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Anonymous Coward User ID: 972998 Germany 05/17/2010 07:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | WIKILEAKS FUNDING DRIVE ----------------------------------------------- Julian Assange's very public fund raising campaign has effectively stalled with past and potential investors fading into the background. As previously indicated it is NOT the philosophy of WIKILEAKS that is in question, but Assange's credibility. The lack of any significant high rollers backing Assange has led to a significant change of direction concerning fund raising. These are paid interviews and appearances, and appeals to the internet community to send money. Keeping in mind that Assange has publicly stated that he needs $200,000 USD just to keep the lights on, and $600,000 USD to be fully funded; then just how much has Assange received, how much has been spent, and on what? A pressing point when one considered WIKILEAKS is still effectively closed down, and Assange continues to enjoy a particularly luxurious lifestyle in South Africa with no comparable income streams. From information received, since January 2010 WIKILEAKS income until end of April 2010 has been: Internet Donations: $132,347 USD Media Interviews etc. $82,892 USD Sponsorships: $28,657 USD The total income YTD is $243,896 USD. Then why aren't the lights on at WIKILEAKS Mr. Assange?? When will you provide audited accounts of WIKILEAKS operating expenditure?? Finally, just keep in mind that Assange has not abandoned the concept of selling information by auction to media groups on an exclusive basis. Now just where does that fit into WIKILEAKS philosophy? To put it brutally, it does not, it's a scheme designed exclusively to fill Assange offshore bank accounts.. Regards A WIKILEAKS Insider |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 957148 United States 05/17/2010 08:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Another proof that wikileaks is controlled opposition runned by TPTB. They pick them up, make some headlines in the press, and then release them. It happened to the "Democracy Now" crew in 2008, you can find more examples of this method. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 687593 |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 960518 United States 05/17/2010 09:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ...who can deny that the releasing of that video was a huge blow to the Iraq War and the War on Terror in general. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 918488A huge blow? No it wasn't. The war has been going on for 8 years and hundreds of thousands of people are killed. This is no "news". Or are there "nice" ways to kill people? The purpose of this "leak" is to raise indignation against the US among people all over the world. TPTB wants to destroy the US to prepare for the NWO. Yes this is absolutely true, but sad to say... videos like that are the only hope we have for waking up the Sheople in the USA... it's just like 9/11. Yeah, of course it was a huge mind fuck to kick start the agenda but it also woke a hell of a lot of people up... Knowledge protects, ignorance endangers! I don't understand the logic behind statements like these and I'm desperately trying to make sense out of this particular..."idealogy". You're claiming the "NWO" purposely let out a "leak" which "woke people up"...? Just explain, seriously, like I was a 3rd grader, why any organization (particularly one bent on world domination) would do that...? Explain how exposing war crimes helps the Imperialists wagin war in Iraq. And since when does indignation for the United States have to be "created"...? I just don't get it. A site like Wikileaks (admittedly, not that I'm a total expert on it) seems to me to be a vaulable asset in this Wicked Imperialist World. Everybody on this site's always complaining about the "msm". But then at the same time you all shit over a viable alternative like Wikileaks...? I watched that video and I thought it was one of the most compelling things I've ever seen- especially knowing the background of the journalist and his driver who were murdered in it... Every single person I know who saw it feels the same. Obviously a video like that isn't going to STOP THE WAR OVERNIGHT. But it's existence/exposure is absolutely, yes, a good thing. Just someone explain, coherently, how Wikileaks is part of the NWO...? I'm highly skeptical of most "conpiracy-minded theories", but Wikileaks I think is something for which we should all rejoice. It's an antidote to mainstream, corporate-minded media. And that's a good thing. It's represents the free exchange of information and ideas in one of the most purest forms possible. |
Melodye User ID: 972097 Australia 05/17/2010 09:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I only read the first few paragraphs of this thread and I've never heard of this guy... but it reminded me of something. Australia is a test market. For example... When eBay considered offering only Paypal as a payment option, they tested it on the Aussie website. We cracked the shits so they kept other payment options open but paypal is now a compulsory payment method. Could it be possible that the censorship of Australian internet is a test for western world? See how we react before they do it to YOU too? I'm probably talking out of my arse... I'm just saying. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 951548 United States 05/17/2010 09:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | <<Snip>> Quoting: "...Sing, I'll sway.I watched that video and I thought it was one of the most compelling things I've ever seen- especially knowing the background of the journalist and his driver who were murdered in it... Every single person I know who saw it feels the same. <<Snip>> Sir, I watched the video and DO NOT feel the same way. I agree any footage of war is hard on the eyes and the soul, however the journalist who was killed was consorting with insurgents on that video who were clearly armed. In my opinion this Wikileaks guy is a prostitute for the ant-war / anti-US trolls. Give him some more money and he will keep pimping away. I like your posts as they are generally thought provoking and well written, however I will disagree with you on this subject. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 928211 United States 05/17/2010 09:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When they released the Iraq footage, they also claimed they would release more footage this time from Afghanistan. Has anyone heard anything about this? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 918488The NATO murders of Afghan women. They were intimidated not to show it. I am sick of our thuggish government. We are free to say it, but it won't change. Taxation without representation. Taxation to pay for illegal, stupid wars while our country burns. