Re: Wikileaks

2010-12-05 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:29 PM, trent shipley wrote:

> How many secrets does Australia have that are worth leaking.  Does a
> significant fraction of the World's population believe it is The Great
> Satan?
>

Reminds me of the story of the lady who was applying for a visa to enter
Australia.  When the clerk asked her if she had a criminal record, she
replied, "I had no idea one was still required."

Have I used that joke here before?  Well, if so, enjoy it again.

Nick
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Re: Wikileaks

2010-12-05 Thread trent shipley
How many secrets does Australia have that are worth leaking.  Does a
significant fraction of the World's population believe it is The Great
Satan?

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Wayne Eddy  wrote:

> It is interesting to hear that there is overwhelming sentiment against
> Wikileaks in the US.
>
> From the comments I have read on newspaper articles about Wikileaks here in
> Australia, I would think a majority of people here (maybe about 75%) are
> supportive.
>
> Personally, I think there is good and bad in what Julian Assange and his
> team are doing, but that the good definitely outweighs the bad.
>
> Regards,
>
> Wayne Eddy.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Doug Pensinger  wrote:
>
>> There seems to be overwhelming sentiment against Wikileaks' release of
>> confidential documents and I was wondering how people here (some of
>> whom may have read Brin's Transparent Society) felt about it.
>>
>> I'm generally for transparency and haven't heard of anything yet that
>> is beyond mildly embarrassing to the U. S. government.  I do think
>> where the safety of our troops is concerned confidentially is
>> important, but that government secrets should have a relatively short
>> shelf life in all cases.
>>
>> Doug
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Re: Wikileaks

2010-12-05 Thread trent shipley
The Manhattan Project was spied on by the Soviets.

On Dec 1, 2010 4:18 AM, "Alberto Monteiro"  wrote:


Doug Pensinger wrote:
>
> I'm generally for transparency and haven't heard of anything yet that
> ...
I think the worst source of embarassment is the use by .govs
of security-weak softwares and OSes. What if this happened
70 years ago and Manhattan Project was leaked to the nazis
(or even the soviets)?

Alberto Monteiro



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