WikiLeaks State Department Leak: Reactions On Twitter

WikiLeaks released 250,000 secret State Department documents on Sunday, involving cables related to Iran and its nuclear program.

HuffPost's Sam Stein reports that the Obama administration is not ruling out taking legal action against WikiLeaks after the online site's latest leak. In July, WikiLeaks released more than 90,000 Afghan war logs. Iraq war logs were released last month.

Reactions are streaming in on Twitter. Let us know which ones you agree with and which ones you don't, as well as any other interesting tweets.

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[castleb]

04:34 PM on 12/25/2010

While the conscience-driven whistleblower should be heeded with respect, WikiLeaks IMO is an irresponsible mischief maker and opportunist. This indiscriminate leaking of classified material will do more harm than good. In fact, despite Assange's self-justification, no wrongs will be righted; lives may be lost; hostilities among nations exacerbated. Cui bono?

[Marcia75]

10:06 AM on 11/30/2010

Unfortunate though it may be to the government, it's high time Americans know what's REALLY going on through documentation. I mean, we all know what's been going on, which is a total bulldozing of the American Dream and desecration of our country through job loss, Wall Street corruption, foreclosures, and the neverending wars.

Please release more WikiLeaks. Maybe then, and only then will these jokers/criminals in our government will be forced to do right by us.

[cadriscoll]

07:54 AM on 11/30/2010

So far, the Obama regime is winning the spin war against Wikileaks with the complicity of the national and international media. They are casting the heroes, the good volunteers at Wikileaks, as terrorists who putting American lives in jeopardy. Unfortunately, most Americans are still not subjecting the criminal Obama regime to the scrutiny these Wikileaks revelations prove is needed. And remember, these leaked documents are all relatively low-security-level. They reveal only the stuff that the State Department thought too innocuous to cover up with a higher security rating. The real crimes were revealed by John Perkins in his book, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman."

[marissastar]

11:59 PM on 11/29/2010

"So #wikileaks is kinda like the Gov't going through an airport security body scan, eh?"

*****
My feelings exactly. What's good for the goose ....

[rosychick]

06:48 PM on 11/29/2010

If Obama thinks that he is honest, fair and just President, who wants to establish peace and prosperity in the Globe, he should allow his diplomats to keep open their laptop for all. If we are right and just, why to HIDE ANYTHING? OR OTHERWISE IS CORRECT?

[rosychick]

06:44 PM on 11/29/2010

Why Hillary Clinton blamed the messenger, who has opened the dirty dump rather than the messages, which are nothing more than the black side of America. Shamelessly our diplomats are doing dirty intelligent gatherings and crisscrossing dirty war gimmicks and dividing each other only to establish our hegemony.

[eric14]

06:11 PM on 11/29/2010

This seems deserving of follow-up:

''Few Wikileaks details on Arab mass media, but all over Arabic blogs, Fb, forums, news sites -- big test of impact of Arabic social media.''

[john 7]

05:26 PM on 11/29/2010

Wow, I love everything about this

[eric14]

06:11 PM on 11/29/2010

And why not.

[Doc P]

02:29 PM on 12/19/2010

Excellently phrased!

[axt113]

04:56 PM on 11/29/2010

So wikileaks touched the govt's junk?

[polishlogician]

06:27 PM on 11/29/2010

...and they may be arrested....

[Odeemgawa]

04:37 PM on 11/29/2010

So, I'm listening to NPR suck up to the government line. Money and war go hand in hand.

[Josh NC]

04:25 PM on 11/29/2010

Here's my reaction to Wikileaks:

LOVE IT!!!! MORE!!! EXPOSE THESE WAR PROFITEER GOONS!!!

[rebel9999]

04:22 PM on 11/29/2010

Good thing Obie ordered them to review how we handle classified information. Way to go Obie! You show 'em how not pleased you are.

[Doc P]

02:29 PM on 12/19/2010

Had to laugh!

[Kia Bright]

04:08 PM on 11/29/2010

http://twitter.com/#!/AhmNoHere/status/9002391504424961

@AhmNoHere Some of the leaks are just plan weird. Dagastani wedding! http://bit.ly/h1Gjwf #cablegate

[Jim Frego]

04:03 PM on 11/29/2010

Wikileaks is not the enemy. The State Department is run by IDIOTS. Encryption has been around for over 50 years. Encryption of Email messages and Documents can by done seamlessly today and should be used for all State Department communications.

[smp501]

04:12 PM on 11/29/2010

Doesn't matter if the leaker has the key and is authorized to view the content.

[cdthe1nonly1]

04:35 PM on 11/29/2010

This is Treason and is costing the United States lives and ability to protect it's intrests. I think that leaking information to a group like wikileaks should be punnishable by death. Wikileaks is systematically doing more damage than any Russian spy ring has ever done.

[BrianBrawdy]

03:55 PM on 11/29/2010

What is the litmus test for being labeled a terrorist by your government ?

[smp501]

04:12 PM on 11/29/2010

Are you an active supporter of every policy? If not, you're a terrorist.

[feliznavidad]

04:26 PM on 11/29/2010

Actually, since the republicraps claim to be the rulers of Amerikka, with Obama being a pretender and his supporters being socialists, you are a terrorist if you support the government. You are a patriot if you want to destroy the president, and are happy if the country suffers, because that proves your point.

[Josh NC]

04:26 PM on 11/29/2010

Pretty much! Fanned!

[Walter H]

04:13 PM on 11/29/2010

There are some legitimate ways, but can pis$ing them off or making them look stupid also works.