WikiLeaks

> Doug Pensinger wrote:
> > I'm generally for transparency and 
> haven't heard of anything yet that
> > is beyond mildly embarrassing to the
>  U.S. government.  I do think where 
> > the safety of our troops is concerned
> confidentially is important, but that
> > government secrets should have a
> relatively short shelf life in all cases.

> I think the worst source of embarrassment 
> .is the use by govs of security-weak 
> softwares and OSes. What if this happened
> 70 years ago and Manhattan Project was 
> leaked to the nazis (or even the soviets)?
> Alberto Monteiro

Atomic secrets were leaked to the Soviets.
Einstein leaked the information that the Nazis
were working on the atomic bomb.  Good on Al!~)
However, in this instance, many of the leaks 
blew the whistle on government malfeasance and 
abuse of secrecy.  

Anyone with clearance to that level is 
personally responsible and signed an oath.  
23-year-old, Bradley Manning, a US army 
intelligence analyst, e-mailed former hacker, 
Adrian Lamo, bragging that he leaked the 
diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, along with a 
highly classified video of U.S. forces killing 
unarmed civilians in Baghdad.  He is currently 
being held and charged with transferring 
classified national defense information to an 
unauthorized source. He faces court martial 
and up to 52 years in prison.
Jon Mann