I look forward to the coming well-researched books on the corruption and criminality

gristy

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Mon Nov-29-10 12:10 AM
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I look forward to the coming well-researched books on the corruption and criminality

of our government and the people who populate and control it.

And what I really look forward to is the fact that these books will be chock full of factual footnotes!

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Catherina

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Mon Nov-29-10 12:22 AM
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1. This is amazing stuff. Me too! n/t

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ChoppinBroccoli

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Mon Nov-29-10 12:32 AM
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2. Books? Which Ones? I'm Always On The Lookout For Good Books.

Are you talking about actual books that I can go down to the bookstore and buy, or are you talking about the WikiLeaks thing? If there are books coming out, can you hook me up with the titles/authors so I can keep an eye out for them?

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gristy

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Mon Nov-29-10 01:06 AM
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3. I am thinking ahead. I expect that there will be some very smart people

who will take this data dump from Wikileaks and work hard to connect the dots. Combining them with other information sources, they will transform the thousands of cables into a coherent story. It will make for fascinating reading.

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JDPriestly

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Mon Nov-29-10 03:56 AM
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6. No Wikileaks from Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

That seems strange. Don't we have an embassy there?

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bhikkhu

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Mon Nov-29-10 01:21 AM
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4. That was my thought as well

This is the sort of primary material historians dream of, but rarely have access to. It is a nice thought that there will be a few years where we will have a good idea of what really went on, instead of having to rely on the "official narrative".

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TheWraith

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Mon Nov-29-10 03:02 AM
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5. Can you tell me what criminality?

I'm not seeing it.

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jberryhill

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:18 AM
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8. C'mon

Didn't you know it is criminal for our embassy staff to report that folks in the Gulf don't like Iran?

Or something.

If a diplomatic cable reported the weather, it would apparently be a sign of corruption.

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pnwmom

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Mon Nov-29-10 04:12 AM
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7. Seems that it would be simple enough for false emails to be inserted

along with the real ones.

We have no idea who the leaker or leakers are. Why should we trust the veracity of all the millions of documents?

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