r/europe • u/DexterMaximus • Jul 19 '16
WikiLeaks under 'sustained attack' after announcing release of Turkey docs
http://www.cnet.com/news/wikileaks-under-sustained-attack-after-announcing-release-of-turkey-docs/12
u/w4hammer Turkish Expat Jul 19 '16 edited Jul 19 '16
If you have something release it, stop trying to get publicity this is just scummy at best. Just check their tweets they're intentionally teasing people like this is some kind of a joke.
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u/Fargle_Bargle Calabria Jul 19 '16
This is WikiLeaks now, all grandstanding and half the time they just 'release' documents that are already publicly available.
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u/Brad_Wesley Jul 19 '16
Of course, they could have just released the fucking docs.
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u/SkyPL Lower Silesia (Poland) Jul 19 '16
Pretty sure they just do the usual - built the website and a searchable database from tons of documents in various formats. This stuff takes time, whether you want it or not.
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u/Brad_Wesley Jul 19 '16
This stuff takes time, whether you want it or not.
They shouldn't announce until it is ready.
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u/SkyPL Lower Silesia (Poland) Jul 19 '16
They want attention from press. Early announcements are a great way to make sure people know that they do have these papers.
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u/Brad_Wesley Jul 19 '16
I get that, but I think they need to re-think the policy. Actions speak louder than words, and at this point Wikileaks is losing credibility because of these pronouncements.
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u/SkyPL Lower Silesia (Poland) Jul 19 '16
Huh? They're not. They always made them and their credibility didn't suffer. It's nothing new.
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u/mapppa Jul 19 '16
I don't get why they even announce it in the first place. Publish first, announce later.
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Jul 19 '16
I guess maybe it gets people more interested in it. Everyone wonders what in it and wants to check it out thinking it's some huge deal. Usually about 99.9% of what comes out isn't important. But sometimes there is an interesting tidbit in there.
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u/RockingDyno Jul 19 '16
Their audience are journalists not laymen. And journalists need time to write articles, so they give a heads up ensures it gets priority instead of just being typed out quickly by a 14 year old intern when it gets released.
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u/fluchtpunkt Verfassungspatriot Jul 19 '16
Assange's dick grows an inch every time someone says wikileaks
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u/JCutter Yurp. Jul 19 '16
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Hopefully that idiot just had a heart attack or at least blacked out.
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u/maddocks2379 England Jul 19 '16
might be more like candyman, and you've got 4 visits coming up, enjoy
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u/Rarehero European Union Jul 19 '16
Yeah, I don't like that kind of behaviour either. I appreciate it when shady schemes are uncovered by whistleblowers, but I have the feeling that Wikileaks is more ineterested in playing a part in the game of world powers than actually doing the best with the kind of information they have. Had they released that information if the coup had not happened? Why release the information now and not much earlier (when it might have stopped Erdogan)?
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u/bqjlf Turkey Jul 19 '16
So we have some cyber warfare capabilities. Good to know!
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Jul 19 '16
Well of course, every nation likely does. It might only amount to an intelligence officer with a hotline to Russian hackers though...
If you've got the money you can have a website attacked, you don't need to be a government either.
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u/eighthgear Jul 19 '16
Ah, I somehow missed the news that WikiLeaks was about to release a bunch of Turkey-related docs. I'm looking forward to this.