specific major was English with a visual arts minor at November 28, 2010 11:14 AM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at November 28, 2010 11:15 AM (eCAn3)
How in the world does and an Army PFC get access to this material.
What makes you think this stuff is coming from an American, much less one single American?
1. It might be coming from multiple American sources. Now that they have the cover of previous leaks (or other leakers), they are less likely to be singled out as a source.
2. It might be coming from within the security/foreign affairs aparatus of our erstwhile allies - seeking to manipulate us using the same type of cover as noted in item #1. Which might explain why Assange either does not have similar dirt on the Euroweenies, or is choosing not to run any of it.
Either way the US needs to squash this. The best way would be to have something profoundly horrible happen to someone closely associated with Assange.
Posted by: HappyFifth at November 28, 2010 11:16 AM (4VdPN)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 11:20 AM (tJjm/)
Posted by: cali grump at November 28, 2010 11:21 AM (hL0k8)
Yeah, I haven't seen anything indicating where the Manning leaks end and other leaks begin.
Posted by: rdbrewer at November 28, 2010 11:21 AM (7hPoF)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 11:23 AM (tJjm/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 11:24 AM (tJjm/)
The explanation that presumes the least amount of unknown things is that he doesn't have any dirt State can't feed him. Strategically, they should be giving him all kinds of shit from everywhere and burying what they want leaked among that shit. But they don't have that shit. They only have their own shit.
Posted by: oblig. at November 28, 2010 11:25 AM (x7Ao8)
Der Spiegel does seem to have a little something on Hillary ordering State officials to spy on their UN counterparts.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 11:25 AM (03m7i)
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 11:26 AM (c1oyg)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at November 28, 2010 11:28 AM (GUxTi)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 28, 2010 11:28 AM (b6qrg)
Posted by: The Chicago Machine at November 28, 2010 11:31 AM (tJjm/)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2010 11:33 AM (bvfVF)
Posted by: Ken Royall at November 28, 2010 11:34 AM (9zzk+)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 11:35 AM (tJjm/)
Posted by: SurferDoc at November 28, 2010 11:36 AM (o3bYL)
Sorry, I thought we still had laws against treason.
My bad.
I must have missed the part where they got repealed.
Never mind, then.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 28, 2010 11:37 AM (b6qrg)
Hmm.... that reminds me. Anyone know of a good place to buy lace wigs?
LOL.
Posted by: shibumi at November 28, 2010 11:37 AM (OKZrE)
Posted by: cali grump at November 28, 2010 11:38 AM (hL0k8)
Posted by: Museisluse© at November 28, 2010 11:38 AM (DTfXb)
Is any of this just the slightest bit, you know, illegal?
Not over there.
Hell, based on the case of the Pentagon Papers it might not even be illegal here.
Posted by: HappyFifth at November 28, 2010 11:41 AM (4VdPN)
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 03:26 PM
Hate to say it, but . . . Bush.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 11:42 AM (03m7i)
"How in the world does and [sic] an Army PFC get access to this material."
Okay, HOW DOES an Army PFC get access to this material? Particularly, given his location ... someone or some group in Washington, or several consulates, makes more sense. Or am I mistaken, and such material, including diplomatic communiques, routinely circulates through the intelligence community, and at levels where a not heavily cleared PFC can get it?
Perhaps AssRange simply made some coordination calls, and Manning either was given all files or agreed to take credit for having all files and giving them to AssRange.
The "credit" part that bothers me; as a side observation, I suspect that Manning may not have realized that he was going to take credit for very many more files (or that there WERE additinal files than the ones he provided).
But having to take "credit" ... as previously asked: are there others, how many, who are they, where are they and specifically what are their jobs?
Manning is screwed; he likely knows no names, other than AssRange ...
I guess everyone has known, since at least the early 70's, that the State Department and Diplomatic Corps (a small difference) could not and cannot be trusted to even look out for American interests.
To some degree, the possibility of "others" in this leak suggests an attempt to undermine the US Government.
Posted by: Arbalest at November 28, 2010 11:45 AM (8tCPO)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at November 28, 2010 11:47 AM (eCAn3)
I fear to wonder what he might have in reserve.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 11:47 AM (JItMh)
Sounds like a meeting of the President's Council of Economic Advisors.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at November 28, 2010 11:48 AM (tE8FB)
Posted by: SurferDoc at November 28, 2010 11:50 AM (o3bYL)
Hell, based on the case of the Pentagon Papers it might not even be illegal here.
Posted by: HappyFifth at November 28, 2010 03:41 PM (4VdPN)
Don't buy into that myth promulgated by the MFM about the PP case. SCOTUS did not rule that people could leak secret documents with impunity, or even that newspapers could publish them with impunity.
What they said was that government could not pre-censor publishing them. If they wanted to block a newspaper from publishing a document they had to seek a court order and they had to show that the publishing of the document would be a clear and present danger to the national security.
Also, the leaker can be prosecuted as part of the security contract they sign as a condition of getting a clearance. The newspaper can be prosecuted for publishing the document IF the government can show in in court that the published article resulted in real harm to the government.
Ironically the PP did result in real harm and the deaths of several people who had helped the U.S. spy on other countries.
The government though failed to prosecute because they had already lost the case against Daniel Elsberg due to illegal spying on him.
Most of the time the government will not prosecute because doing so will most likely result in divulging even more classified info. Look at what happened in the NYC terror trial the government lost.
Posted by: Vic at November 28, 2010 11:52 AM (e4sSD)
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 03:26 PM
Every time I think of Carter my blood boils at the thought of the botched hostage rescue mission fiasco. That was the cherry on top of the Iranian hostage humiliation. I was in college at the time, and I can pinpoint it as the exact day I became a conservative.
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 11:52 AM (c1oyg)
Seems unlikely. That would be dangerous to his health. It would also be dangerous to the health of anyone who wanted to send documents to the wikileaks outfit. Whatever the case, I still don't get the impression that Assange is a disinterested neutral seeker of truth.
Posted by: fb at November 28, 2010 11:53 AM (tnDLR)
Regarding the previous incident: What in the hell was a PFC doing with access to almost any of that? In that MOS, the rank of PFC indicates a year or less of experience and NO track record of reliability to speak of. The only way someone at that rank should have access to anything remotely sensitive should be when everyone above him is dead. Period. Which still doesn't take into account the progressive/marxist moles that infest every level of our intel apparatus. Putting Osama bin Laden in charge of our security would only be a downgrade in degree, not in kind.
