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The Spy Cables: A glimpse into the world of espionage (aljazeera.com)
24 points by wsdan 4129 days ago
3 comments

I find it more and more concerning that newspapers who receive these kinds of leaks decide to withhold most of them or only publish them in troves over a long period. The effort required for publishing them is indubitably huge (blacking out names etc.), yet when publication is dependent on the economical impact (i.e. sales numbers of a print magazine, ad impressions, ...), the leak itself is simply being exploited.
Maximizing ad profits under the guise of nobility and transparency. Yay capitalism.
Where are the cables? Just a teaser?
Hehe yeah. "We're going to release some things", as far as I can tell.

I'm not sure the point, lead with something interesting.

* Not to say I don't think it's worthwhile. Just a bit dry atm.

Honestly, I'll all for it. But the article had nothing of substance. After a deluge of NSA/GCHQ/ASD/Canadian/NZ links lately, this is like saying, "They're spying on us". Sure, and I despise that, but what's the point of posting this until there is something of substance posted? Whet our tastes?