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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 04:47 PM
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WikiLeaks: Al Jazeera have broken our embargo by 30 minutes.We release everyone from their (embargo)
Edited on Fri Oct-22-10 04:48 PM by Poll_Blind
Source: Twitter

# Steal the Iraq War Logs analysis (Creative Commons Licensed) http://www.iraqwarlogs.com/ less than 5 seconds ago via web

# Swedish Television splashes out with Iraq War Logs http://svt.se/ 5 minutes ago via web

# Le Monde splashes out with Iraq War Logs http://www.lemonde.fr/ 10 minutes ago via web

# Bureau of Investigative Journalism splashes out with the best research on the Iraq War Logs http://www.iraqwarlogs.com/ 13 minutes ago via web

# New York Times splashes out with Iraq War Logs http://nytimes.com/ 17 minutes ago via web

# Guardian splashes out with Iraq War Logs coverage http://www.guardian.co.uk/ 39 minutes ago via web

# Iraq War Logs reveal torture (video) http://bit.ly/bqHDpe 43 minutes ago via web

# Al Jazeera have broken our embargo by 30 minutes. We release everyone from their Iraq War Logs embargoes. 44 minutes ago via web

# See TBIJ, IBC, Guardian, Spiegel, NYT, Le Monde, Al Jazeera, Chan4, SVT, CNN, BBC and more in the next few hours. We maximise impact. about 2 hours ago via web

# Pentagon says it expects 'nothing new' in next Wikileaks dump. 'Nothing new' to THEM goes without saying. about 3 hours ago via web

# We are informed that rumors of Al Jazeera releasing WikiLeaks files are incorrect. about 3 hours ago via web

Read more: http://twitter.com/wikileaks



The rest of the planet is trying to access www.iraqwarlogs.com right now, so we're all effectively DDOSing the site. But things'll open up more when the pressure subsides.

PB
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kgnu_fan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 04:50 PM
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1. Julian, Good Job! !!! !!!! Thank you, Julian!!!! !!!
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jdp349 Donating Member (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 04:52 PM
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2. Julian Assange is like a character out of a cyberpunk novel
what a badass.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 04:53 PM
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3. ...crossed with Daniel Ellsberg. It's a very cool combo! n/t
PB
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kgnu_fan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 05:04 PM
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5. He has guts. I wonder what he is feeling right now...
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OKDem08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 05:03 PM
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4. Why is he using the "splashes out" term? Odd... n/t
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kgnu_fan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 05:06 PM
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6. He has been under such tight pressure, I can relate to that term well
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 05:11 PM
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10. The "insurance" file WikiLeaks release months ago was in a directory named:
straw-glass-and-bottle

Information as a liquid metaphor. Possibly a Tron reference in there as well.

PB
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smiley_glad_hands Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 05:07 PM
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7. Pentagon is right so far, nothing new. eom
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 05:10 PM
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9. Wrong:
Edited on Fri Oct-22-10 05:27 PM by Hissyspit
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9370331

I mean, the biggest secret document dump in history and you're already so sure of that? Really?
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 05:10 PM
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8. Well done!!!
Secrets no more, and it sounds like other media are getting in out in front of the story so they won't be scooped.
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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 09:14 PM
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11. K&R & Thanks for the links. Assange is being interviewed live on AJ English now.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 09:17 PM
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12. Go, Julian!
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 09:18 PM
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13. K&R
Thanks for posting all those links!
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