Posted by: Bitsko at November 28, 2010 11:53 AM (8/KZN)
Posted by: Chicago Jedi at November 28, 2010 11:55 AM (WZFkG)
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 11:55 AM (03m7i)
Qaddafi "appears to have an intense dislike or fear of staying on upper floors, reportedly prefers not to fly over water..."
"...and seems to enjoy horse racing and flamenco dancing"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 28, 2010 11:57 AM (6bDVD)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 11:58 AM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 28, 2010 03:57 PM (6bDVD)
And dressing like a drag queen.
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 11:58 AM (c1oyg)
Posted by: SurferDoc at November 28, 2010 11:59 AM (o3bYL)
Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 12:00 PM (AZGON)
If the government has so little in the way of legal recourse against the leakers of sensitive information, then what's the point of classifying documents at all?
I think I get it that the point of the PP was to strip Washington of the ability to hide info just by saying "National Security!" three times and clicking their heels together, particularly after Watergate. But hasn't the pendulum swung back a bit too far? It seems that nothing is sacred if these so-called classified documents can be made public with little to no effect upon the leakers.
There are still large chunks of this that I don't understand.
*sigh* I miss the old days when laws were laws and meant what they said.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 28, 2010 12:02 PM (b6qrg)
Can't see London
Can't see France
Unless we see your underpants
We are now free to move about your pants
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 12:02 PM (JItMh)
I hate to say it, but security in almost any government body is probably lax about certain things. "Hey, I forgot to check my mail and I'm logged out. Can you give me your password?" "Hm, I think I'll go get a sandwich. No need to log out, I'll only be gone for a minute or two." "Hi, we're conducting a security test on the system--can we use your ID and password for testing?"
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 28, 2010 12:02 PM (bvfVF)
Posted by: Museisluse© at November 28, 2010 02:44 PM (DTfXb)
FIFY Hillary runs State, after all. This knocks her down a peg before 2012, just in case 
Obama is uninterested in America's reputation abroad. This is a signal to his Muslim buddies that he has their back. Like ignoring Turkey's smuggling weapons to AQ in Iraq and Iranian nukes.
Il Douche and Jazz Hands should both be prosecuted for war crimes and dealt with as traitors. Won't happen, but just saying.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 28, 2010 12:03 PM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at November 28, 2010 12:03 PM (zVOB7)
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at November 28, 2010 12:04 PM (3DIBw)
Posted by: SuperMag at November 28, 2010 12:05 PM (SK9jB)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at November 28, 2010 04:03 PM (zVOB7)
I made this stylish cape from your dog, does that count?
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at November 28, 2010 12:06 PM (eCAn3)
I wouldn't mind it, but would dang sure prefer placing him in the stocks smack in the middle of main street USA somewhere.
Posted by: Mrs. Rosenberg at November 28, 2010 12:07 PM (JItMh)
No chance. She has a large supply of "reset" buttons. Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 04:00 PM
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We'll see if the MFM lets her use them. Seems to me she's tarnishing Godbama's image.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 12:08 PM (03m7i)
Now that Duh Won's precious reputation and narcissistic fawnings over the man he sees in the mirror are being laid bare, he is ready to start a war, and will settle for a DDoS attack against a foreign website...
Posted by: Drumwaster at November 28, 2010 12:08 PM (dWFSK)
Painting insects? I find that a large can of Raid is far more effective.
Posted by: Mrs. Rosenberg at November 28, 2010 12:09 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: Drumwaster at November 28, 2010 04:08 PM (dWFSK)
FIFY
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at November 28, 2010 12:14 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: Drumwaster at November 28, 2010 12:16 PM (dWFSK)
Sorry, I'm one of these people who sort of obsesses on Hillary. I want that lying, equivocating, evasive, bitter, vengeful, elitist, enabling bitch to go down in flames, incinerating with her the fat philanderer's hopes for reputational rehab.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 12:20 PM (03m7i)
Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 12:21 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 04:20 PM (03m7i)
I feel the same way about her, but I'd still prefer her as POTUS to this clown
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 12:23 PM (c1oyg)
Or Tokyo Rose?
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 12:24 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: Pelayo at November 28, 2010 12:25 PM (V9Q+f)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 12:31 PM (U5btG)
Too bad Julian Assange is an Aussie and has never step foot in the States. The truth is this douche doesn't owe us any loyalty and this could have happened to any POTUS and they all would have looked like assholes.
Gotta go off the grid to take him out. Call in the ninjas.
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at November 28, 2010 12:31 PM (3DIBw)
I feel the same way about her, but I'd still prefer her as POTUS to this clown
We probably all would, but it still aint' sayin' much. My thinking is pretty much 1) Obama stops Clinton machine=good, 2) Obama is so much worse than Clinton would have been that he catalyzes Tea Party=good, 3) it's now up to us to keep the Clinton machine stopped for 2012 and beyond.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 12:32 PM (03m7i)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 12:33 PM (U5btG)
Posted by: Pelayo at November 28, 2010 04:25 PM
I'd also include Sandy Underpants Burger in that category.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 12:34 PM (03m7i)
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 12:34 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 12:36 PM (U5btG)
I'm beginning to think Obama is a communist plant. We couldn't possibly have won the cold war.
Posted by: MarkD at November 28, 2010 12:37 PM (0Jy1K)
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 04:34 PM (03m7i)
I never understood why the Bush Justice Dept never investigated. Scooter Libby gets 3 years in the slam.....Berger? Crickets....
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 12:37 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: eman at November 28, 2010 12:40 PM (kn74g)
I feel the same way about her, but I'd still prefer her as POTUS to this clown
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 04:23 PM (c1oyg)
Not me. I naively believed the Clintons were centrists, as the media has told us all countless times. Hillary possibly would have been more efficient in her progressive agenda, but then she got rolled by Team Obama in the primaries. Her husband helped derail her candidacy. They are all get their comeuppance, her, Bubba, Manbearpig, Lurch, Silky Pony... and Obama is one and done. White guilt was their saving grace, and that only gets you so far.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 28, 2010 12:40 PM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 12:42 PM (U5btG)
Posted by: MarkD at November 28, 2010 04:37 PM (0Jy1K)
Interestingly, the Black Panthers were admitted to China before Ping Pong diplomacy. Frank Marshall Davis, Bill Ayers, Stanley Ann Dunham...
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 28, 2010 12:42 PM (mHQ7T)
Simply wondering why treason is no longer punishable by death!