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 928211 United States 05/17/2010 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | <<Snip>> Quoting: Magnus GrievousI watched that video and I thought it was one of the most compelling things I've ever seen- especially knowing the background of the journalist and his driver who were murdered in it... Every single person I know who saw it feels the same. <<Snip>> Sir, I watched the video and DO NOT feel the same way. I agree any footage of war is hard on the eyes and the soul, however the journalist who was killed was consorting with insurgents on that video who were clearly armed. In my opinion this Wikileaks guy is a prostitute for the ant-war / anti-US trolls. Give him some more money and he will keep pimping away. I like your posts as they are generally thought provoking and well written, however I will disagree with you on this subject. Insurgents against what? The USA occupation? Wouldn't you do the same thing if you were occupied by the ay-rabs? This war is NONSENSE killing. It's complete bullshit to make war contractors rich while young soldiers die for that wealth. WAKE UP PEOPLE. George Washington was against foreign entanglements for a good reason. It's none of our business what other countries do. Let's get back to facing our own problems before we go policing the streets of foreign nations. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 973186 United States 05/17/2010 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | : : ) 959639] Quoting: ( : : The Australian founder of the whistleblower website Wikileaks had his passport confiscated by police when he arrived in Melbourne last week. Julian Assange, who does not have an official home base and travels every six weeks, told the Australian current affairs program Dateline that immigration officials had said his passport was going to be canceled because it was looking worn. However he then received a letter from the Australian Communication Minister Steven Conroy’s office stating that the recent disclosure on Wikileaks of a blacklist of websites the Australian government is preparing to ban had been referred to the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Last year Wikileaks published a confidential list of websites that the Australian government is preparing to ban under a proposed internet filter – which in turn caused the whistleblower site to be placed on that list. Mr Assange, 37, told The Age newspaper that half an hour after his passport was returned to him an AFP officer searched one of his bags and questioned him about a previous criminal record for computer hacking offences when he was a teenager. He was then told his passport status was classified as “normal” on the immigration database In 1991 Mr Assange, described by Wikileaks as “Australia’s most famous ethical computer hacker”, was charged with 30 offenses over the alleged hacking of police, Telco’s and US military computers. He admitted to 24 charges and was fined and placed on a good behavior bond. Mr Assange told the Dateline program that Australia is one of a few countries he is wary of traveling in as a result of documents published on the Wikileaks website. “There are places … Dubai, who is trying to have us arrested, Switzerland under the bank secrecy laws, Cayman Islands,” he said. “Australia had the federal police in relation to its censorship list so there are some jurisdictions that from time to time it wouldn’t be sensible to go there.” Wikileaks, which publishes anonymously sourced confidential documents from governments and corporations, was launched in January 2007. The site has since exposed secrets about corruption in Kenya, Nato’s plans for the war in Afghanistan and the operations manual for the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay. Last month Wikileaks created international headlines when it published classified US military footage of an American attack helicopter gunning down Iraqi civilians and a Reuters photographer in 2007. Until recently Mr Assange has kept a very low profile, rarely granting interviews or making public appearances. He is believed to have boltholes in Iceland, Sweden and Kenya, but does not have an official home base. He says he travels every six weeks, running his Wikileaks empire from a laptop and a backpack while on the road. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 938245 United States 05/17/2010 10:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Another proof that wikileaks is controlled opposition runned by TPTB. They pick them up, make some headlines in the press, and then release them. It happened to the "Democracy Now" crew in 2008, you can find more examples of this method. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 687593So because someone is picked up and then released, they are controlled by TPTB? How about anti-war or enviro watchlist, then taken off? Is that the same? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 814465 United States 05/17/2010 10:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you think the US is fucked up be glad you arent an Australian. You can go to prison in Australia for publicly disclosing what the fuckers did to you in the disposition of your divorce. Yup - exposing those sexist pigs masquerading as dispensers of justice will get you in prison. So be grateful for the US constitution and bill of rights. Think English law and nobility and understand Australians are still their serfs |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 814465 United States 05/17/2010 10:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I only read the first few paragraphs of this thread and I've never heard of this guy... but it reminded me of something. Quoting: Melodye 972097Australia is a test market. For example... When eBay considered offering only Paypal as a payment option, they tested it on the Aussie website. We cracked the shits so they kept other payment options open but paypal is now a compulsory payment method. Could it be possible that the censorship of Australian internet is a test for western world? See how we react before they do it to YOU too? I'm probably talking out of my arse... I'm just saying. fair dinkum mate ;-) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79810 United States 05/17/2010 10:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The US is the friggin NWO retard ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 918488WRONG! The NWO is not a country or even people, it's an idea and a fucking stupid, psychotic one at that... I believe all of this reaches into the nether-realms, far beyond the limits of Mans cognitive abilities... think of it like a Scientist examining life in a petri dish... who are we really? The scientist? or the petri dish? I say both... They crossed the ATLANIC to FOUND the NEW WORLD. AMERICA created a NEW WORLD. |
