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Originally Posted by Platapus
Why do some people insist that unless the information leaked has already harmed someone that the information leak is harmless?
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I don't understand that either. It's like they want what they want, everything else be damned unless smoking gun consequences jump up and smack them across the face like a wet trout.
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We may never know who has been or may, in the future, be harmed by what Manning did.
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Nope, and apparently the metaphor of allowing someone pieces of a puzzle to give a clearer picture of what their dealing with flew over heads as well. Though i didn't use that metaphor exactly, i implied the same in context. Again, it comes back to smoking gun consequences smacking them across the face.
Now, politically i sit on the fence. There are times i sound like a left leaning weenie, and there are times i sound like a hardcore neocon. This is a subject where i'll be wearing my neoconservative cap.....
Contrary to what some hippies around here think, you DO NOT have a right to every bit of information on the planet. Particuarly where the US Department of Defense is concerned.