Blast from Past: WikiLeaks chief said in 2009 group had BofA data
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[release]CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - WikiLeaks has several gigabytes of data from a Bank of America Corp executive's hard drive, the organization's founder Julian Assange said in a published interview in 2009.
Assange's whistle-blower organization, which released 250,000 U.S. government diplomatic and military documents on November 28, plans to release tens of thousands of internal documents from a major U.S. bank early next year, according to an interview posted online on Monday by Forbes Magazine.
Assange declined to identify to Forbes which bank would be the subject of the release, but expected the leak to spawn investigations.
Mark Stephens, a London lawyer who represents Assange, said that Assange could not be immediately reached for comment on whether the bank documents he told Forbes about were the same Bank of America documents he talked to Computerworld about just over a year ago.
In an October 9, 2009 interview, Assange told Computerworld that WikiLeaks had obtained five gigabytes of data from a Bank of America executive's hard drive.
"Now how do we present that? It's a difficult problem. We could just dump it all into one giant Zip file, but we know for a fact that has limited impact. To have impact, it needs to be easy for people to dive in and search it and get something out of it," Assange told Computerworld.
(A link to the Computerworld story may be found here: bit.ly/hJnRMe)
A Bank of America spokeswoman said the bank is aware of WikiLeaks' claims that it has company data, but said it has not been contacted by the group or seen proof it possesses any of the bank's information.
U.S. authorities are conducting an intensive criminal investigation into the release of government documents.
WikiLeaks says it is a nonprofit organization funded by human rights campaigners, journalists and the general public. Launched in 2006, it promotes the leaking of information to fight government and corporate corruption.
The U.S. government said on Monday it deeply regretted the release of any classified information and would tighten security to prevent leaks such as WikiLeaks' disclosure of a trove of State Department cables.
Previously WikiLeaks had made public nearly 500,000 classified U.S. files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.[/release]
Can I have TL;DR. I don't even know what the fuck boa is.
Its not the snake, i assume
First fucking line.
Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States.
[QUOTE=LiquiD;26411408]Can I have TL;DR. I don't even know what the fuck boa is.
Its not the snake, i assume[/QUOTE]
Why do you need a TL;DR for what amounts to about a paragraph?
Julian Assange can go fuck himself, seriously. I was behind him when he was actually doing something positive, by drawing attention to human rights violations and war crimes. But now? It's like he just wants to destroy the US government.
[QUOTE=leadpumper;26412257]Julian Assange can go fuck himself, seriously. I was behind him when he was actually doing something positive, by drawing attention to human rights violations and war crimes. But now? It's like he just wants to destroy the US government.[/QUOTE]
How is releasing Bank of America documents doing that?
I would love to see these documents more than the war shit. Corporate corruption is the seed that turned into a tree.. and caused a bunch of fucking problems erry day.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;26412156]Why do you need a TL;DR for what amounts to about a paragraph?[/QUOTE]
Lazy
[QUOTE=leadpumper;26412257]Julian Assange can go fuck himself, seriously. I was behind him when he was actually doing something positive, by drawing attention to human rights violations and war crimes. But now? It's like he just wants to destroy the US government.[/QUOTE]
They're impartial with what they leak
They don't just say "oh I don't wanna leak such and such but this other such and such, YEAH LET'S LEAK THAT"
they leak whatever they get.
[QUOTE=leadpumper;26412257]Julian Assange can go fuck himself, seriously. I was behind him when he was actually doing something positive, by drawing attention to human rights violations and war crimes. But now? It's like he just wants to destroy the US government.[/QUOTE]
Maybe. But hes fighting for transparency, in an order to wake all of us up and see whos doing what. After all, the government is employed by us.
[QUOTE=leadpumper;26412257]Julian Assange can go fuck himself, seriously. I was behind him when he was actually doing something positive, by drawing attention to human rights violations and war crimes. But now? It's like he just wants to destroy the US government.[/QUOTE]
He's not leaking "for the lulz", hes leaking this because there is corruption in the big banks and people should know that.
Secrets never stay secrets.
