No thread about the new WIKILEAKS United States diplomatic cables leak?

[KrazyHorse]

God, American patriots are whiny *****es.

You don't want your **** leaking, stop handing out access to hundreds of thousands of 20 year-olds.

And it's not like this was the ****ing codes to the NORAD launch sequence. It was ****ing idle chitchat, for the most part.

Get over yourselves.

[KrazyHorse]

If the feds get to photograph/grope my junk then I should get to see them acting like catty high school girls

Speaking of which...

[DinoDoc]

Speaking of which...

Necessity truly is the mother of invention. Speaking of, did you try out your idea yet?

[KrazyHorse]

Haven't flown in 3 months.

[Riesstiu IV]

God, American patriots are whiny *****es.

You don't want your **** leaking, stop handing out access to hundreds of thousands of 20 year-olds.

And it's not like this was the ****ing codes to the NORAD launch sequence. It was ****ing idle chitchat, for the most part.

Get over yourselves.

This. These leaks are nothing compared to the Pentagon Papers.

[Wezil]

This could get interesting. He's got a dead man's switch.

At the centre of a tightening web of death threats, sex-crime accusations and high-level demands for a treason trial, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threatened to unleash a “thermonuclear device” of completely unexpurgated government files if he is forced to appear before authorities.

Mr. Assange, the 39-year-old Australian Internet activist whose online document-leaking service has embarrassed the United States and other countries by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret diplomatic and military documents, has referred to the huge, unfiltered document as his “insurance policy.”

The 1.3-gigabyte file, distributed through file-sharing services this summer and protected with an unbreakable 256-bit encryption key, contains full versions of all the U.S. documents received by WikiLeaks to date – including those that have been withheld from publication or have had names and details removed in order to protect the lives of spies, sources and soldiers.

Silent for the better part of a week as WikiLeaks made daily headlines around the globe, Mr. Assange has been increasingly vocal in recent days, defending his actions, decrying his critics and defying world leaders.

Mr. Assange’s lawyer Mark Stephens warned that if Mr. Assange were to be brought to trial on rape accusations he faces in Sweden, or for treason charges that have been suggested by U.S. politicians, he would release the encryption key. The tens of thousands of people who have downloaded the file would instantly have access to the names, addresses and details contained in the file.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/wikileaks-founder-threatens-to-release-entire-cache-of-unfiltered-files/article1825922/

[OneFootInTheGrave]

I wander how "unbreakable" is that key...

[Asher]

It's probably reasonably unbreakable, in practical terms.

[rah]

Yeah, as long as the key isn't "password" or "1234"

[Chemical Ollie]

Here is a Swedish blog post (in English) about the time line for the events that resulted in the "rape charges". I don't know how reliable this information is, but I hold it as good as any of the tabloids that has written (less detailed) about it. This guy has published scoops before, despite being just a hobby journalist.

http://www.daddys-sverige.com/3/post/2010/12/assange-the-inside-story-about-the-rape-charges.html

[Asher]

Yeah, as long as the key isn't "password" or "1234"

I don't think "password" is 256-bits

[onodera]

So that's what the file I've downloaded is!

[notyoueither]

So. Now they've published a target list for anyone who wants to cause serious disruption to the US and Western societies.

I am in the undecided camp about Assange, but I'm being pushed away from any sympathy for him or his cause.

[Asher]

Did you look at the list?

Any highschooler could identify those "targets" as valuable. It sounds like a job they give interns to do...

Nuclear power plants? YOU DON'T SAY! I'd no idea those were high-value targets until that list came out.

Oil pipelines too????? What's next, CRITICAL UNDERSEA CABLES??? Is nothing secret???

[Hauldren Collider]

What on earth makes you think all these targets are so obvious and that their locations are well known?