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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 04:14 AM
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We have no idea who's leaking the documents to Wikileaks.
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 04:16 AM by pnwmom
So how do we know they're ALL authentic?

How do we know that someone, for whatever purpose, isn't inserting false documents here and there?
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 04:16 AM
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1. Reaction of the government shows it is authentic.
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 04:16 AM
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2. The government hasn't read more than a quarter million documents.
Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 04:20 AM by pnwmom
They can't possibly know that they are ALL authentic.
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 04:59 AM
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4. They don't have to read them.
They wrote them.
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 04:31 AM
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3. well, an easy way to discredit them all is to imply that one or more aren't authentic
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AlabamaLibrul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 05:00 AM
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5. I'm the leaker. Trust me, they're authentic. n/t
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 05:41 AM
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6. An Army enlisted man named Bradley Manning copied them off a DoD computer onto a thumb drive.
The story is here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/how-us-embassy-cables-leaked?intcmp=239
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-10 07:34 AM
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7. I suppose that is why President Kennedy asked journalist to
write about these things and not shy away from the secrets.... But mostly it is time for journalist to do their jobs...
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