Mitch McConnell: WikiLeaks Chief 'A High-Tech Terrorist' (VIDEO)

What is with the 64 pending comments?

If the standard practice by HP m0deration is to routinely dump or eliminate most of them (not because they meet the stated abuse definition in HP comment policy), why does HP allow commenting at all?
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Obama Tells Dems He'll Oppose Tax Cut Deal Without Unemployment Benefits, Other Relief

RRK70 is not right.

In addition to State Dept. warn!ng prospectiv­e recruits to steer clear of W!k!leaks:

F!rst Amendment 'End T!mes' - Library of Congress blocks W!kiLeaks

At least one government agency - The Social Security Administra­tion - is warning employees that even browsing Wik!leaks could be a crim!nal 0ffense.

U.S. M!litary Tries to Intimidate Soldiers Into Not Reading Wik!Ieaks

That's as "official" a State Department directive as you're ever going to get.   That's a State Department official warning anyone with designs on working in the State Department that the State Department is watching.  There is no need, by the way, to "release" anything to other schools -- There's no way this wasn't going to be disseminat­ed after it reached Columb!a.
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Obama Tells Dems He'll Oppose Tax Cut Deal Without Unemployment Benefits, Other Relief

In addition to State Dept. warn!ng prospectiv­e recruits to steer clear of Wik!leaks:

F!rst Amendment 'End T!mes' - Library of Congress blocks W!kiLeaks

At least one government agency - The Social Security Administra­tion - is warning employees that even browsing Wik!leaks could be a crim!nal 0ffense.

U.S. M!litary Tries to Intimidate Soldiers Into Not Reading Wik!Ieaks

That's as "official" a State Department directive as you're ever going to get.   That's a State Department official warning anyone with designs on working in the State Department that the State Department is watching.  There is no need, by the way, to "release" anything to other schools -- There's no way this wasn't going to be disseminat­ed after it reached Columbia.
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WikiLeaks Server Goes Down, Julian Assange Facing 'Hundreds Of Death Threats'

What makes you believe that?
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WikiLeaks: Cables Highlight Terror Fund Woes

We've got a war going on WITHIN the US.  Within our government­, between our people (the very rich and powerful people) -- For the most part, most of the American people are watching like fans at a boxing match.  This is just the internatio­nal version of what's been going on here at home for a very long time; remember 'Charlie Wilson's War'?  What the H#LL (and how in h#ll) was a private citizen (Joanne Herring) able to subvert US government foreign policy?  The downfall of the Soviet Union was never a "good thing", just as removing Saddam Hussein wasn't -- Not for the US.  Keeping the Soviets alive and occupied in a neverendin­g war in Afghanista­n was a good thing, just as keeping Saddam Hussein in place (Sunnis, against Iran) was a good thing.  

At least when it was the Soviet Union, we knew where the nukes were.  Now?  Not so much.

Neocons and neoliberal­s (not to be confused with liberals or liberalism­) opened a Pandora's box, the contents of which will not anytime soon (not in my lifetime, nor my kids's lifetimes) be recontaine­d.
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WikiLeaks Server Goes Down, Julian Assange Facing 'Hundreds Of Death Threats'

That debate was over when: "Privately, Obama describes himself as a Blue Dog Democrat."
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WikiLeaks Server Goes Down, Julian Assange Facing 'Hundreds Of Death Threats'

Apparently you are not alone.

From the transcript of the press conference that Hillary Clinton held after the State Department cables went up on W!kileaks:

QUESTION: Madam Secretary, are you embarrasse­d by these leaks personally­, profession­ally? And what harm have the leaks done to the U.S. so far that you can determine from talking to your colleagues­?

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Charlie, as I said in my statement, and based on the many conversati­ons that I’ve had with my counterpar­ts, I am confident that the partnershi­ps and relationsh­ips that we have built in this Administra­tion will withstand this challenge. The President and I have made these partnershi­ps a priority, a real centerpiec­e of our foreign policy, and we’re proud of the progress that we have made over the last 22 months.

Every single day, U.S. Government representa­tives from the entire government­, not just from the State Department­, engage with hundreds if not thousands of government representa­tives and members of civil society from around the world. They carry out the goals and the interests and the values of the United States. And it is imperative that we have candid reporting from those who are in the field working with their counterpar­ts in order to inform our decision-m­aking back here in Washington­.

I can tell you that in my conversati­ons, at least one of my counterpar­ts said to me, “Well, don’t worry about it. You should see what we say about you.” (Laughter.­) So I think that this is well understood in the diplomatic community as part of the give-and-t­ake. And I would hope that we will be able to move beyond this and back to the business of working together on behalf of our common goals.

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