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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
I should be upset that WikiLeaks isn't releasing something they don't have because if they had it it would change foreign relations and foreign conflicts for years to come? This makes no sense.
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No, they released American intel and it will effect the way foreign countries (both friendly and not) will deal with us. It also gives the bad ones insight into how we are gathering info on their weapons programs.
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Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth
Although I do have to wonder if you can prosecute somebody for knowingly publishing classified information. It doesn't seem right that if I came across classified documents about nuclear launch codes I wouldn't be held to some responsibility if I posted them on the Internet.
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I think it would be a problem if a random person published them, but somebody else was able to use them to launch the ICBM and kill millions.