Sen Kerry: "(h)owever illegally these documents came to light, they raise serious questions"

kpete

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Mon Jul-26-10 10:21 AM
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Sen Kerry: "(h)owever illegally these documents came to light, they raise serious questions"

Will it raise skepticism in Congress? Absolutely. The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, said in a statement that"(h)owever illegally these documents came to light, they raise serious questions about the reality of America's policy toward Pakistan and Afghanistan. Those policies are at a critical stage and these documents may very well underscore the stakes and make the calibrations needed to get the policy right more urgent."

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/07/assessing-wikileakss-raw-data/60376/

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xchrom

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Mon Jul-26-10 10:36 AM
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1. Recommend

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Forkboy

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Mon Jul-26-10 10:43 AM
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2. K&R

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bemildred

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Mon Jul-26-10 10:49 AM
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3. Secrecy and democracy are incompatible.

People have a right to privacy, the government does not. That's why we passed the FOIA.

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Soylent Brice

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Mon Jul-26-10 10:53 AM
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4. K&R

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CJCRANE

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Mon Jul-26-10 11:09 AM
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5. I wonder if the leaks were politically motivated...

Edited on Mon Jul-26-10 11:16 AM by CJCRANE

in the same way that some Republicans suddenly turned against the war in Afghanistan recently.

On edit: what I mean by that is - were they released by a RWer in order to gain political capital for the right? (And not from an anti-war motive).

It'll be interesting to see how it plays out and what the new talking points are.

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Mon Jul-26-10 10:26 PM
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6. K&R nt

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