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Please post links to any of WikiLeak's leaked documents that endanger Americans?

I keep hearing about WikiLeaks documents putting Americans in danger but I have seen no proof. One person kindly pointed out that back in July some the Afghan war documents leaked Afghan informants names. Our government didn't care then, there was no real turmoil or actions taken by any government at that time. Now...that secrets are starting to come out about those in government themselves everyone is in an uproar....and there are no further documents that put anyone lives in danger...or please supply me with one?

Update:

Also if you agree with the premise of this petition would you please add your voice?

"To the U.S. and other governments and corporations involved in the crackdown on WikiLeaks:

We call on you to stop the crackdown on WikiLeaks and its partners immediately. We urge you to respect democratic principles and laws of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. If WikiLeaks and the journalists it works with have violated any laws they should be pursued in the courts with due process. They should not be subjected to an extra-judicial campaign of intimidation.'

http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?slides...

Update 2:

a little fricking sarcasm: Are you saying our government is doing a very poor job of protecting US citizens by not protecting our classified information correctly? Because so far, that's all you've said and somehow keep that finger pointing and WikiLeaks. I honestly don't understand your position sir.

Update 3:

IF IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO SUPPLY PROOF OF THESE ALLEGATIONS THEN WHY IS IT THE MAJOR "THREAT" BEING USED AGAINST THE BASIC IDEA OF WIKILEAKS??!!??

Update 4:

PEETR: Exactly.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The leaks certainly have put the american government in a worse position diplomatically, and this may be bad for the country. Especially if they continue to try to blame the leakers and not try to correct the fraud and deception in our governments and corporations world wide.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    There isn't any. They could have helped save Americans!

    http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/205...

    Michael Moore Bails Out Julian Assange And Defends Wikileaks! You Can Help Michael!

    Might WikiLeaks cause some unintended harm to diplomatic negotiations and U.S. interests around the world? Perhaps. But that's the price you pay when you and your government take us into a war based on a lie. Your punishment for misbehaving is that someone has to turn on all the lights in the room so that we can see what you're up to. You simply can't be trusted. So every cable, every email you write is now fair game. Sorry, but you brought this upon yourself. No one can hide from the truth now. No one can plot the next Big Lie if they know that they might be exposed.

    And that is the best thing that WikiLeaks has done. WikiLeaks, God bless them, will save lives as a result of their actions. And any of you who join me in supporting them are committing a true act of patriotism. Period.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    you don't have the "entertain the allegations". These documents are being recovered since the individuals who leaked them signed a legal contract with the government saying "I authorize any and all legal actions against me if i disclose classified information". How can you judge the damage of information if you don't even understand the threat?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You don't understand, it's not necessarily that the current documents DO endanger lives (though they likely do indirectly), it's that if some people can get a hold of these documents then they can get a hold of other documents that DO directly put lives in danger.

    That stuff isn't supposed to be out but it is. What else isn't supposed to be out but can be gotten to? That is why Wikileaks has to be stopped or prosecuted, these documents don't belong to Wikileaks and they had no business stealing them (break our laws? pay the consequences of our laws). If that's not going to happen then you'll see "other ways" of getting them to stop that may or may not be related to the US. That's what has to be done. Our nation is at war, we can't let people f*** with us.

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  • 1 decade ago

    I agree with you, wikileaks is nothing but the messanger, Assange is a journalist.

    However, the documents are really nothing but internal drama and arguing. The documents pose no threat. In my opinion this is nothing but a ruse to take control of the internet.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Hey NG,

    IMPOSABLE to give you a link for something that does not exist.

    The government would have us bend over and grab our ankles, today, tomorrow and for the rest of time. Interesting that the spin machine only talks about the possibility of threats and no tangible subsatnce.

    Makes me sick that "for The People" has been illegitimized tinot the control (via lies) we see today.