Posted by: LifeTrek at November 28, 2010 12:42 PM (0jXyB)
1. So far the leaks show the criticisms of regimes that Obama has been critical of, the UK, or those that the US has been at odds with for a long time.
2. Makes Clinton look like she can't manage the State Department.
3. The cables that are critical of things the left loves (the UN), deal with Clinton's handling of those issues.
This takes out the only Dem with stature that could take on a sitting President in a primary challenge.
Posted by: MrCaniac at November 28, 2010 12:44 PM (oREHE)
Posted by: publius at November 28, 2010 12:45 PM (0tVdO)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 12:46 PM (tJjm/)
But of course Wiki would never release any file they obtained that would embarrass Duh Won or any Democrat! Like all leftists, all Wiki wants is to release files that would tar Bush and the GOP.
Posted by: sf at November 28, 2010 12:47 PM (eSMQV)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 12:47 PM (U5btG)
Posted by: eman at November 28, 2010 12:48 PM (kn74g)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 12:48 PM (U5btG)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 12:49 PM (U5btG)
To Gordon Brown, Court Jester
You're a Scotty, right? So which golf courses are the shit up in the Highlands. I gotta make something out of the next visit because every restaurant in the UK sucks ass.
Barack H Obama, President of the United States, 2 handicap
Posted by: King Barry I at November 28, 2010 12:49 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: LifeTrek at November 28, 2010 04:42 PM (0jXyB)
Marxist Nobel prize-winning existentialist philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre called the trial "a legal lynching which smears with blood a whole nation. By killing the Rosenbergs, you have quite simply tried to halt the progress of science by human sacrifice. Magic, witch hunts, auto-da-fes, sacrifice — we are here getting to the point: your country is sick with fear... you are afraid of the shadow of your own bomb."Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 28, 2010 12:50 PM (mHQ7T)
Hence my comment at @45.
(P.S. that grinning, amiable chimp Alberto Gonzalez had something to do with it. P.P.S. I'll be curious to see if Cheney mentions it in his book.)
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 12:53 PM (03m7i)
AHHH,HA HA HA HAHH HAHH!
Who sez Foggy Bottom can't bring teh lulz!?
*wipes tears from eyes*
*hic*
Oh, damn. I think I laughed so hard my diaphragm is in permanent spasm now.
*hic*
Posted by: Deety at November 28, 2010 12:53 PM (Jb3+B)
Posted by: LifeTrek at November 28, 2010 04:42 PM (0jXyB)
Because we live in a newer, gentler age.
Which is why we will allow agents to be exposed and executed because of these Wikileaks.
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 04:46 PM (tJjm/)
Assuming that an Aussie could guilty of treason in America.
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at November 28, 2010 12:53 PM (3DIBw)
To: His Awesome Almighty Super-Duper King Faisal
Yes, I know that it's an insult to you and Islam to put a woman at the table with you in talks.
Don't worry, HRC is just there to answer the phone. Just call my cell at 202-555-IWON and we'll go over whatever you need from me.
Barack H Obama, your loyal subject and president of the united states
Posted by: King Barry I at November 28, 2010 12:54 PM (vdfwz)
I wonder if she winds up resigning on account of this.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 12:55 PM (03m7i)
The wiki-leaks are interesting but beyond the mere fact of interest they reveal nothing in terms of American policy that warrants contravention of keeping military and diplomatic secrets secret. The goverment should be able to transmit contemporaneously diplomatic accounts and assessments without the fear of some bastard dumping such on the "open market" if you will when the subject matter would fetch all of a $2 bill at a Vegas Diplomatic Voyeur convention.
The focus should be on prosecuting these bastards. Unless, the general public is of concern what type of hair tonic Italy's prime minster prefers or how Libya's full birded colonel likes his traveling "nurses."
I say Delta Force, bring us wikileaks.
Posted by: Journolist at November 28, 2010 12:56 PM (LwLqV)
Pitiful.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 12:57 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 12:58 PM (tJjm/)
*hic*
Posted by: Deety at November 28, 2010 04:53 PM (Jb3+B)
I prefer the Today sponge
Posted by: Elaine Benes at November 28, 2010 01:00 PM (c1oyg)
When are our guys going to man up?
These cables are classified?
I hope the CIA has a back channel, if not we are fucked.
Guess a Ghey soldier couldn't get into the CIA files, thank God.
Posted by: Kemp at November 28, 2010 01:00 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 04:55 PM (03m7i)
Nah. The "best" part about Hillary and every woman scorned is her fury.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 28, 2010 01:01 PM (mHQ7T)
By now there has to be some effort to plant a tracker of some sort into all classified documents. If you can't keep 'em private, then find a way to track 'em down.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 01:03 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 01:04 PM (U5btG)
To: Felipe "El Padrino" Calderon
Look homes, I know you're delivering the Latino vote to me on a silver platter, but if the Drug Lords occupy one acre north of Interstate 10, I'm going to start charging them rent
Barack H Obama, El Presidente de la Estados Unidas
Posted by: King Barry I at November 28, 2010 01:04 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 01:06 PM (U5btG)
Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 01:07 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at November 28, 2010 05:04 PM (3DIBw)
Agreed. why the hell are these even printable?
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 01:07 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 01:08 PM (tJjm/)
I fear to wonder what he might have in reserve.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 03:47 PM (JItMh)
I don't think you have to wonder. He's going to release it anyways, just not immediately. Arrest him and everyone associated with that website. When stuff is released track down the ones that did that and arrest them too. Eventually you'll get everyone involved or there will be no one else willing to be arrested for espionage and releasing classified documents. Don't let the little shits like him think he has the power or we're afraid of what he might do. He's just another powertripping narcissist like Obama.
Posted by: buzzion at November 28, 2010 01:08 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 01:08 PM (U5btG)
How in the hell is it that one soldier has access to so much? There has to be more involved.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 01:08 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: Dan at November 28, 2010 01:09 PM (1jzSs)
Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 05:07 PM (AZGON)
That, and her Clintonian inability to feel embarrassment
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 01:09 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 01:11 PM (U5btG)
There is no downside for her. She can back out at any time (strategically, closer to 2012 is better) and state "I can no longer sit back and watch my party and my country...."
They are sitting quietly by but I guarantee you that there are millions upon millions awaiting an opportunity to vote for her.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 01:12 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 01:12 PM (U5btG)
Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 01:13 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Kemp at November 28, 2010 05:00 PM (JpFM9)
Like it matters? When was the last time the CIA knew anything before the NY Times leaked it
Good point, the fuckers are asleep.
