Question by oohhbother: How much damage do you think this Wikileak will do to our national security?
“No matter which political party forms the Canadian government during your Administration, Canada will remain one of our staunchest and most like-minded of allies, our largest trading and energy partner, and our most reliable neighbor and friend.”
The document could not be made public until 2019, for national security reasons.
Best answer:
Answer by Beaver.Tail
Zero, everyone knows governments lie, bend the truth, hide information. Now we just get to see it.
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
Gandhi
February 23, 2011 at 11:29 am
Absolutely zero.
Another question might be “who benefits” from WikiLeaks?
I think Israel benefits the most.
Peace.
Peter Purcell
February 23, 2011 at 11:57 am
Minimal.
However if they some how got their hands on the Nuclear Football that the President currently has, then they could do damage to America and the world.
We should continue our policy of not negotiating with Terrorist, and not give in to any of their demands.
Here's your change
February 23, 2011 at 12:31 pm
WASHINGTON – December 6, 2010 — In a disclosure of some of the most sensitive information revealed yet by WikiLeaks, the website has released a secret cable listing sites worldwide that the U.S. considers critical to its national security.
The locations cited in the diplomatic cable from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton range from undersea communications lines to suppliers of food, medicine and manufacturing materials.
The Pentagon declined to comment Monday on the details of what it called “stolen” documents containing classified information. But a spokesman, Col. David Lapan, called the disclosure “damaging” and said it gives valuable information to the country’s adversaries.
“This is one of many reasons why we believe Wikileaks’ actions are irresponsible and dangerous,” Lapan said.
WikiLeaks released the 2009 Clinton cable on Sunday.
In the message, marked “secret,” Clinton asked U.S. diplomatic posts to help update a list of sites around the world “which, if destroyed, disrupted or exploited, would likely have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States.”
The list was considered so confidential, the posts were advised to come up with it on their own: “Posts are not/not being asked to consult with host governments in respect to this request,” Clinton wrote.
Attached to Clinton’s message was a rundown of sites included in the 2008 “Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative” list. Some of the sites, such as border crossings, hydroelectric dams and shipping lanes, could hardly be considered secret.
But other locations, such as mines, manufacturers of components used in weapons systems, and vaccine and antivenom factories, likely were not widely known. The Associated Press has decided against publishing their names due to the sensitive nature of the information.