Wikileaks is doing more damage to the government than the government realizes. This latest development will surely spark the ire of a great number of grad students. The funny thing is, all wikileaks did was release those documents. The government is practically ensuring its further embarrassment and disarray towards it, with actions such as these.
Good, every single one of them should read all of the documents. Maybe it'll help balance the deficit.
Pretty much what I was thinking. That, and how the hell are they gonna know who knows who looks at what...? If I look at wikileaks on a public computer, how would they know who I was or what I looked at?
Pretty fucked up... but what do you expect? The government to actually tolerate its workers exercising their right to freedom of information, the government permitting freethinking and critical evaluation of itself as an institution (and employer) from those who are keeping the wheels that it runs on greased and operational? Fat chance
Well the government wouldn't want its employees sharing its secrets, would it. Ie if you're a student seeking a government job, don't post classified government info on the Internet.
I guess I should've bothered reading the whole article too... Muhbad. EDIT: Actually, I take that back A State Dept. Official is a small fraction of gov't, and 'recommending' is pretty synonymous with 'warning'... /shrug
Uh, wrong. Look, this is merely a warning to those who could be seeking future employment with the Government to NOT read what is still considered classified information. You do not have a need to know, and therefore your activity would be deemed illegal by viewing it. If you choose to not take the suggestion and then seek employment with the very agency whom you broke laws with, don't be so damned surprised when you're not hired. Seems "trust" and "confidentiality" is still held high these days by employers. Go figure.
Definitely not directly to average citizens (at least I hope they have the common sense not to waste resources on that anyway, but you never know), but I'm nearly certain that everyone who applies for a government position is searched for on Facebook, Myspace, and/or Twitter at least once. You never know when that off-color remark towards the US Government or, god help you, picture of you holding a bowl will come back to swiftly bite you in the ass. And deleting all of your social networking accounts or comments doesn't necessarily work, either. Once you type something in and hit 'Enter' it's saved somewhere, no matter what you do to it from that point on. I know that much because I've been subpoenaed for certain online records before and the depth at which they find things is just mind-boggling.