Although, maybe we should give them a break, stuxnet? NSA or CIA.
My bet NSA.
Posted by: Kemp at November 28, 2010 01:14 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 01:16 PM (U5btG)
Posted by: AE at November 28, 2010 01:16 PM (kSfPT)
Posted by: Rocks at November 28, 2010 01:16 PM (ceV/C)
Hillary is not now or ever going to run for president. She will become the UN Sec General when she leaves the State Dept.
Obama is going to retire Biden in late 2011. He will pick his successor to join him on the 2012 ticket, who I suspect will be a general, possibly Petraeus.
Posted by: Professor Soothsayer at November 28, 2010 01:18 PM (Vt1Ze)
Hey, Live twitterer Blake. It's not that we don't find some interest in wiki's puerile attempt to drum up controversy, it's that there is nothing compelling that warrants our diplomatic and military intelligence traffic to be dumped on the open market.
Blake, continue to keep us abreast of the matter though, the interest level of finding out the credit card number of the slovenian diplomat is driving us crazy.
Posted by: Journolist at November 28, 2010 01:18 PM (LwLqV)
Isn't there something a little bit uhm, stupid about award winners at the National Book Awards tearfully imploring an auditorium full of publishing professionals to "not give up on reading"?
And I thought the Oscars were pretty head up the ass...
Posted by: Deety at November 28, 2010 01:18 PM (Jb3+B)
My bet NSA.
Posted by: Kemp at November 28, 2010 05:14 PM (JpFM9)
I'm betting the Russians. They sold the equipment to them so they know it inside and out. The Russians don't want Iran to succeed. Stuxnet was to keep the orders coming.
Posted by: Rocks at November 28, 2010 01:19 PM (ceV/C)
The next Sec State will either be John F'n Kerry or a hispanic lesbian illegal immigrant in a wheelchair.
Posted by: Professor Soothsayer at November 28, 2010 01:19 PM (Vt1Ze)
Julian Assange is an Australian drifter and world class computer hacker.
The truth is that international law is a bitch and we dont have half as much on him as people assume. He's a shifty little fucker with no allegiance to the US.
Interpol has an arrest warrant for rape and molestation charges. But he will be an international hero for bating the US. He'll be protected everywhere.
Best bet is that he gets shot "resisting arrest" in conjunction with his warrant by a CIA operative.
Or some badasses will have to vigilante and take him out without US government approval knowledge.
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at November 28, 2010 01:20 PM (3DIBw)
The Russian would have arranged an accident a year ago. Remember the umbrella??
Course, he could have died from an aspirin overdose? Yeah, that's it!
Posted by: Kemp at November 28, 2010 01:20 PM (JpFM9)
Gawd luv ya and a happy new year, but are you kidding? Cankles? Walking away from power?
-----------------------
Maybe, if she figures there's more power over in that lifeboat than there is on the O-tanic.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 01:21 PM (03m7i)
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 01:22 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 01:23 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: Eric J at November 28, 2010 01:23 PM (jUT5G)
Posted by: George Orwell at November 28, 2010 01:27 PM (AZGON)
Holy crap. Is this little douchebag still walking around free? Sorry, but I haven't been paying very good attention lately.
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 01:28 PM (zxpIo)
U.S. Department of State Deputy Chief Information Officer Recognized for 2010 National Cyber Security Leadership Award
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 01:28 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 05:23 PM (c1oyg)
God, I hope the CIA doesn't spend more time auditing its own field agents than field agents spend time spying on our enemies - not unlike a certain agency that I know that shall remain nameless...
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 01:29 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Eric J at November 28, 2010 05:23 PM (jUT5G)
I think our cyberfolks should post it on his website for him.
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 01:29 PM (c1oyg)
Bullshit!
We took care of that traitorous bastard David Carradine now didn't we?
This shit takes some time to arrange.
A bit over-elaborate you say?
In our line of work, we call that being thorough.
Posted by: CIA black ops at November 28, 2010 01:31 PM (Jb3+B)
U.S. Department of State Deputy Chief Information Officer Recognized for 2010 National Cyber Security Leadership Award
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 05:28 PM (JItMh)
Wonder if he was the Einstein behind the DoD's Common Access Card system? Nothing like one more piece of plastic to keep us all safe!
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 01:31 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Smackie the Sad Clown at November 28, 2010 01:33 PM (u5eVT)
Posted by: AmishDude at November 28, 2010 01:35 PM (BvBKY)
Posted by: sickinmass at November 28, 2010 05:28 PM
Because "gravitas" is the numero uno qualification for the White House.
P.S. Good news! Romney admits Mormonism is weird and converts to Islam.
Posted by: Palin Basher at November 28, 2010 01:38 PM (03m7i)
To: Manmohan Singh, Team Leader of India
Hey Manmo, I know my call is important to you, but I'm the Prez of the fuckin' US of A and I should NEVER have to hold for the next available official.
Now, how do I set the spam filters on my Blackberry?
Barack H Obama, President of the United States, account # 134722092
Posted by: King Barry I at November 28, 2010 01:40 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 01:41 PM (tJjm/)
Ignorance is strength.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 01:42 PM (03m7i)
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 05:42 PM (03m7i)
Islam has always been a Religion of Peace.
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 01:44 PM (tJjm/)
You're a virgin, who can't drive.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 01:47 PM (JItMh)
Islam has always been a Religion of Peace Pieces. Infidel Arms, legs, disemboweled torsos, general all-'round Allah-pleasing gore.
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 05:44 PM (tJjm/)
FIFY
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 01:48 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: baldilocks at November 28, 2010 01:48 PM (t2hll)
Posted by: AmishDude at November 28, 2010 05:35 PM (BvBKY)
Wouldn't surprise me. The outrageous outrage coming from the White House is obviously bullshit. I assume that Assange gets his payday from us via unknown sources.
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 01:49 PM (1ZM76)
To: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's seat warmer
Look pal, don't go screaming at me that a goat fucking olive vendor walked into your secret meetings and said NATO sent him. I put your camel humpers in charge of security, YOU own that clusterfuck
Barack H Obama, President of the USA and hand washer
Posted by: King Barry I at November 28, 2010 01:49 PM (vdfwz)
Black ops? At CIA? As if. Three hour lunches in Georgetown, and once a month trips to Brussels more like. CIA has to compete with State, Wall St and BigLaw firms for Ivy League talent, after all.
