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There's a difference in publishing classified content (which is what journalists do) and actually stealing that content (which is what whistleblowers usually do
by stendinator 7y ago
There's a difference in publishing classified content (which is what journalists do) and actually stealing that content (which is what whistleblowers usually do). AFAIK Assange did not steal anything but only published what he got.
- Veen 7y agoHe supposedly gave Manning technical help to steal data, which is not the same as merely publishing it.
- dillonmckay 7y agoHow to burn a DVD/CD? or, use the Lady Gaga CD case?
- anarazel 7y agoAllegedly how to get access to another user's creds, to avoid having to download further data Uber Manning's account.
- quotz 7y agoManning was one of the best IT people in the whole military sector where he was based at. Wikileaks giving Manning technical help how to steal data is ludicrous... Manning first approached a hacker friend of his regarding the data that he already had, and that hacker friend of his told him to go to Wikileaks. After Wikileaks published the stuff, the hacker friend (diagnosed as Autist with loads of mental health problems) told the police that Manning stole the data
- Fnoord 7y agoAdrian Lamo [1]. Not sure why its relevant to mention that he has an autism diagnosis. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Lamo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Lamo