This might get Julian Assange killed.

[Pryderi]

http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/wikileaks-julian-assange-wants-to-spill-your-corporate-secrets/

In a rare interview, Assange tells Forbes that the release of Pentagon and State Department documents are just the beginning. His next target: big business.

Early next year, Julian Assange says, a major American bank will suddenly find itself turned inside out. Tens of thousands of its internal documents will be exposed on Wikileaks.org with no polite requests for executives’ response or other forewarnings. The data dump will lay bare the finance firm’s secrets on the Web for every customer, every competitor, every regulator to examine and pass judgment on.
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Exposing banks and our corporate masters is probably more dangerous than leaking government documents.

[bemildred]

1. Quite. nt

[Mimosa]

2. Let's hope not.

This could be far more important than those diplomatic cables.

[HEyHEY]

3. Yes, it is much more important

Fear not, if he is knocked off, I'm sure he has someone to take his place.

[Barack_America]

41. Indeed. You don't get involved in these games without having such plans in place.

[Dreamer Tatum]

4. Great: now the government can kill him and blame it on Citibank.

Nice cover there.

[DeadEyeDyck]

5. No, he is playing it smart...

his best defense is staying in the LIGHT. If he was skulking in the shadows, leaking the information secretly, he would be in danger. Killing him now would make him a world-wide martyr! He probably has a cache of damaging data that is to be released upon him demise and has let world leaders know that!

[Subdivisions]

8. Has the 'Insurance' file and decryption key been released yet? n/t

[NuclearDem]

10. That's what the insurance file is all about

In the event of either Assange or Wikileaks being taken down, people will be able to access everything in that file.

[harun]

11. It is more than a cache, I'd say about 99% is still being held back. Anything

happens to him and the dam breaks, without any filter. It would be total world information warfare.

[de novo]

21. He is playing a fun game.

[RZM]

29. Something tells me the world would function as normal if said file were exposed n/t

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[RZM]

37. Got anything else?

Maybe something about the issue and not about me? I doubt Assange has anything hidden that people won't be able to get over. So far the world is weathering wikileaks just fine.

[Sal Minella]

6. Not. A. Doubt. In. My. Mind.

Maybe Assange has found out he has some terrible blood disease or something and this is his way of committing suicide.

[EFerrari]

7. The banks are so interwoven in our government

I don't see how you could avoid taking them on together.

[midnight]

9. Will you might be right considering what Michael Moore was

exposed to for revealing what horrible middle men the insurance co. are....

[treestar]

12. No, it won't

You're not going to get that drama to enjoy.

[laughingliberal]

28. Good! I want Julian to have a long and happy life exposing the crooks and creeps. nt

[tavalon]

31. Who needs assassinations these days when character assassinations

work just as well and less to cover up after.

[yodermon]

13. Yeah, i was wondering why he's telegraphing this... just Release it already

if it's a bombshell

He also has his insurance torrent so he might be just fine.

[Incitatus]

16. Yes, it makes you wonder what his 'insurance' is if he can get away with what he is releasing. nt

[NorthCarolina]

40. My guess, and this is just a guess, is that the "insurance" file

probably contains information pertaining to 9/11.

[OKDem08]

44. Bravo! That was my thought exactly.

[SayitAintSo]

14. Know what this is ? THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH...

Watcha wanna bet...:rofl:

[MrMickeysMom]

15. Well, then I guess it's time to move accounts out of to be named...

Bank of America?
City Bank?
JP Morgan?

[NuclearDem]

17. That's why I'm glad I've got USAA

Not a major bank necessarily, and certainly not one that Assange is probably going after.

[JackBeck]

18. What's really sad is how we acknowledge that this is a reasonable possibility.

Our government, many times in collusion with big business and corporations, work to disappear those that expose their unethical behavior.

[Trajan]

19. According to the Gungeon ... All he needs to do is buy a gun RIGHT NOW !

Without a waiting period, because that would take too long ...

Silly ...

Anyways: The dude is playing with fire, and he knows it, and WE know it ... That stuff was 'secret' for one reason or another ...

Somebody is going to be angry ... and you know what happens when the rich and powerful get angry ....

[Subdivisions]

22. So, you went into the Gun forum to see what they were saying just so you

could then come into GD and ridicule them?

Why?

[JuniperLea]

35. Isn't that against the rules?

Hard to tell anymore... but I think it used to be. :shrug:

[An_Opened_Hand]

20. Asked earlier what would happen if Wikileaks posting Bank info.

I posted a question about what would happen if Wikileaks posting inside banking info a few days ago. Sort-of hoping that they would. These are the secrets that "They" really want to keep hidden. What's really interesting is that Assange said that it was only one Bank that was going to be exposed. So all the Banks will be scrambling to cover their asses and at the same time hoping to get the info ahead of time if it's not their Bank being exposed. Just think what you could do shorting the target bank with that kind of info. I really hope no one related to Wikileaks tries to cash in on this.

[Safetykitten]

23. Nice! I love this guy.

[inna]

24. K&R and worried for his life. nt

[Supply Side Jesus]

25. Cyberpunk baby...

burn these mother fuckers down....

[krispos42]

26. Small plane accident over the Indian Ocean.

Oops. Oh well.

[lpbk2713]

27. I hope he considers what happened to Alexander Litvinenko.

Assange could just as easily suffer the same fate.

[yurbud]

30. more dangerous: showing how corporate masters demand and get laws and wars

[glitch]

33. Exposing the puppeteers is FAR more dangerous than exposing the puppets. nt

[Forkboy]

34. I can think of a few DUers who would love to see him dead.

One in particular brings up the possibility of his death frequently, and with barely contained glee.

[Swamp Rat]

43. It's like watching FUX Noise

but on DU.

[progressoid]

36. To be fair, the Defense Dept is also big business.

[AspenRose]

38. Oh, shit!

[elehhhhna]

39. This single development will motivate the CIA & military on get their game on.

Mark my words, that's who they work for.

[CoffeeCat]

42. How did Assange get this information?

This is interesting because it's information on the banks.

We all assumed that the State Dept info came from someone in the military--Bradley Manning. I wonder
from what source(s) this info on the banks was obtained? Surely, Manning wouldn't have access to
the corporate databases at one of the world's largest banks, right?

I realize that I may have my rose-colored glasses on, but what if other whistleblowers see Assange as
an opportunity to expose other criminal elements? Hell, if I knew of big corporate, military or government
crimes--and was interested in exposing the perpetrators--Assange would be on my speed dial.

We all know that there are thousands who are in on the corporate corruption, crimes, destruction of our
democracy and the cover-ups of the neocon war machine. As the crimes become more brazen and outrageous,
I'm sure there are many insiders who are having second thoughts. Coming forward as a lone whistleblower
could get a person killed.

Assange gives people an outlet for exposure.

I hope we will see an onslaught of information coming from Assange. This may be what saves us from the horrible
malignancy that has engulfed our government.