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I'll combine two of Anthony Hartin's mails. Anthony Hartin wrote: > "Wikileaks choosing to protect "genuine military secrets"..? What a wimp." > > He is being intervied right now... you can access it from The Guardian > live blog. He (Assange) doesnt sound particularly soft. If some of these > reports name civilians by name, dont u think thats worth censoring given > the existence of US murder squads? And > In fact in his interview Assange just mentioned that 15,000 documents > are being reviewed to establish whether they meet a harm minimization > policy. He said, > > "By safe, I dont mean safe for the military, I mean safe for > civillians" I think withholding information to protect civilians etc. is legitimate, but as I understood the Guardian article, withholding "genuine military secrets" was APART FROM that. Maybe it's a case of The Guardian channeling their own interpretation of what withholding harmful information means.. after all, they've said: "[T]he Guardian has taken care not to publish information that could [..] expose unknown intelligence-gathering techniques or place coalition forces in danger." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-explained-video ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
