Warning from CNN: Its illegal to read Wikileaks

[Wells]

Who decides what is and is not the "Press"?

Courts are generally held responsible for interpretation of the Constitution in the United States.

[Slant]

Who decides what is and is not the "Press"?

Press credentials are a good first place to look. So a NYT Reporter with a press ID is probably in all likelihood "press" while a random bullshit blogger on the internet usually is not.

[Blur4stuff]

You know who is feeding Wikileaks and it's not like it's impossible to make changes to the information.

How the fuck are you suppose to trust them?

[LilSaihah]

well you could read it on someone elses computer, then they are the ones in possession, not you. right? :P or is that not a loophole that works?

I believe this would work, but you may be liable if you don't report them to the police.

[Venant]

Hardly. Some had a strong notion of who he'd nominate. Those nominees still went through the same normal process everyone else does. Again, none of this is surprising because these people do in fact talk to each other.

Quote from this article:
https://newrepublic.com/article/1377...illary-clinton

Michael Froman, who is now U.S. trade representative but at the time was an executive at Citigroup, wrote an email to Podesta on October 6, 2008, with the subject “Lists.” Froman used a Citigroup email address. He attached three documents: a list of women for top administration jobs, a list of non-white candidates, and a sample outline of 31 cabinet-level positions and who would fill them. “The lists will continue to grow,” Froman wrote to Podesta, “but these are the names to date that seem to be coming up as recommended by various sources for senior level jobs.”

The cabinet list ended up being almost entirely on the money. It correctly identified Eric Holder for the Justice Department, Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security, Robert Gates for Defense, Rahm Emanuel for chief of staff, Peter Orszag for the Office of Management and Budget, Arne Duncan for Education, Eric Shinseki for Veterans Affairs, Kathleen Sebelius for Health and Human Services, Melody Barnes for the Domestic Policy Council, and more. For the Treasury, three possibilities were on the list: Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, and Timothy Geithner.

Yeah this guy was essentially in charge of setting up much of Obama's administration, and the media never reported on him.

[Slant]

You know who is feeding Wikileaks and it's not like it's impossible to make changes to the information.

How the fuck are you suppose to trust them?

You're not. Just like you're not supposed to trust the media. These days, you gotta read and watch more than one source to verify them against each other. Only chance you got at not dying a stupid man.

(Not saying you're stupid, but you may become stupid by indoctrination if you only rely on one source.)

[Wells]

Quote from this article:
https://newrepublic.com/article/1377...illary-clinton

What in there is supposed to trouble me? He's not deciding who fills the roles. The worst you can say about the email is that a politically connected man on Wall Street had a good handle on who the Administration intended to nominate.

[nextormento]

That's Kremlin-tier misdirection. The video, and OP.

[Deleted]

Filling roles is what it looks like.

[Alydael]

So un-American of you.

What's un american about that? people are fined for fraud and lies all the time...

[Wells]

What's un american about that? people are fined for fraud and lies all the time...

What fraud? And lying isn't a crime or civil infraction in the US in general. You'd have to show slander or something.

[Edge-]

That's Kremlin-tier misdirection. The video, and OP.

Hey, if the Kremlin can get Trump to read Russian propaganda to his cheering supporters, surely the Kremlin can have success swaying the opinion of people on the internet!

[Alydael]

Who are they defaming? Slandering?

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Illegally obtained materials and information tends to be illegal to possess, unless you're the press. The DNC has a legal privacy right.

They are disseminating false information. Oh wait, sounds like what your average politician does each and everyday. They should be fined too. In fact, fine 'em all and send the checks to me, I will sort this all out in a truthful and honest manner.

[schwarzkopf]

I wasn't aware that "possess" and "read" were the same word. You learn something new every day.

Technically when you read something online, you possess it - as it is stored on your computer in your browser cache folder.

[KevyB]

Someone carry out that clintard by the nape before things get violent in here, it's difficult to tolerate that subliminal fangirlism.

Infracted

Yep, whistle and the dogs will holler. You're pathetic

[Wells]

They are disseminating false information. Oh wait, sounds like what your average politician does each and everyday. They should be fined too. In fact, fine 'em all and send the checks to me, I will sort this all out in a truthful and honest manner.

Again, lying is a constitutionally protected right outside of very specific circumstances.

[TheRabidDeer]

The thing that makes it seem like he does mean to say that it is illegal to read the documents is that he says "it is different for the media"

[Typhoria]

well he says its illegal to possess, not to read, which is a bit different i suppose. though im not sure how acurate he is with the "only the media has the right to read these" bit

Solution! Go to a public library, it technically won't be your possession, it would be the government's!

[Alydael]

Again, lying is a constitutionally protected right outside of very specific circumstances.

I know, I just think it is pretty disgusting that they tried to deceive their viewership in such a low ball fashion. I'm not sure they had any dignity before this (probably not) but there goes the last shred of it, but I guess they will do anything for their "goddess."

[Kujako]

I know, I just think it is pretty disgusting that they tried to deceive their viewership in such a low ball fashion. I'm not sure they had any dignity before this (probably not) but there goes the last shred of it, but I guess they will do anything for their "goddess."

Strangely enough, the only people who seem fooled are the same ones that say they never view the "Clinton News Network" due to its bias.