HEADS-UP !!! - From March 16th... 'US Army Considered Attack On Wikileaks' !!!

[WillyT]

US Army considered attack on Wikileaks
By Chris Williams
Posted in Government, 16th March 2010 12:08 GMT

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It is claimed that leaked documents show the US Army felt sufficiently threatened by security breaches on Wikileaks that it considered ways it might wreck the site.

A 2008 report by the Army Counterintelligence Center, classified Secret, calls for a mole hunt and prosecutions to undermine potential sources' trust in Wikileaks.

"Wikileaks.org uses trust as a center of gravity by assuring insiders, leakers, and whistleblowers who pass information to Wikileaks.org personnel or who post information to the Web site that they will remain anonymous," the report said.

"The identification, exposure, or termination of employment of or legal actions against current or former insiders, leakers, or whistleblowers could damage or destroy this center of gravity and deter others from using Wikileaks.org to make such information public."

None of the site's sources have yet been publicly exposed, however. The site aims to guarantee their anonymity, and the counterintelligence assessment notes a "high level of sophistication in efforts to provide a secure operating environment for whistleblowers".

The report is available in full, here: http://file.wikileaks.org/file/us-intel-wikileaks.pdf

The investigation appears to have been prompted by US Army leaks in 2007. Documents posted to Wikileaks included embarrassing internal reports on operations in Iraq, and equipment lists for Afganistan and Iraq. One report obtained by Wikileaks, on the 2004 US offensive on Fallujah, received particular attention from counterintelligence analysts.

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Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/16/army_wikileaks/

Don't know much about The Register, but found it through here: http://news.google.com/news/more?hl=en&q=wikileaks&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dwQ_HUwjRB-YJaMHwANGhFUeAV7SM&ei=cUi6S_6KDY269QSN2szqAw&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&cd=1&resnum=3&ved=0CEYQqgIoADAC

And that through here: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=wikileaks&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&sa=N&tab=wn&fp=caec63d5ff72707a

:wow:

:shrug:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. k&r

[mike_c]

truth is always the first casualty...

...and sunshine the best disinfectant.

[howard112211]

2. Fascists. So much for defending the constitution.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

24. defending the constitution? defending the MILITARY/INDUSTRIAL/COMPLEX

BIG BIG BUSINESS

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Enthusiast]

27. They have no concern

for the constitution. The MIC is now exclusively engaged in protecting corporate interests.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. The Pentagon is heroically defending the American people from...the truth. K&R

[WillyT]

4. From The .pdf... 'Key Judgements:'

Key Judgments

(S//NF) Wikileaks.org represents a potential force protection, counterintelligence,
OPSEC, and INFOSEC threat to the US Army.

(S//NF) Recent unauthorized release of DoD sensitive and classified documents provide
FISS, foreign terrorist groups, insurgents, and other foreign adversaries with potentially
actionable information for targeting US forces.

(S//NF) The possibility that current employees or moles within DoD or elsewhere in the
US government are providing sensitive or classified information to Wikileaks.org cannot be ruled out.
The claim made by Wikileaks.org that former US government employees
leaked sensitive and classified information is highly suspect, however, since
Wikileaks.org states that the anonymity of the whistleblowers or leakers is one of its
primary goals.

(U//FOUO) The Wikileaks.org Web site could be used to post fabricated information,
misinformation, disinformation, or propaganda and could be used in perception
management and influence operations to convey a positive or negative message to
specific target audiences that view or retrieve information from the Web site.

(U//FOUO) Several countries have blocked access to the Wikileaks.org Web site and
claim the right to investigate and prosecute Wikileaks.org members and whistleblowers
or to block access to or remove false, sensitive, or classified government information,
propaganda, or other malicious content from the Internet.

(U//FOUO) Wikileaks.org most likely has other DoD sensitive and classified information
in its possession and will continue to post the information to the Wikileaks.org Web site.

(U//FOUO) Web sites such as Wikileaks.org use trust as a center of gravity by protecting
the anonymity and identity of the insiders, leakers, or whistleblowers. The identification,
exposure, termination of employment, criminal prosecution, legal action against current
or former insiders, leakers, or whistleblowers could potentially damage or destroy this
center of gravity and deter others considering similar actions from using the
Wikileaks.org Web site.

Link: Above in OP

[JDPriestly]

28. Are they really talking about Fox News on this one?

(U//FOUO) The Wikileaks.org Web site could be used to post fabricated information,
misinformation, disinformation, or propaganda and could be used in perception
management and influence operations to convey a positive or negative message to
specific target audiences that view or retrieve information from the Web site.

[WillyT]

29. LOL... I Do Believe You Are Correct, Sir !!!

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[gratuitous]

5. There is nothing secret that can't be exposed

And covering it up until it's finally aired can increase the backlash exponentially.

[WillyT]

6. Yep... The New World Just Got Braver, Eh ???

They STILL don't know what to do about the Intertubes, LOL!!!

:shrug:

:hi:

[lxlxlxl]

7. they have more videos.

according to what im hearing on msnbc/dylan ratigan

[AuntPatsy]

8. A time for real action instead of echoes of outraged citizens...

[Echo In Light]

9. .

[Quantess]

17. The man in the poster looks like a young Ronald Reagan.

:kick:

[WillyT]

10. Kick !!!

:kick:

[Swamp Rat]

11. k&r

[midnight]

23. Thanks for asking to bring them home-alive. These stupid wars need to end.

[amborin]

12. K&R

[chill_wind]

13. I fear for those whistleblowers ongoing.

Really I do.

[leftstreet]

14. K&R

[Rex]

15. Of course they did! The military knew the jig was up!

That the cover up could not stay that way and to stop it they were going to attack the site to stop the truth from coming out.

[TexasObserver]

16. recommend

[WillyT]

18. Morning Kick...

:kick:

[padruig]

19. theRegister

theRegister is one of England's most prominent web sites for technology and technology specific issues

their masthead includes a vulture and their byline is "biting the hand that feeds IT" (information technology)

they pull no punches and love to puncture sacred cows

when anyone in industry, government or research does anything of note - it will likely find its way into the web pages of theRegister

they have always been a proponent of transparency and given the circumstances of what WikiLeaks was intent of releasing, their report is quite timely

[WillyT]

20. Thank You For That Info, padruig... And Welcome To DU !!!

:toast::bounce::toast:

Glad ta have ya aboard!!!

:hi:

[EFerrari]

21. The Pentagram working true to form.

If Wikileaks were in country, they'd already be bombed to kingdom come.

:grr:

[paparush]

22. This case will be a turning point in FederalCorporate efforts to regulate (choke) the internet.

[rosesaylavee]

25. This is a report about what was going on in 2008 and prior, correct? n/t

[Ignis]

26. K&R

:kick: