http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1418 That's... a dumb thing for the state department alumnus to have emailed out. Or at least, very poorly worded. Though, why the feds would hire someone who exposed their profile, updates, or anything publicly is beyond me. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Machiavellian Cocktail Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:31:04 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1418 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1415 Speakers from the US State Department told Columbia University students that if they ever wanted jobs at the State Department they strongly suggested not posting information or discussing Wikileaks on their online social networking sites. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373889,00.asp http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/04/state-department-to-colum_n_792059.html http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/dont-mention-the-cables-future-diplomats/?scp=3&sq=columbia%20university&st=cse J_Maru@idkfa.com (J_Maru) Machiavellian Cocktail Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:59:10 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1415 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1414 I hadn't heard about this. Why would they tell students that? Do they think "the terrorists" don't have access to the documents on the Internet, but for some reason have access to Facebook? I think I'm missing something. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Machiavellian Cocktail Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:50:06 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1414 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1410 I wonder if this will get the U.S. to limit the number of people with the level of clearance that one had to have to access the communications. If it's not treason it's at least a violation of their service agreement which they sign when they join the military and that can get them into major hot water. What do you think of the development where universities are telling students not to post about it on social media sites? J_Maru@idkfa.com (J_Maru) Machiavellian Cocktail Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:36:09 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1410 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1333 The Senate needs to declare war in order for that bit of treason to happen. Since the Senate has only authorized military action, then its not treason for those reasons. Diplomacy is all about image and message control. What's being leaked is the messages that lead to a final product - essentially the rough drafts. It hurts us politically to have our dirty laundry aired out, but I guarantee a couple of things: -the dirty laundry of other countries is just as bad and just as damaging, -you just know there's a few countries in the world whose internal communications we've breached. I'll bet we've used that as blackmail on some other countries in order to prevent reactions from this leak. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Machiavellian Cocktail Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:11:28 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1333 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1332 Technically, it probably is treason of some kind. But considering there's been some kind of war for what, almost 8 years now. I kind of think that's a pretty low threshold. It seems like government is always trying to portray carefully crafted persona of diplomacy and ass kissing. Its almost gratifying to know in personal correspondence real people aren't like that at all. MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Machiavellian Cocktail Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:56:57 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1332 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1331 I'm pretty conflicted. First, pretty epic failure on the part of our intelligence agencies to not be able to contain this sort of information. Things like "hundreds of thousands of U.S. Embassy documents" should fall under their purview. Second, I can't understand the reason why military personnel, or more specifically, an Army Intelligence private, would divulge this kind of information to Wikileaks in the first place. Maybe I'm mistaken, but divulging government secrets in war time is treason, right? kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Machiavellian Cocktail Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:33:16 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1331 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1327 Wikileaks? Noble effort, illegal annoyance, or something else? Here is an article about their latest release: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11858895 J_Maru@idkfa.com (J_Maru) Machiavellian Cocktail Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:55:15 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1327&msg_id=1327