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Terror Threat: WikiLeaks Threatens U.S. With Information Nuke
Pat Dollard ^
| Dec 5, 2010
| Pat Dollard
Posted on 12/05/2010 2:03:37 AM PST by Islander7
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Ben Laurie, a London-based computer security expert who has advised WikiLeaks, said: Julians a smart guy and this is an interesting tactic. He will hope it deters anyone from acting against him.
Nigel Smart, professor of cryptology at Bristol University, said even powerful military computers would be unable to crack the encryption. He said: This isnt something that can be broken with a modern computer. You need the key to open it.
The file is 1.4 gigabytes in size, which would be big enough for a compressed version of all the files released this year and additional data.
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posted on
12/05/2010 2:03:40 AM PST
by
Islander7
To: Islander7
So the theory goes that Assange’s value is only as good as his ability to keep the “key” hidden?
So to what lengths would a rogue nation or group go to get that key out of Assange’s grip?
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posted on
12/05/2010 2:22:53 AM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
To: Gene Eric
Someone else has the key, or the dead man’s trigger can’t be set off. Maybe several people. Therefore, the whole whatchamacallit is only as strong as the weakest key holder.
To: Islander7
While all this has been going on, Obama, Holder and crew have pretty much shrugged their shoulders. I hope the Republican House holds hearings ASAP into this mess very early next year.
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posted on
12/05/2010 2:33:26 AM PST
by
Wolfstar
(Welcome to the theater of the absurd, where every regiistered Republican is a "RINO.")
To: Wolfstar
Just adding that hearings in the Senate are probably a no-go unless enough pressure is brought to bear.
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posted on
12/05/2010 2:34:26 AM PST
by
Wolfstar
(Welcome to the theater of the absurd, where every registered Republican is a "RINO.")
To: Islander7
Sounds like a bluff to me.
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posted on
12/05/2010 2:41:06 AM PST
by
Ronin
("Dismantle the TSA and send the screeners back to Wal-Mart.")
To: Islander7
gawd obozo will just kill and get over with
To: Islander7
"The file is 1.4 gigabytes in size, which would be big enough for a compressed version of all the files released this year and additional data. " Just the Birth Certificate and a few school and college records if you please.
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posted on
12/05/2010 2:53:25 AM PST
by
spokeshave
(Islamics and Democrats unite to cut off Adam Smith's invisible hand)
To: Gene Eric
Why is this guy still alive? Who in their right mind would let him live must have his head up his a**. The blame for this belongs to that jerk in the White House and the news media better wake up because sooner or later the net will pread the word.
We have this and now we have the price of gas that is over 3 dollars a gallon. When will the press start telling us that the first semi black president is a fault for that too!
To: Islander7
Deep fry Julian alive on national TV, and announce the next leaker will be found and suffer a worse fate.
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posted on
12/05/2010 3:00:54 AM PST
by
BigCinBigD
(Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
To: Wolfstar
I think the Alinskites wanted the info out there.
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posted on
12/05/2010 3:09:39 AM PST
by
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
To: Islander7
Nigel Smart, professor of cryptology at Bristol University, said even powerful military computers would be unable to crack the encryption. He said: This isnt something that can be broken with a modern computer. You need the key to open it. What a load of crap. Trust me on this. The NSA has this cracked already. It is a total bluff.
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posted on
12/05/2010 3:14:39 AM PST
by
MrDem
(Founder: Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
To: MrDem
As an ex-crypto guy, I agree with you 100%. This Assange twit is just that and a very useful tool to top it off. What are more useful is those who peddle this crap by doing nothing about it. Zero and Holder rings the biggest bell.
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posted on
12/05/2010 3:22:04 AM PST
by
mazda77
(Mike Hogan - JAX Mayor)
To: Gene Eric
Dana Barrett: Are you the Keymaster?
Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes. Actually I’m a friend of his, he asked me to meet him here.
To: Ronin
maybe, but what I am wondering is how an E-3 had access to all this information that Assange is supposed to be in control of now
How many traitors did we have that fed this crocodile?
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posted on
12/05/2010 3:50:38 AM PST
by
RaceBannon
(RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
To: Plumberman27
I wonder if the DIA/CIA is after him? He needs to be shut up!!! There are just some things I really do not need to know about.
This crap is putting our diplomatic core in danger, not to mention our soldiers.
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posted on
12/05/2010 3:50:52 AM PST
by
waxer1
("The Bible is the rock on which our republic rests." -Andrew Jackson)
To: Gene Eric
So to what lengths would a rogue nation or group go to get that key out of Assanges grip? Really irrelevant.
See, what you can do with the key is really just to release the pill. That doesn't mean neutralizing the data. And as long as the data sits in a thousand locations, you haven't changed anything.
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posted on
12/05/2010 3:58:17 AM PST
by
Hardraade
(I want gigaton warheads now!!)
To: RaceBannon
How many traitors did we have that fed this crocodile? The crocodile is uninteresting. Dig into Manning, and the MIT people who helped him. Manning's MIT people have been carefully kept out of the light, and even made some pretty threatening noises to keep it that way.
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posted on
12/05/2010 4:03:48 AM PST
by
Hardraade
(I want gigaton warheads now!!)
To: Islander7
the NSA - and probably a few others- have acres of cray power that could crack the encryption in little time
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posted on
12/05/2010 4:04:43 AM PST
by
bill1952
(Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: bill1952
the NSA - and probably a few others- have acres of cray power that could crack the encryption in little time Probably not and it's a moot point. The NSA doesn't need to know what's in the file. The goal is to keep everyone else from knowing. If the key is released then it's all over.
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posted on
12/05/2010 4:08:13 AM PST
by
garbanzo
(Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.)
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