Former State Dept. official on WikiLeaks

Monday, 24 October 2011 16:26

Former State Dept. official on WikiLeaks

Written by Scott LaMar, Director of Radio Smart Talk

Radio Smart Talk for Tuesday, October 25:

Last March, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, P.J. Crowley resigned after telling an audience that the Pentagon's handling of the Army private accused of leaking sensitive information to WikiLeaks was "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid."

Crowley's remarks came just a few months after WikiLeaks had released some 250,000 confidential U.S. State Department cables. It was latest in a series of bombshell disclosures from WikiLeaks with military and government secret documents that have embarassed officials and resulted in U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder investigating espionage charges against Wikileaks.

Crowley is now the Omar Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Army War College, Dickinson College, and Penn State Law School -- all in Carlisle. He will speak Tuesday at Lewis Katz Hall at the Penn State Law School (6 p.m.) on "Wikileaks: One Year Later."

Crowley will also be on Tuesday's Radio Smart Talk to discuss Wikileaks and national security.

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# Scott Brenner 2011-10-25 09:37

The cry of transparency is heard from both dominant political parties, yet both seem more opaque than transparent in their conduct. National security is the buzzword when truth "leaks" to the public, and has been with every presidential administration for years, suggesting that we, the people, cannot be trusted with guaranteed freedoms in our Bill of Rights, are only fit to determine proper governance when offered superficial information - delivered by large news networks with limited focus and concentration, and civil discourse and public awareness of improprieties(e rroneously based on maintaining political agendas for the good of the nation) will topple the parties' house of cards; when based on untruth, destined to topple from the outset. That the young soldier did violate the UCMJ is a given; his motives and actions, depicted as treasonous, garnered such harsh consequence, bringing to light the question of the significance and scope of the UCMJ in relation to the U.S.Constitution.

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# frank morgan 2011-10-25 09:46

The business of wikileaks is greatly overblown by your guest- I have yet to hear of a single example of vital national interest that has been seriously compromised by wikileaks- just talk of what might be compromised by mr. crowley and the government alike- and not a shred of publically available evidence to back it up which is the whole point of wikileaks

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# sad 2011-10-25 17:07

It was easy to be on the side of the government since they talked of national security but after hearing this gentlemen speak of the "mental health care that was obviously needed" it sobered me up.

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# bullfrogg 2011-10-25 21:07

this is how they treat a service member; call them names in front of the public.

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# James Dillner 2011-10-26 22:20

So the US was considered "a bully" in the world during the Bush administration? Who considered us a bully Scott? 1

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# Scott LaMar 2011-10-27 16:46

James:
Countries that opposed the war in Iraq were the ones who considered the U.S. a bully.

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