The ''king of snakes, Glenn Greenwald.'' (Reply #50)

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Fri Dec 21, 2012, 12:36 PM

Octafish (55,745 posts)

50. The ''king of snakes, Glenn Greenwald.''

Glenn Greenwald vs. Cass Sunstein -- Battle Royal, in their own words!

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Julian Assange: WikiLeaks is preparing to publish one million new secret government documents [View all]	Judi Lynn	Dec 2012	OP
We are still waiting for his world-ending bank documents to be released.	randome	Dec 2012	#1
Even the NYT and Reuters cite Wikileaks docs as sources these days. So, this has served a useful	leveymg	Dec 2012	#2
I can only speak for myself, but I see Assange's behavior as...	CBHagman	Dec 2012	#5
I have an idea...	sendero	Dec 2012	#11
Well done sendero. +1. /nt	Festivito	Dec 2012	#13
So what. We are supposed to have a free press, except that the government hides information	JDPriestly	Dec 2012	#35
I think "supposedly progressive" is your answer...	truth2power	Dec 2012	#6
No, no, he promised to bring the world to its knees with his super-secret code files.	randome	Dec 2012	#7
On balance, I would counter, Wikileaks has done far more good than harm. It shouldn't be about	leveymg	Dec 2012	#9
I hear you.	randome	Dec 2012	#10
Beware of Villains, even more so those proclaimed Heroes. eom	leveymg	Dec 2012	#12
Agreed, leveymg. It is a shame that people have to violate the law just to get the truth out there.	JDPriestly	Dec 2012	#39
He also gravely hurt the institution of diplomacy globally by willy-nilly dumping diplomatic	stevenleser	Dec 2012	#87
Useful yes, but to whom?	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#15
John and Deborah at Cryptome had Assange's number early on.	msanthrope	Dec 2012	#19
Thank you.	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#21
And I marvel at the DUers who have fallen for the Right Wings propaganda machine	LiberalLovinLug	Dec 2012	#75
Right, because the only reason someone could dislike someone is based on right wing info.	stevenleser	Dec 2012	#86
No, not the only influence	LiberalLovinLug	Dec 2012	#94
Not sure what right-wing media you are monitoring.	randome	Dec 2012	#95
As I said, the potential for misuse of Wikileaks for selective leaks and disinfo is plain to anyone	leveymg	Dec 2012	#27
Yes. Again, I agree with you. But we still get some useful information. We have to be discerning	JDPriestly	Dec 2012	#40
Who is John Young again? That webpage is not very impressive.	merrily	Dec 2012	#33
He runs a site called cryptome that's basically a prototype for wikileaks.	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#36
Daniel Domscheit-Berg stole that info and destroyed it...	Luminous Animal	Dec 2012	#68
Sorry, that sounds like an excuse.	randome	Dec 2012	#69
Okey-doke.	Luminous Animal	Dec 2012	#71
Thank you!	snot	Dec 2012	#90
Documents from which government or governments?	drm604	Dec 2012	#3
We need Geraldo to get to the bottom of this	Berlum	Dec 2012	#4
Oh, whoopie.	Chorophyll	Dec 2012	#8
Julian Assange reminds so called "reporters" and "journalists"	green for victory	Dec 2012	#14
When did he speak truth to the Bush/Cheney Admin?	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#16
happy holidays	green for victory	Dec 2012	#17
For starters, Wikileaks chronicles criminality on the part of Bush and Cheney...	Octafish	Dec 2012	#18
"The Obama administration worked with Republicans to protect Bush administration"	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#20
Not my idea. That's what Obama's guy recommended. You may've heard of him: Cass Sunstein	Octafish	Dec 2012	#42
So why isn't Assange releasing millions of docs on Bush's "egregious crimes"?	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#44
Sunstein was on the short list for Supreme Court.	Octafish	Dec 2012	#48
Good ol' Glenn, finding a razor blade in every apple.	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#52
That's one way of looking at it.	Octafish	Dec 2012	#55
Thank you again. Let me add,	snot	Dec 2012	#56