Posted by: Valerie Plame at November 28, 2010 01:50 PM (0tVdO)
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 01:50 PM (JItMh)
I'm sorrier still, cuz I'm watching Hoarders and I'm beginning to think they should do a reality show called "Hoarders Addicts" about people who sit on the couch watching Hoarders.
Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 28, 2010 01:51 PM (03m7i)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 05:41 PM
Wait till you see OUR version of Islam
Posted by: Ali Ron Hubbard at November 28, 2010 01:51 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 01:52 PM (tJjm/)
"What did we learn, Palmer?"
"I don't know, sir."
"I guess we learned not to do it again."
"Yes, sir."
"I don't know what the fuck we did in the first place."
"Hard to tell, sir."
Posted by: Joel and Ethan at November 28, 2010 01:53 PM (0tVdO)
Well if anyone actually thought the government acted like the gov't villians from xfiles or 24 has just been devestated by the truth. We're a bunch of pussies. So much for Darth Cheney
Any Government, up til about 40 years ago, wouldn't even think twice about putting a bullet in the back of this piece of SH*T's head and dumping him into an unmarked grave.
This is beyond screwed up. We'd not think twice about MILITARY ACTION if a country was doing similar things breaking international laws of diplomacy. Remember that missle that took out that Chinese embassy anyone? They actually used the old 'oh oops those were old street maps we were looking at ... sorry about the destoyed embassy and stuff'. and that was wussy boy Clinton!! ha
But a single person? oh no (lisp) "Don't do that again", says Baracky
Posted by: John Frum at November 28, 2010 01:53 PM (qQG8/)
Posted by: Bill Shatner, more disturbing than ever at November 28, 2010 01:55 PM (u5eVT)
137 Actually no...Pvt. Asspile had roughly the same MOS as some people in my family have had -- it involves a pretty high security clearance even for a private; they would have access to this sort of stuff. Somebody didn't perform a very good background check on Bradley and/or somebody did not do a good enough job of training Bradley (however, somebody from my family is connected to people who went through AIT with him -- they were as suprised as anyone; either Bradley didn't start out warped, or he hid it well-- I'm going with the former, at least that's my hunch).
Nevertheless, he now deserves a long drop from a short rope.
Posted by: unknown jane, my specific major was English with a visual arts minor at November 28, 2010 01:55 PM (5/yRG)
Oh, is that SO?
Posted by: Kim Jong Mentally Ill at November 28, 2010 01:55 PM (tJjm/)
To: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's seat warmer
Yo, Ham Man, Ham-ster, Armour Deviled Ham in a can! Sup? I need the 411 on where you got them threads - the bitchin' cape, and that dam fine hat thingy. You sportin' fine. I need to incorporate some of that shat into my shizzle.
Barack H Obama, President of the USA
Posted by: BHO at November 28, 2010 01:58 PM (c1oyg)
So, do they perform periodic check ups (security, psychological) on folks once they are in the door, or do they just assume that once they check them, they're good for life?
I guarantee you that the company I work for wouldn't face the kind of security breaches that these assclowns allowed.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 01:59 PM (JItMh)
I believe that, under the Obama doctrine, Assange can be brought to the US to be put on trial for the murder of people in Afghanistan.
Posted by: AmishDude at November 28, 2010 01:59 PM (BvBKY)
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 02:00 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: Trump at November 28, 2010 02:03 PM (hK2Ya)
They're on his chin.
Hence the stitches.
Posted by: AmishDude at November 28, 2010 02:04 PM (BvBKY)
195 I'm saying either the person who did the initial background check on him (so he could get into that MOS, even go to AIT) did not do a thorough job, or Manning was a really, really good actor (with not only the checker, but employers, family, neighbors, friends, teachers), or something happened while he was in (people can be bribed, blackmailed, seduced, deluded and led astray in a lot of different ways -- even people with more clearances, more access to pertinent info, and more experience with this particular game than Manning).
In which case, whoever trained Manning and/or was in charge of him may have pucked up. It could be a case of all of the above -- I don't know.
Posted by: unknown jane, my specific major was English with a visual arts minor at November 28, 2010 02:04 PM (5/yRG)
To: Queen Whatzername, Di's Mother-in-Law
Dear Liz, congrats on the engagement of your son Billy. I've sent a Bed Bath & Beyond gift certificate for Michelle's personally monogrammed towels.
Sorry I can't make the wedding, the NBA finals are on that day
Barack H Obama, President of The Guys Who Kicked Your Asses in 1776
Posted by: King Barry I at November 28, 2010 02:04 PM (vdfwz)
Pssst. Who cares about that Hokum.
Anyway, the Mayan prophecies predicted that a couple of guys who like to shove gerbils up their ass will distress the great power in the year 2010.
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at November 28, 2010 02:05 PM (3DIBw)
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 06:00 PM (JItMh)
[Rev 18:6] Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
Oh, wait... I think that one is about the Two Girls, One Cup video...
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 02:05 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: minstrelboy at November 28, 2010 02:05 PM (rwioF)
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 02:06 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: Dave at November 28, 2010 02:06 PM (t2t1+)
Posted by: Trump at November 28, 2010 06:03 PM (hK2Ya)
I don't think he's been charged for anything yet.
I do believe he deserves to go in front of a firing squad, tho.
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 02:07 PM (1ZM76)
I wish a conservative hacker would access Obama's College Transcripts and leak those.
It would be a lot more fun than this freakshow.
Posted by: garrett at November 28, 2010 02:07 PM (WJmek)
Leave Eli alone, did you see that comeback against the Jags?
Posted by: Manning fanboyz at November 28, 2010 02:08 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 02:09 PM (JItMh)
I don't think he's been charged for anything yet.
I do believe he deserves to go in front of a firing squad, tho.
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 06:07 PM (1ZM76)
Someone on Fox said he was "facing some serious charges". Didn't say what they were though.
Posted by: Vic at November 28, 2010 02:09 PM (e4sSD)
He's been charged with a couple of things, but I don't see "treasonous acts" in there. Maybe they will rethink the charges now.
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 02:10 PM (zxpIo)
(people can be bribed, blackmailed, seduced, deluded and led astray in a lot of different ways -- even people with more clearances, more access to pertinent info, and more experience with this particular game than Manning).
My guess is he became deluded and upset when Obama didn't repeal DADT within the first month of his presidency.
Posted by: buzzion at November 28, 2010 02:11 PM (oVQFe)
If Obama was going to ditch Biden and not leave the Vice-Presidency vacant with Boehner immediately following him in the order of succession, he'd have to do it now, during the lame-duck session, not after the new Congress takes office. Under the 25th Amendment, a vacancy in the Vice-Presidency is filled by presidential appointment requiring confirmation by BOTH houses, not just the Senate like other nominations.
