[LINK] Malcolm Turnbull on Julian Assange and wikileaks

[Kim Holburn]

On 2010/Dec/08, at 9:09 AM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> Quite a long discussion:
> ....
>> Julian Assange and wikileaks
>> Published on: December 07, 2010
>> 
>> There are many reactions to the wikileaks disclosures. More than twenty years ago in the Spycatcher litigation I successfully argued for a former MI5 officer’s right to publish his memoirs, and, in part, on the basis that their disclosure showed the British Government had engaged in criminal activities.
> ...
>> So how should we assess the damage done by the wikileaks cables?
>> 
>> Any assessment is preliminary – less than a thousand have been released and there are more than a quarter of a million to go.
>> 
>> The breach of security is almost beyond belief. If news reports are right, it is alleged that a 23 year old Private in US Army Intelligence had access to all this material, copied it and gave it to Mr Assange? If this is so, it beggars belief that American intelligence security is so lax when you consider the trillions of dollars spent on security and counter-terrorism measures.
> <http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/blogs/julian-assange-and-wikileaks/>

As soon as they allowed people to copy secure cables to removable media this was a leak waiting to happen.  As soon as they allowed someone to copy a whole database to removable they have lost control of their security.

You'd have to wonder if this was deliberate.  After all it is only up to "secret" cables.

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