Are you really denying	tama	Dec 2012	#79
"More than 66,000 civilians suffered 'violent deaths' in Iraq	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#24
Obama did not end the war in Iraq. He withdrew many troops by the date previously agreed to by Bush.	merrily	Dec 2012	#38
It's over. Look it up. :)	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#41
Like Poppy, Smirko Bush is a war criminal. Iraq never hurt the United States.	Octafish	Dec 2012	#46
Fine, then where's the beef on Bushler? This stupid bs is about Obama.	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#47
The ''king of snakes, Glenn Greenwald.''	Octafish	Dec 2012	#50
A link to the Guardian? Save it.	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#53
The Guardian is a pro-democratic newspaper.	Octafish	Dec 2012	#54
Was.	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#57
Glenn Greenwald is a spook?	green for victory	Dec 2012	#64
I absolutely loved that tv series!	TorchTheWitch	Dec 2012	#88
Here's my guess:	OnyxCollie	Dec 2012	#58
Thank you!	snot	Dec 2012	#51
Anytime, snot! Why does this matter? Well...	Octafish	Dec 2012	#60
Octafish, you rule; thank you for all of that.	snot	Dec 2012	#89
'Chronicles' implies an organized goal.	randome	Dec 2012	#59
To me, 'Chronicles' means 'Record'...	Octafish	Dec 2012	#73
Interesting about Iceland and Kenya	treestar	Dec 2012	#23
Apparently wikileaks helped "liberate" Iceland's banks	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#26
You aware	tama	Dec 2012	#81
How did Wikileaks destabilize Iceland and Kenya?	leveymg	Dec 2012	#28
Whoops, meant to put #31 about Iceland here.	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#34
Over 5000 cables from the US Embassy in Israel.	Luminous Animal	Dec 2012	#67
Thnx. In the initial batch released, there were none.	leveymg	Dec 2012	#80
He's not a reporter	treestar	Dec 2012	#22
Wikileaks released docs that brought down Iceland's biggest bank	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#31
kicked	green for victory	Dec 2012	#45
Well, good news for London banksters rarely trickles down to us.	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#49
Not much interest in the LIBOR scandal	tama	Dec 2012	#82
Ha ha ha! Ask DU economists how they view this situation!	snot	Dec 2012	#62
Thanks. Most of us don't know about high finance and the games played in their court.	freshwest	Dec 2012	#76
Yes, there has been an effect for sure	Bragi	Dec 2012	#32
The video was the only thing they had that could be interpreted	treestar	Dec 2012	#63
Wikileaks partnered with news media around the word because sorting through the volume of	Luminous Animal	Dec 2012	#66
K&R. nt	OnyxCollie	Dec 2012	#25
Judi Lynn, I'm not a fan of Mr. Assange. His data dumping, without	saidsimplesimon	Dec 2012	#29
Assange was far from safe in an embassy when Assange first published the material Manning allegedly	merrily	Dec 2012	#30
merrily, I'm not a qualified psychiatrist. I can only speculate that	saidsimplesimon	Dec 2012	#37
Decide what?	merrily	Dec 2012	#43
+1000.	snot	Dec 2012	#91
Good. Dump it all so people can realize what's being done in their names	Catherina	Dec 2012	#61
They can't possibly have reviewed 1 million documents. So this translates to...	randome	Dec 2012	#65
At Least Julian Assange & Bradley Manning Got the Door Ajar	triplepoint	Dec 2012	#70
The Moody Blues were my inspirational favorite band as a teenager.	randome	Dec 2012	#72
Astounding how many DUers are derailed by the Cult of Personality	LiberalLovinLug	Dec 2012	#74
Agreed.	freshwest	Dec 2012	#77
And yet castigating those of us with different opinions is '...willing subjugation...'	randome	Dec 2012	#78
Thanks for the armchair diagnosis	LiberalLovinLug	Dec 2012	#93
If you look carefully	tama	Dec 2012	#83
Interesting post	dreamnightwind	Dec 2012	#84
The cult of personality works both ways...	AntiFascist	Dec 2012	#85
That's what LiberalLovinLug said.	JackRiddler	Dec 2012	#92
LOL! Awesome! nt	Zorra	Dec 2012	#96

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