Moreover, it's pretty well-known that Biden actually can't stand Obama. If he was asked to resign, he'd probably say no. And unlike any other federal executive official, the VP doesn't serve at the pleasure of the President: Barry can't "fire" him.
"He will pick his successor to join him on the 2012 ticket, who I suspect will be a general, possibly Petraeus."
A general maybe, but Petraeus I seriously doubt. He pretty much dismisses any suggestion of interest in political office. He's not Wesley Clark, for which we should consider ourselves infinitely grateful on a daily basis.
Posted by: Dave J. at November 28, 2010 02:11 PM (DCQ0q)
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 02:11 PM (JItMh)
Elections have consequences.
Posted by: ingenus at November 28, 2010 02:11 PM (+sBB4)
@192 Yeah I meant real 'country'. sorry. NK is basically one city run by a bunch of insane criminals whos effective power hardly extends 50 miles outside the capital. Dear leaders generals have their own petty kingdoms sparsley thrown about the country. If they decided to revolt, dear leaders head would be on a pike within the week. The only reason they are still around is because of China, and I bet they'd love to get rid of them just like we would. Unfortunately they have some support within China because they're appearantly a 'communist' country and comrads and all that.
The quotes around communist, because they're really just a petty neofeudalistic type monarchy
Posted by: John Frum at November 28, 2010 02:12 PM (qQG8/)
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 02:12 PM (zxpIo)
They're were on his chin.
Hence the stitches.
Posted by: AmishDude at November 28, 2010 06:04 PM (BvBKY)
FTFY
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 02:12 PM (tJjm/)
Pfc. Bradley Manning, who served as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, was charged in June with eight violations of the U.S. Criminal Code and is the military's focus in the investigation into who leaked tens of thousands of documents to the website WikiLeaks.
http://tinyurl.com/24x2ytt
Posted by: Vic at November 28, 2010 02:14 PM (e4sSD)
Someone on Fox said he was "facing some serious charges". Didn't say what they were though.
Posted by: Vic at November 28, 2010 06:09 PM (e4sSD)
I think AT&T's Net access rate is something like $5 a minute if you don't sign up for a plan.
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 02:14 PM (tJjm/)
I wonder if she winds up resigning on account of this.
Show trial! Show trial! Show trial! Show trial! Show trial! Show trial!
Posted by: teh proletariat at November 28, 2010 02:14 PM (glsV4)
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 06:12 PM (zxpIo)
Anything in there about aiding and abetting the enemy?
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 02:15 PM (1ZM76)
Oh, come on! This country elects as open a communist as one can be to the Presidency, and you real think this would end Clinton's career?
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 02:16 PM (tJjm/)
Apparently they're going with aiding and abetting an "unauthorized source." {spits} I am more and more inclined to agree with baldilocks and others who have speculated that this is no surprise to the WH and, in fact, may have been engineered by some of those traitorous bastards.
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 02:18 PM (zxpIo)
Don't they at least have to pretend loyalty when they become a member of our armed forces? Srsly, I'm asking, I don't know.
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 02:22 PM (zxpIo)
"He's been charged with a couple of things, but I don't see "treasonous acts" in there. Maybe they will rethink the charges now."
Treason as such is not defined in the UCMJ, so it would seem he'd have to be charged in civilian court. You see Eric Holder's DOJ doing that?
However, Article 104 of the UCMJ, "Aiding the Enemy," is pretty closely analogous to treason and carries a possible death sentence. Article 106a, which covers espionage, is likewise a capital offense. Every single document Manning provided could be charge as a separate espionage count, possibly numbering in the hundreds or even thousands.
Posted by: Dave J. at November 28, 2010 02:22 PM (DCQ0q)
I will resign right after I coordinate my appointment as Secretary-General of the United Nations and become the most powerful person in the world..
Both you Vast Right Wing Conspirators and those Obama-maniacs can eat my dusty farts. Bitches.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 28, 2010 02:23 PM (3DIBw)
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 06:22 PM (zxpIo)
Of course they do - you take an oath to protect the constitution of the United States and obey all lawful orders. Not that that seems to mean much anymore.
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 02:24 PM (tJjm/)
If only PFC Manning had been able to marry. This could all have been averted.
Posted by: ejo at November 28, 2010 02:25 PM (i09DR)
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 06:18 PM (zxpIo)
Mm. Just like North Korea's deadly shelling of a peaceful South Korean island wasn't an act of war but an act of "extreme belligerence."
The White House sure like to redefine terms a hell of a lot, don't they?
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 02:26 PM (1ZM76)
Oh. Like the CiC. Fat lot of good that's doing anybody.
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 02:26 PM (zxpIo)
To: Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria
Werner, before I leave for Europe next Tuesday, could you Fed Ex me an English-Austrian dictionary? When I give my speech there, I want to give a shout out to the leaders of the Austrian Communist Party
Barack H Obama, President of the USA and not a socialist
Posted by: King Barry I at November 28, 2010 02:27 PM (vdfwz)
To: HRC, Sec. of State (for now)
Before you think of grabbing my game in 2012 from the Left, two words;
Leon Trotsky
BHO (the boss)
Posted by: King Barry I at November 28, 2010 02:32 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: Banksters Everywhere at November 28, 2010 02:34 PM (grzsD)
You watching NBC News right now? Hack reporter Jim Shitheadski is doing a report about these leaks.
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 02:35 PM (GfGBM)
You know why I think our top military brass and the entire FBI and CIA are a bunch of incompetent hacks? I'll tell you right after this message for Boner Pillstm online cheap...
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 02:37 PM (IgP15)
Posted by: nickless at November 28, 2010 02:39 PM (MMC8r)
Adm Mike Mullen said today on Meet the Propagnadists the exact same thing Gates and Petraeus said about the guy in Florida who was going to burn a Koran: "This puts military personnel in danger around the world."
So in other words, these idiots are treating these leaks the same as some country-fucker from Backwoods, Bumfuck who wants to burn a religious book.
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 02:40 PM (IgP15)
To: Felipe Calderon, President of Texaco
As you know by now, Barack chose me for my foreign policy expertise. When I come to Cancun for my next goodwill trip, could I have the key to the clean bathrooms? I get a nasty case of the shits every time I eat out there
Joe Fuckin' Biden, Vice President of Smart Stuff and the USA
Posted by: Joe the Biden at November 28, 2010 02:41 PM (vdfwz)
The truth is they don't know how to handle these leaks, just like they don't know how to handle a Koran burning, security in Afghanistan, the economy, China, etc.
