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Originally Posted by bossku69
So talking with someone today, who is pretty big into politics, we got into a conversation about the whole wikileaks thing.
I heard about this, but wasn't aware (and not exactly how true this is) but a bill is supposed to be pushed to be passed on Dec 21st that imposes government protection on the internet.
Hmmm, got me thinking.... Julian Assange, is he just a pawn in this whole thing? someone to make an example out of to prove why the gov't needs to step in and take action?
We saw some pretty big sites go down today and who knows what else is possible. Will this be used against us as a fear tactic? "Don't worry citizens, the gov't has your back."
Not trying to get into conspiracies, but just seems a bit coincidental...
That or I've had to many drinks tonight  |
Not crazy at all.
Many people, including myself, have similar thoughts regarding Wikileaks being a diversion / pretext for the government to enact new laws to "protect" the internet.
Here's something to consider ...
About a week or so ago the U.S. government seized about 80 internet domains for distributing pirated content / counterfeit goods ... and yet the U.S. government, as of this moment, has NOT seized wikileaks.org - why is that?
Furthermore, why is Wikileaks not designated as a terrorist organization?
And that's wven more strange considering that numerous other, often small obscure entities that are of little real threat, are considered terrorist organizations, and yet, to reiterate, Wikileaks isn't...
Further supports the theory that the U.S. government wants Wikileaks to remain around / stay in the news.
On a related note, from the info I've read regarding Wikileaks - nothing of any real significance has been revealed that wasn't already publicly known / widely suspected / available via FOIA.
Lastly, in my view, if Wikileaks had acquired truly secret / earth-shattering info, the site would have never seen the light of day; wouldn't be in the news.
Ron