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> The US government never expressly condoned WCITLeaks’s activities, but it never expressly condemned them, either.

I suspect this will be a common theme by the US government for the next 20 years or so. During the Wikileaks scandals, the US government took an absolutist position in regards to leaks. On other hand, Wikileaks showed how political useful leaks can be, to force peoples hands and to push from a political high-ground. This I think is forcing them to silently support leaks site when its beneficent, but never, ever, publicly announce it or admit any such support.

Thus I believe this wikileaks sounding site, pronounced "wicketleaks" was allowed to join the US delegation, but was not expressly condoned or condemned.



One of the rules of all partisan politics:

if it happens to me, it is an outrage

if it happens to my opponent, it is regrettable, but we should concentrate on how corrupt it shows my opponent to be


aka "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".




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