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fyrenza User ID: 969131 United States 05/17/2010 11:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They found ARMED peeps, which they were looking for, determined that the armed peeps had an RPG, and awaited permission from their command central before firing. I'm not sure WHAT folks think war is all about, but ^THAT^ is pretty much the epitome of it. I'm truly sorry that ANYONE had to die like that, but if these reporters and journalists INSIST on mingling with the enemy, GUESS WHAT??? Chances are, they're going to be MISTAKEN for the enemy! War is HORRIBLE, folks. LOTS of innocent folks die. That's why we don't WANT to BE AT WAR! Cripes. This place kind-of-ly SUX. |
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ShadowDancer User ID: 287857 United States 05/17/2010 12:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | regardless of whether he is being used or handled or not-he has revealed some interesting 'connections'... he is being reigned in from my POV ************************************ fortitudo et spes ************************************ When Japan happened I responded: "The Excrement Has Impacted the Rotary Oscillator." and clearly it has. Thread: The Excrement Is Striking the Rotary Oscillator +++++++++++++++ "Ego et Dominus sumus amici" +++++++++++++++ Ego et mea umbra +++++++++++++++ 'Man does not have the right to develop his own mind. This kind of liberal orientation has great appeal. We must electrically control the brain. Some day armies and generals will be controlled by electric stimulation of the brain.’ - U.S. government mind manipulator, Dr. Jose Delgado, Congressional Record, No. 262E, Vol. 118, 1974 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Realeyesrealizereallies. C. Thread: GIRD uP as GRID Collapses Thread: Eugenics 101 (Page 27) Thread: Frankenfoods for YOU (Page 2) Thread: I Do Not Consent Thread: FOOD Thread: Cern Power___Colder than Space Thread: Hempilation Compilation Contemplation Thread: Harmonics and Healing (Page 35) Thread: Sarah's Nightmare (Page 10) Thread: Destination Maccabees Thread: Let's Play a GAME Thread: Throat Singing |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 957303 United States 05/17/2010 01:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I watched the video and it looked to me like everything was copasetic ~ for war, that is. Quoting: fyrenzaThey found ARMED peeps, which they were looking for, determined that the armed peeps had an RPG, and awaited permission from their command central before firing. I'm not sure WHAT folks think war is all about, but ^THAT^ is pretty much the epitome of it. I'm truly sorry that ANYONE had to die like that, but if these reporters and journalists INSIST on mingling with the enemy, GUESS WHAT??? Chances are, they're going to be MISTAKEN for the enemy! War is HORRIBLE, folks. LOTS of innocent folks die. That's why we don't WANT to BE AT WAR! Cripes. YOU are the enemy and it's because you don't understand that which makes you one... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 957303 United States 05/17/2010 02:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | <<Snip>> Quoting: Anonymous Coward 928211I watched that video and I thought it was one of the most compelling things I've ever seen- especially knowing the background of the journalist and his driver who were murdered in it... Every single person I know who saw it feels the same. <<Snip>> Sir, I watched the video and DO NOT feel the same way. I agree any footage of war is hard on the eyes and the soul, however the journalist who was killed was consorting with insurgents on that video who were clearly armed. In my opinion this Wikileaks guy is a prostitute for the ant-war / anti-US trolls. Give him some more money and he will keep pimping away. I like your posts as they are generally thought provoking and well written, however I will disagree with you on this subject. Insurgents against what? The USA occupation? Wouldn't you do the same thing if you were occupied by the ay-rabs? This war is NONSENSE killing. It's complete bullshit to make war contractors rich while young soldiers die for that wealth. WAKE UP PEOPLE. George Washington was against foreign entanglements for a good reason. It's none of our business what other countries do. Let's get back to facing our own problems before we go policing the streets of foreign nations. Yes, MG, you need to reexamine your beliefs and quit swallowing the mainstream propaganda, my friend... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 906635 United States 05/17/2010 05:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Looky here people - Wikileaks indicated in a twitter alert that BIG things were bubbling. Bigger than the video. With the amount of harassment Wiki has experienced and the DoD's statement that Wiki and sites like it are a national security issue, it's so on... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 560401 United States 05/17/2010 05:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Anonymous Coward 972982 A real humanitarian. Hitler was a nice guy too. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 970830 Canada 05/17/2010 06:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | when it published classified US military footage Quoting: AySee_959446It wasn't classified if it was he would disappear. ya they made it public so why would he disappear.. the posted on there website that if anything happens to them, we would know whos responsible.. And if it had have been classified, you wouldn't have even read that on the website, because he would no longer be able to type anything on it. LOL, first time on your computer, or just another one trying to scare everyone, oh yea, if yea do anything to the states you disapear, whatever, there about as worry some as fly on a pile of shit on the internet. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 906635 United States 05/17/2010 06:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Anonymous Coward 560401 They tried to takeout cryptome recently too. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 287857 United States 05/17/2010 07:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | wikileaks sucks anyway ... check out cryptome.org Quoting: Anonymous Coward 906635[link to cryptome.org] They tried to takeout cryptome recently too. Confirmed...more than once and also a few others who are trying to spill the TRUTH this is NOT a test-they play rough and seek to silence many by destruction |
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