Claimed US Military Wikileaks Source Arrested

svelemor writes "A 22-year-old Army intelligence analyst was ratted out by a fellow hacker, accused of providing the Collateral Murder video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to Wikileaks. He is currently imprisoned in Kuwait."

YOU COMMIE SPY!

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk, ice cream? Ice cream, Mandrake? Children's ice cream!...You know when fluoridation began?...1946. 1946, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual, and certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works. I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love...Yes, a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence. I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women...women sense my power, and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake...but I do deny them my essence.

Re:YOU COMMIE SPY!

[Pojut]

Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones. You sure you got today's codes?

Re:Feh

[moonbender]

I'm sure the military will start releasing unedited footage so that everybody can get a fair and balanced picture.

There's a couple of scandals here

[jollyreaper]

The first scandal is the usual shit the government does, make a mistake and then cover it up. We've seen a lot of those in this war. We know this stuff happens all the time but the proof of it always hits me in the gut.

The second scandal is that the government is so poor at covering this stuff up that a junior guy like this is able to find the info and disseminate it without any difficulty. Absolutely piss-poor security. Perversely, I expect and demand a modicum of competence to go along with the amoral and evil. I feel insulted when I find out I'm getting screwed over by Mayberry Machiavellis.

Re:Feh

[vlm]

In the missing footage, we know that the helicopter pilots DID NOT fire TWICE when there were civilians/children in harms way.

Not exactly Matlock's moment of glory here. You honestly think OJ's best defense strategy would have been to find two women to testify that he had not (yet) chopped them up? Seriously, dude?

Re:Feh

[Rogerborg]

Well, 30mm rounds are pretty expensive. You want to be sure to get them in a good cluster, and preferably lying down already, before you open up on them.

Re:Feh

[Myopic]

You did an excellent job of perfectly paralleling the situation in your hypothetical. No person could ever find any fault in your comparison. It is unassailable.