full-disclosure - Re: Fwd: wikileaks still under attack, pressure revved up

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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:22:55 +0100
From: "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]"
	<cal.leeming@...plicitymedialtd.co.uk>
To: John Bond <john.r.bond@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Fwd: wikileaks still under attack,
 pressure revved up

Yes this is true, but a little bit of common sense on wikileaks behalf could
have been exercised, you know?

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 1:59 PM, John Bond <john.r.bond@...il.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
> <cal.leeming@...plicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
> > You do raise a very good argument, especially the part about "security
> > through obscurity".
> > I don't know if Wikileaks have done a good thing or not, but rather than
> > release everything, they should have had someone analyse the documents,
> and
> > pick out the bits which they felt the public needed to know (anything
> > considered a scandal etc) .. We don't care about soldiers movements or
> > tactics, but an insurgent might... I see little reason why they'd need to
> > release all the documents, other than out of lazyness/insufficient staff
> to
> > review all the info..
> I was trying hard to not respond to this thread.  I am not condoning
> or condemning wikileaks however the above statement sort of misses the
> point of wikileaks.  the mass media does what you have suggested and
> look how well that works.  wikileaks rightly or wrongly (and possibly
> unsuccessfully) tries to overcome these issues by presenting the raw
> information so people can make there own mind up.
>



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