Marcie at emptywheel.firedoglake.com addressed this earlier today - somehow no cable trunks ending in the Middle East on this list, nor in Africa (despite the new big cable going around the continent? Or the 4 cables going into Egypt that were accidentally cut to major outages last year?)
All of this information should still be viewed cautiously - I still wonder if the government wants this info out - the last dump bolstered support for an attack on Iran without giving up too much in embarrassment. ----- PŮVODNÍ ZPRÁVA ----- Od: "Scholand, Andrew J" <ajsc...@sandia.gov> Komu: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <friam@redfish.com> Předmět: Re: [FRIAM] WikiLeaks, US Gov't prohibition, Corporate Datum: 6.12.2010 - 18:54:30 > Well, before you mirror Wikifreaks, you may want > to read this from BBC News: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11923766: > > 'A long list of key facilities around the world > that the US describes as vital to its national > security has been released by Wikileaks. > > In February 2009 the State Department asked all US > missions abroad to list all installations whose > loss could critically affect US national security. > > The list includes pipelines, communication and > transport hubs. > > ... > > It inevitably prompts the question as to exactly > what positive benefit Wikileaks was intending in > releasing this document, he adds. > > Former UK Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind > condemned the move. > > "This is further evidence that they have been > generally irresponsible, bordering on criminal," > Sir Malcolm said. "This is the kind of information > terrorists are interested in knowing."' > > Cheers, > Andy > ________________________________________ > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com > [friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Douglas > Roberts [d...@parrot-farm.net] > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:32 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee > Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] WikiLeaks, US Gov't > prohibition, Corporate Boycotts, etc. > > If you want to add your site to the (currently) > 507 sites mirroring WikiLeaks, just follow the > instructions here: > > http://www.wikileaks.ch/mass-mirror.html > > --Doug > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Owen Densmore > <o...@backspaces.net<mailto:o...@backspaces.net>> > wrote: > On Dec 6, 2010, at 1:15 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > > ... > > As usual, nicely thought out and articulated. > > For me its simple. I like WikiLeaks and the > counter pressure they bring to bear. Not all > corporations, politicians, militaries, labs, and > so on are evil, but lately they've been throwing > their power around way too much. And WL helps > create a balance of power. > > It is absurd to argue that WL is putting solders > and others "at risk". They have been put there by > their govt. > > But I doubt Amazon and other ISPs feel they can > afford the mess they'd get into by offering WL an > account. > > So what to do? My first approach would be Peer to > Peer. That removes the debate from the large and > powerful to the citizenry. Our first question > then would be "would I give 1% of my computer?". > For me the answer is "yes". > > OK then, how? Well, the easiest would be > Torrents. I'd simply subscribe to a set of > Torrents that were encrypted archives that the EFF > (Electronic Frontier Foundation) or WL would > sponsor (RSS, name convention, etc). This would > massively replicate the archives, making it pretty > difficult to crush, yet not "publish" the content > in the clear until judged appropriate by WL. We'd > then need to create a P2P web tech of some sort, > possibly built on top of torrents, to publish the > material WL deems ready for the public. > > I'd also ask EFF to vet WL. Why? I have several > friends associated with them, and although a bit > on the fringe, I think they'd do a good job of > calibrating WL, and possibly keeping them within > bounds of sanity. If not EFF, then Lawrence > Lessig. > > Let the people decide! > > -- Owen > > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's > College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at > http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
