Comments on: My 2 Cents on WikiLeaks, the FBI, and Assorted Hokum - Antiwar.com Transcript http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/04/my-2-cents-on-wikileaks-the-fbi-and-assorted-hokum-antiwarcom-transcript/ Author James Bovard Tue, 22 May 2012 21:06:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Wikileaks Bank Of America http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/04/my-2-cents-on-wikileaks-the-fbi-and-assorted-hokum-antiwarcom-transcript/#comment-129955 Wikileaks Bank Of America Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:02:38 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1982#comment-129955 I can't wait til wikileaks drop the BoA Fraud Documents... I can’t wait til wikileaks drop the BoA Fraud Documents…

]]> By: Marc http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/04/my-2-cents-on-wikileaks-the-fbi-and-assorted-hokum-antiwarcom-transcript/#comment-128334 Marc Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:45:24 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1982#comment-128334 On the only positive note that comes to mind, perhaps so much information will be gleaned by government security agencies, legally or illegally, that it will be impossible to interpret. On the other hand, there is always the chilling possibility that some of it could be used to target individuals who pose political rather than legitimate national security threats. Those in high office sometimes fail to make a distinction between national security and the security of their personal positions - their political power and perks. Adam's Alien and Sedition Act is an early textbook example. Lincoln's abuses were legion. If those in high office really wanted to enhance America's overall security they would spend every waking moment reversing the government's meddlesome and counterproductive foreign policies which now blow one trillion dollars a year. The weakened capital starved economy that results from such idiocy is by far the greatest threat to America's future. I doubt if many terrorists have even momentarily considered targeting (neutral "we mind our own business") Swiss assets - and for good reason. On the only positive note that comes to mind, perhaps so much information will be gleaned by government security agencies, legally or illegally, that it will be impossible to interpret. On the other hand, there is always the chilling possibility that some of it could be used to target individuals who pose political rather than legitimate national security threats. Those in high office sometimes fail to make a distinction between national security and the security of their personal positions - their political power and perks. Adam’s Alien and Sedition Act is an early textbook example. Lincoln’s abuses were legion. If those in high office really wanted to enhance America’s overall security they would spend every waking moment reversing the government’s meddlesome and counterproductive foreign policies which now blow one trillion dollars a year. The weakened capital starved economy that results from such idiocy is by far the greatest threat to America’s future. I doubt if many terrorists have even momentarily considered targeting (neutral “we mind our own business”) Swiss assets - and for good reason.

]]> By: Dirk W. Sabin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/08/04/my-2-cents-on-wikileaks-the-fbi-and-assorted-hokum-antiwarcom-transcript/#comment-128327 Dirk W. Sabin Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:11:35 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1982#comment-128327 First we hear that "there's nothing new here to see, move along, nothing here, we already know this" when the Wikileaks come out and now we have the Pentagon demanding that they be returned and expunged from the records of the Wikileaks organization..."or else". The Pentagon asserting that somebody else should "do the right thing" is almost hilarious. But for real hilarity, check in on the election cycle in Connecticut where we have the female head of the World Wrestling Federation going up against a nice array of rich guys attempting to buy themselves a sinecure in elected office. After all, in a volatile economy such as ours, where else can one neter poor and come out rich than they can in politics. Given that, the rich are sure to enter rich and come out richer, despite draining their coffers on remarkably hilarious campaigns. First we hear that “there’s nothing new here to see, move along, nothing here, we already know this” when the Wikileaks come out and now we have the Pentagon demanding that they be returned and expunged from the records of the Wikileaks organization…”or else”.

The Pentagon asserting that somebody else should “do the right thing” is almost hilarious.

But for real hilarity, check in on the election cycle in Connecticut where we have the female head of the World Wrestling Federation going up against a nice array of rich guys attempting to buy themselves a sinecure in elected office. After all, in a volatile economy such as ours, where else can one neter poor and come out rich than they can in politics. Given that, the rich are sure to enter rich and come out richer, despite draining their coffers on remarkably hilarious campaigns.

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