No one in the government has an inkling on what to do.
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 02:41 PM (GfGBM)
No chance. She has a large supply of "reset" buttons. Not to mention the 900 + FBI files her flack purloined for her.
Posted by: Buffalobob at November 28, 2010 02:42 PM (GwH6h)
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 06:41 PM
No one in the government you THINK you have. Everything else is going according to plan. I see to that
Posted by: The Cigarette Smoking Man at November 28, 2010 02:44 PM (vdfwz)
That's ridiculous. Somebody has to have Cheney's cell number.
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2010 02:45 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: Ron Brown at November 28, 2010 02:45 PM (+hG8+)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 02:46 PM (tJjm/)
No one in the government you THINK you have. Everything else is going according to plan. I see to that
Just remember who pulls your strings.
Posted by: the Sikh at November 28, 2010 02:47 PM (+hG8+)
Posted by: Buffalobob at November 28, 2010 06:42 PM (GwH6h)
Oh, I thought you said Hillary might be a ROAST. Those fat thighs and cankles are certainly well-marbled and would do well with a salt / pepper rub and thyme. Serve with a side of "I don't feel no ways tired"
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 02:47 PM (c1oyg)
Damn! Can we borrow that dude? I would be in favor of a Constitutional amendment making him -- and him alone, BTW -- the only non-American eligible to be president!
Shit, if he could keep that attitude going long enough to dismantle all the bogus bullshit our current regime (and, sadly, past administrations) have stuck us with, I'd favor a lifetime term for him.
Posted by: MrScribbler© at November 28, 2010 02:48 PM (Ulu3i)
No one in the government has an inkling on what to do.
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 06:41 PM (GfGBM)
It's theater, for sure.
We might end up like Red Dawn after all.
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 02:49 PM (1ZM76)
Posted by: buzzion at November 28, 2010 02:50 PM (oVQFe)
Meanwhile, his daughter is reported to have opted out of Thanksgiving so as not to lend her support to what was the murder of the native Americans.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 02:50 PM (JItMh)
Posted by: garrett at November 28, 2010 06:27 PM (+hG8+)
Saw that yesterday.
Dude outed the leftist one worlders of the Euro Parliament for what they are:
corrupt and cowardly dead enders. Great bitch slap of a speech.
Posted by: ontherocks at November 28, 2010 02:51 PM (HBqDo)
Don't be absurd. This is of no more consequence than a semen-stained dress to me. You know I'm happily married, right?
Posted by: HC at November 28, 2010 02:51 PM (zxpIo)
Yeah, sorry about that. It's a shame there's no way to FF without missing parts of the clip.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at November 28, 2010 02:52 PM (yfJ6g)
Meanwhile, his daughter is reported to have opted out of Thanksgiving so as not to lend her support to what was the murder of the native Americans.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 06:50 PM (JItMh)
Eh, she's a crazy. On the upside, Jolie hates Obama too, so she's off in her nebulous, self righteous existence.
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 02:54 PM (1ZM76)
Resignations?
We talking about resignations? There aren't gonna be any resignations.
The government is comprised of individuals who are shameless and unaccountable. They do not resign.
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 02:55 PM (IgP15)
Posted by: Zombie Ron Brown at November 28, 2010 06:45 PM (+hG8+)
Leaked that stuff for ya....and you're the guy that died in that accidental Croatian plane crash with a bullet hole in your skull.
Posted by: Vast Reich Winger at November 28, 2010 02:55 PM (grzsD)
Posted by: HC at November 28, 2010 06:51 PM (zxpIo)
Of course! Lots of faithful, loyal married men who happen to be the Leader of the Free World spooge on the cheap Gap dresses of lowly interns less than half their age. Happens all the time....
Posted by: Ombudsman at November 28, 2010 02:56 PM (c1oyg)
Eh, she's a crazy. On the upside, Jolie hates Obama too, so she's off in her nebulous, self righteous existence.
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 06:54 PM (1ZM76)
I don't think I've ever heard her rage about global warming or how she'd like to see the red states destroyed, or any other of the stupid things most of Hollywood says.
Posted by: buzzion at November 28, 2010 02:57 PM (oVQFe)
The only people who resign are the ones who dare criticize the cadre of shameless and unaccountable hacks and narcissists.
For instance, Stanley McChrystal.
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 02:57 PM (GfGBM)
Don't be absurd. This is of no more consequence than a semen-stained dress to me. You know I'm happily married, right?
Posted by: HC at November 28, 2010 06:51 PM (zxpIo)
Huma Huma...tee hee
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 28, 2010 02:57 PM (grzsD)
How in the world does an Army PFC get access to this material. Why can't the US government shut down a cartoonish 'international man of mystery' like Julian Assange?
Are you stupid or what?
Posted by: Teh Ghey Mafia at November 28, 2010 02:58 PM (7+pP9)
I don't think I've ever heard her rage about global warming or how she'd like to see the red states destroyed, or any other of the stupid things most of Hollywood anything she says because I'm staring at those luscious cans.
Posted by: garrett at November 28, 2010 02:59 PM (+hG8+)
Posted by: eman at November 28, 2010 04:48 PM (kn74g)
What's your definition of the best in Hillary?
Posted by: nevergiveup at November 28, 2010 04:49 PM (U5btG)
My barbed cock.
Posted by: Satan at November 28, 2010 02:59 PM (grzsD)
And just look at all those great Republicans demanding we get to the bottom of this!
At least the Republicans aren't stupid enough to let this opportunity to a) stop treason, and b) beat up the incompetent Obama admin go by. No siree, not the Republicans.
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 02:59 PM (GfGBM)
Hey McConnell and Boner, sorry to disturb your vacations, but this would be a good time for you to do your fucking jobs. You know, you're patriotic duty?
You know, fulfill that oath you took to protect the Constitution and to protect the people?
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at November 28, 2010 03:01 PM (IgP15)
wow this woman is stupid. How is charging people money for free energy supposed to help the economy and generate income for anyone but her? Is she going to send a letter to all farmers threatening to burn their crops unless they pay her for the usage of the sun?
Posted by: buzzion at November 28, 2010 03:06 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at November 28, 2010 03:10 PM (3DIBw)
I don't think I've ever heard her rage about global warming or how she'd like to see the red states destroyed, or any other of the stupid things most of Hollywood says.
