Wikileaks' facilities list 'will not endanger lives' - Polidicks

[B]The DA Notice committee has told Channel 4 News that Wikileaks' publication of a list of foreign infrastructures "critical" to US national security is not as damaging as it may have first seemed.[/B] [QUOTE] In what has been seen by many as the most compromising disclosure of the latest batch of leaks, the whistleblower website published a list of installations worldwide including more than a dozen sites in the UK such as BAE Systems sites, satellites and cable locations. The cable catalogues cobalt mines in Congo, arms and chemical manufacturers in Germany, a smallpox vaccine plant in Denmark, Hitachi large electric power transformers in Korea, hydroelectric production in Quebec, and dozens of undersea cable landings around the world. ... [b]But the details within the list are not as damaging as initially thought, according to the DA-Notice committee, which provides guidance about defence and counter-terrorist information the publication of which would be damaging to national security.[/b] Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Vallance told Channel 4 News: [b]"The publication has not transgressed our guidelines because the list has only identified the infrastructures, not their exact locations, and they were facilities deemed critical to US and not British interests.[/b] "However, such a disclosure is undoubtedly unhelpful and could attract elements of terrorism." Among the UK sites listed are a transatlantic undersea cable landing in Cornwall; naval and motoring engineering firm MacTaggart Scott, based in the small Scottish town of Loanhead; and BAE Systems sites in Preston and Chorley, and one in Plymouth. However, a BAE Systems spokeswoman told Channel 4 News that the sites in Chorley and Plymouth are no longer in operation and had been relocated. She said: "The information in the list was incorrect." ... Outside the UK, the list also includes strategically vital sea lanes such as Singapore's Straits of Malacca and Spain's Strait of Gibraltar; and key energy facilities, such as Russia's Nadym Gas Pipeline Junction ("the most critical gas facility in the world") and Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial Center. The cable was sent in February 2009 to US embassies around the world by the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), which operates under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security. [/QUOTE] [url=http://www.channel4.com/news/wikileaks-slammed-for-revelaing-potential-terror-targets]Channel 4 News[/url]

Oh wow, no kidding!

Seems like he's speaking for the UK, not the US.

[quote]"However, such a disclosure is undoubtedly unhelpful and could attract elements of terrorism."[/quote] Still a possibility.

Aren't all the leaks not as serious as people think they are?

[QUOTE=redBadger;26535072]Aren't all the leaks not as serious as people think they are?[/QUOTE] As far as people are concerned, you're right. But they're a diplomatic nightmare, and that's the biggest problem here. As I said in the other thread, they've served merely to paint a target on the United States' back and increase tensions between nations the world over (towards us, and towards each other). This bodes nothing well. Nothing well at all.

[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;26535133]As far as people are concerned, you're right. But they're a diplomatic nightmare, and that's the biggest problem here. As I said in the other thread, they've served merely to paint a target on the United States' back and increase tensions between nations the world over (towards us, and towards each other). This bodes nothing well. Nothing well at all.[/QUOTE] Nothing will happen.

[QUOTE=redBadger;26535072]Aren't all the leaks not as serious as people think they are?[/QUOTE] By the looks of it with every cable there's an initial "OH MY GOD ITS PUTTING EVERYONE AT RISK" statement by the various involved government's of the cable, then people who do not know any better either way believe the government(s) putting out the message. Then someone with some sort of understanding of what it's about publishes an article about how its not that much of a risk.

[QUOTE=Coffee;26535150]Nothing will happen.[/QUOTE] It must be such an incredible gift. Being able to see into the future, I mean.

[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;26535235]It must be such an incredible gift. Being able to see into the future, I mean.[/QUOTE] It's called analyzing a trend It's safe to predict that nothing will happen because nothing happened the last bajillion times a list of "critical facilities" came out

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26535304]It's called analyzing a trend It's safe to predict that nothing will happen because nothing happened the last bajillion times a list of "critical facilities" came out[/QUOTE] And you can be that precise then with your answer given that nothing like this has ever occurred before... how, exactly? Bear in mind this release from Wikileaks has over 100,000 documents dating back since 1966, including plenty of confidential files. It's a huge release to a sensitive topic.

I feel sorry for the founder of wikileaks. every tard thinks hes trying to destroy America

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26535304]It's called analyzing a trend It's safe to predict that nothing will happen because nothing happened the last bajillion times a list of "critical facilities" came out[/QUOTE] [img]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/extrapolating.png[/img]

there is absolutely no reason to believe this list is going to cause harm

[QUOTE=Lazor;26535506]there is absolutely no reason to believe this list is going to cause harm[/QUOTE] But its secret that means it must cause harm! I sometimes think people actually seriously think this.