    RR

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Politicians have many years avoided introduction of new mechanisms of responsibility for their international actions. Everything continued to be covered with the dark veil of 'state secrecy' which allowed them decide the questions of war and peace without ANY control of their constituency. The system has not been reformed though this question was overripe and we paid THOUSANDS of lives of young boys in uniform killed in Iraq and Afghan - two wars started by governments of democratic countries just at the snap of fingers without a bit of sanction on the part of peoples that elected them. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in those countries where Western governments played at being God at the expense of money and LIVES of their taxpayers. Now they DARE give some cynical nonsense about the ' wikileaks putting in jeopardy lives'!!

    So once there are no direct control over those games on the part of governments provided by the existing democratic systems, the Internet and good will of free global community came to the assistance.

    I do think that the founder of the Wikileaks is more worthy of the Nobel Price than Obama (although I am a great fan of this president and persona). Western world (people) must know what their elected governments are up to, and if there is no other mechanisms for normal democratic control, then there's no other choice other than to resort to the 'Wikileaks surgery', last but necessary measure in the conditions and atmosphere of ABSOLUTE refusal of the governments to be at least a bit accountable in the realm on the external politics and policies.

    I am not surprised Assange is now being hunted by Interpol, and that suddenly some criminal accusations of rape "popped up" in Sweden. I don't believe it is a coincidence in time. Even the fact that he is accused of rape - a crime which would damage and denigrate his image and reputation in the eyes of the public - is quite fits in with logic of the behavior of the US government. His site was disrupted by cyberattacks the other day. Nothing surprising too. For me it proves almost 100% the following:

    1) The governments of so called democracies are still feel themselves above the law and have the tools to be above the law and launch a hunt against every mere mortal individual in the world who makes them feel really uncomfortable regardless of whether this individual is right or wrong in legal terms.

    2) They don't hesitate a second before launching a such major hunt. They are outside normal ethics or 'moral field' - all that can be uncomfortable for them is bad, and any any methods to dispose of 'the bad guy' are good because they are GOVERNMENT. That's all. They are intrinsically immoral and if they had no other option dispose of the opponent than by killing, thew would kill him (if they were sure that they do it really secretly without consequences).

    In this sense we are still in 19th century. When it comes to confrontation between an individual and a government for the latter there's no such thing as MORAL.

    3) This proves me for 120% that we need more more such Wikileaks, because nothing else can stop or restrain those immoral governments from doing bad things on the international stage than transparency and detailed info available to general public about what those governments are up to. Only only this could prevent 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc Afghan, Iraq etc War.

    Those technocrats are now clucking about damage to Diplomatic Relations of the US. Poor State Dept, pity I don't have a hankie to wipe those pea-sized tears rolling down my cheeks. I am so sorry about the damage, but 1) it's hard imagine that those high officials found anything new about themselves and the true attitudes to each other - it would rather make sense to hide those things from the public eyes, cos they know about each other a lot 2) I, as a regular mortal citizen of a democratic country don't care a damn about the problems of the damage to the Diplomatic Agencies and their relations, I am much more concerned about the damage to myself and other people, including the damage inflicted by those Diplomatic agencies and their sweet interrelationship. For example, the US, when cooking the case for an invasion of Iraq, referred to 'data of the British intelligence', just one of many many examples of how those sweet diplomatic friendship can help start a war in which thousands of American boys and girls were killed. Huge orders for billions of dollars could be made by Governments - billions of dollars of taxpayers - to bye some military jets, and you can never check them or accuse them of corruption and kick-backs because... right! because those beautiful sweet diplomatic relationships sweetness of which is directly proportionate to the secrecy of the info about those deals for,.. the nation, true owner of the money!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I already signed the petition.

    The only person who's been put in danger so far is Julian Assange.

  • Daniel
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    If you knew the war, and were in it, and were an informant, you would be in danger. sitting in the U.S. and trying to analyze it is useless and I know that secret info was disseminated. I am glad, though, because it shows what an abject failure the bush administration was and is and also the sickness of cheney and his minions in their lies about the war, torture and missions and the forcing of our soldiers to kill innocent civilians....

    I understand we did from the posts. READ THEM, that would be a good start.

    150 cent

  • 1 decade ago

    There aren't credible sources to substantiate that claim

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