Posted by: buzzion at November 28, 2010 06:57 PM (oVQFe)
Yeah, I haven't read anything that would make me believe that she isn't genuine. Even though she represents the U.N. in Africa, I think she has their best interests in mind.
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 03:11 PM (1ZM76)
Posted by: Messiah with a fat lip at November 28, 2010 03:15 PM (zxpIo)
She donates to and does a lot of work for charities. that's the thing, it seems so out of character. Still, it's fruit-cakey nonetheless.
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 03:17 PM (JItMh)
We're talking about crazy ladies like Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton, so we'll just pretend it fits right in.
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at November 28, 2010 07:10 PM (3DIBw)
Now you're getting it!
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 03:18 PM (1ZM76)
Posted by: jmflynny at November 28, 2010 07:17 PM (JItMh)
Hey! Gotta take good fortunes and friends as they come. At least she isn't subverting our way of life. If she's any reflection of her Dad, I'd say we're in good company!
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 03:23 PM (1ZM76)
Eh, she's a crazy. On the upside, Jolie hates Obama too, so she's off in her nebulous, self righteous existence.
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 06:54 PMWho wouldn't love to be her windows when she licks them
Posted by: kbdabear at November 28, 2010 03:27 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 28, 2010 03:29 PM (tJjm/)
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Posted by: Ronster at November 28, 2010 03:40 PM (9q4PA)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 28, 2010 03:45 PM (3ju5U)
If these exposures lead to the deaths of American soldiers & diplomats,
INSHALLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Rick Schwag at November 28, 2010 03:58 PM (qLv81)
Posted by: Muckraker at November 28, 2010 04:03 PM (6K81O)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 28, 2010 07:45 PM (3ju5U)
Because Holder is busy doing something else?
BTW, what does Holder do for fun? I bet the weaselly looking prick plays some sissy sport like table tennis or badminton.
I picture him wearing fuzzy headbands, short shorts and leg warmers.
Posted by: ErikW at November 28, 2010 04:09 PM (ZotOi)
201 Really?
Sorry for the snark, but I'm not the one asking why a mil intell analyst would have access to the secret squirrel stuff.
Thing of it is: Manning was a bit more than a "clerk", and honestly, by griping about this some of you are inadvertently slamming some young people who are not treasonous and do a very fine job. I would take the time to remind you that we have diplomats, Pentagon employees, embassy Marines, and a host of other people who shouldn't have given away secure information (or given away how to access it)...and did anyway. It sucks, but it does happen. People are very easily played out; you just have to find their weak spot.
Unfortunately for Manning, he appears to have been a bit of an idiot -- in the sense that those who lack circumspection and suspension of belief are idiots -- which is of course very tragic for Manning and his family. However, being an idiot and a patsy is not a defense of treasonous acts, so he needs to hang, or be shot -- either one.
Posted by: unknown jane, my specific major was English with a visual arts minor at November 28, 2010 04:16 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at November 28, 2010 04:25 PM (zVOB7)
Posted by: baldilocks at November 28, 2010 04:30 PM (t2hll)
Posted by: FORGER - Racist Czar at November 28, 2010 04:44 PM (HtGH6)
Posted by: baldilocks at November 28, 2010 04:53 PM (t2hll)
If any of these documents are truly classified, then their unauthorized disclosure is a crime. Their disclosure does not unclassify them. Therefore, any medium those documents pass through is subject to classification and confiscation by law enforcement authorities. The printing presses of the NYT, its web servers housing any classified information, and any and all other computers, disk drives, thumb drives, CD/ROMS, printers, monitors, keyboards, mice, webcams, USB devices, and any peripheral devices of any kind attached to the production stream for publication of these documents, is classified. Anybody handling these documents or involved in the editorial decisions to publish them is subject to fines and imprisment at Leavenworth on grounds ranging from espionage to high treason. Ditto for Wikileaks most obviously, and every other entity that published classified data.
When are the feds going to grow a pair? They sure as hell aren't shy about pushing "the little people" around. It's about damn time they pushed back against the leftist grandees. Hard.
But of course they won't. If Republican administrations won't do it, what makes anyone think a bunch of Marxists will? Hell, I bet you have some asshats on Pennsylvania Avenue high-fiving each other right now.
Posted by: Cowboy at November 28, 2010 05:31 PM (g9AYc)
Posted by: sexypig at November 28, 2010 06:10 PM (ZGDGc)
Posted by: gonzotx at November 28, 2010 07:27 PM (A1bzZ)
King Barry I
it's del Los Estados Unidos.
Stupid fuck.
I bet you're in the military.
Cocksucker.
Posted by: Rick Schwag at November 28, 2010 07:36 PM (qLv81)
(Read your Aristophanes.)
Posted by: Thorvald at November 28, 2010 07:42 PM (3zycc)
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/clintonwikifolly">"Most seriously for Washington, they also showed the U.S. had ordered a spying operation on diplomats at the United Nations, including British officials, in apparent breach of international law.
U.S. staff in embassies around the world were ordered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to obtain frequent flyer numbers, credit card details and even iris scans, fingerprints and DNA of foreign officials"</a>
Hillary Clinton on signed orders violating International Law? Remember when Democrats cared about undermining the USA's image and status in the World? Remember when they were concerned with alienating Allies and Enemies alike?
Here the old Sniper Dodger, the one who illegally obtained FBI Files as a First Lady, foolishly signed and transmitted these orders around the Globe. Even if someone was thinking this is a good move, spying on Diplomats, it is a really bad idea to have it known.
The Democratic Partisan folly is a disaster. Hillary Rodham is a joke of a Secretary of State, and it just got much, much, much, much worse. Spying on British Subjects as well? Seeking DNA? Orwellian nightmare on display for the entire World. Hillary exposed as a creepy Authoritarian Swindler yet again. Thanks 'smart power'! Great job.
Posted by: OLD FAN at November 28, 2010 09:02 PM (Q12g3)
George Bush is a lier, He is a criminal!
Lets put him in history musums all over the world.
Bush - the lier and killer, the heaver drinker
History will make judgement.
Posted by: Mei at December 03, 2010 01:47 AM (TNvxb)
No more wars please!
No more killings please!
No more cover up please!
No more lying please!
Only by changing American culture can we save lives of all human beings in this world.
God please help Americans to wake up!
Posted by: Mei at December 03, 2010 01:49 AM (TNvxb)
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The US government doesn't want to shut Assange down.
Posted by: Museisluse© at November 28, 2010 10:44 AM (DTfXb)