Instead they find an archive of scans from BigTitDickChix volumes #1 - #79
My brother works for bank of america, hope this doesn't fuck shit up too bad.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;26412509]They're impartial with what they leak
They don't just say "oh I don't wanna leak such and such but this other such and such, YEAH LET'S LEAK THAT"
they leak whatever they get.[/QUOTE]
They leak what they believe will have an impact and is confirmed. :eng101:
[QUOTE=leadpumper;26412257]Julian Assange can go fuck himself, seriously. I was behind him when he was actually doing something positive, by drawing attention to human rights violations and war crimes. But now? It's like he just wants to destroy the US government.[/QUOTE]
You do realize that Bank of America is a private non-government company right? :downs:
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;26413880]You do realize that Bank of America is a private non-government company right? :downs:[/QUOTE]
That's not the point I'm trying to make. Releasing the Iraq/Afghanistan War Logs was one thing, because war crimes are, regrettably, committed very often by the US armed forces and they need to be brought to light.
On the other hand, leaking these private, top-secret diplomatic messages is going to be legitimately harmful to the US and its allies. Please tell me, what is the 'Greater Good' behind leaking that Saudi Arabia wants Iran out of the picture, and that the US & South Korea are making plans for a reunified Korea? That's only going to further destabilize the regions.
[QUOTE=leadpumper;26415074]That's not the point I'm trying to make. Releasing the Iraq/Afghanistan War Logs was one thing, because war crimes are, regrettably, committed very often by the US armed forces and they need to be brought to light.
On the other hand, leaking these private, top-secret diplomatic messages is going to be legitimately harmful to the US and its allies. Please tell me, what is the 'Greater Good' behind leaking that Saudi Arabia wants Iran out of the picture, and that the US & South Korea are making plans for a reunified Korea? That's only going to further destabilize the regions.[/QUOTE]
Because apparently some people think that every single action of the government should be brought to light instantly.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;26412156]Why do you need a TL;DR for what amounts to about a paragraph?[/QUOTE]
He doesn't know what love is; he does as he is told.
Wikileak's mission seems to be clear: Play nice, everyone! OR ELSE!
[QUOTE=leadpumper;26415074]On the other hand, leaking these private, top-secret diplomatic messages is going to be legitimately harmful to the US and its allies. Please tell me, what is the 'Greater Good' behind leaking that Saudi Arabia wants Iran out of the picture, and that the US & South Korea are making plans for a reunified Korea? That's only going to further destabilize the regions.[/QUOTE]
The greater good will be on the long term. The information age is going to change how people think and what people know, and governments will have to accept the fact that their citizens will want to know everything for how it is.
The only reason people have for saying that 'some government information should stay secret' is because it can be abused by other powers that still either oppress their people or censor the flow of information. Now who's ever going to take the first step?
[QUOTE=Zeke129;26412509]They're impartial with what they leak
They don't just say "oh I don't wanna leak such and such but this other such and such, YEAH LET'S LEAK THAT"
they leak whatever they get.[/QUOTE]
And you find no problem with that? It's like being the kid who says whatever he wants about the other kids and tells everyone eachother's secrets
Gossip girl xox
I don't mind that they're leaking this, anything that exposes corporate greed and the lengths that such entities will go to in order to preserve their power and the extravagant lifestyles of the people on top is only doing the world a service.
I bet Julian Assagne uses song lyrics from Linkin Park in his Facebook statuses and has a caption on every profile picture that starts with "Because..."
In short, he's a whiny attention whore.
[QUOTE=GoldenGnome;26417170]I bet Julian Assagne uses song lyrics from Linkin Park in his Facebook statuses and has a caption on every profile picture that starts with "Because..."
In short, he's a whiny attention whore.[/QUOTE]
"Because I loved you"
lmao
[QUOTE=GoldenGnome;26417170]I bet Julian Assagne uses song lyrics from Linkin Park in his Facebook statuses and has a caption on every profile picture that starts with "Because..."
In short, he's a whiny attention whore.[/QUOTE]
dude stop looking at my facebook
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