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cloudboy -> RE: Mark Owen (no easy day) (9/11/2012 8:40:23 PM)
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He doesn't have an issue with the subject or even making money from it. Our friends big contention is that he didn't follow chain of command or procedure, which basically violates their code of ethics. He said it lacks honor.
I have recently used confidential cables from the US Embassy (published by wikileaks) in Nepal to help illustrate how pervasive and serious extortion threats from the Nepali Maoists are to business and land owners in Nepal. Leaking classified information is clearly a "break from protocol" and is "treasonous" under US law, but the information is extremely valuable public information. It my case it helped corroborate claims by Nepali asylum applicants that just seem incredible to US asylum officials.
Next, the NYT had an editorial today about how BUSH had read several reports on the Osama Bin Laden threat, none of which caused or stirred the White House to act. Of all the reports, only one was declassified. The real reason for keeping the reports secret -- was to cover up the incompetence of the White House.
I don't know how much honor or patriotism there is in secrets or maintaining classified information. I feel that Americans are really in the dark about what operations our government and military are up to, and I think as tax payers we should have access to more information. The alternative choice is to let the military and government spin the story to us, as it did with the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch stories.
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