Julian Assange: Wikileaks is 'Drowning in Material'

[jeff47]

33. It was the implication of what you wrote. That the government would be pulling the trigger.

Why does the FBI deal with such people?

Because part of their job is to investigate crimes. Especially ones that take place across state lines. The memos appear to reference people doing things in at least New York and Texas. That would bring in FBI jurisdiction.

Who are the FBI talking with?

From the context, it would appear to be informants or other entities reporting a potential crime.

What is in the redacted parts?

From the context, it appears to be the names of the informants and the targets of the investigation.

I think I have that right, seeing how I'm a taxpayer, right?

Well, let's pretend this is actually the FBI investigating a right-wing hate group that was planning to assassinate OWS leaders. What do you think such a group would do to informants that called the FBI on this plan? Is your right to know who those people are greater than what will happen to them, and the effect it would have on other potential informants?

Now, let's pretend this is actually an FBI assassination plot. Why are the redacted boxes so large for groups that would be identified by abbreviations? Why do they use phrases that do not imply certainty? For example, "____ reported...". If you're doing the shooting, it isn't "reported". You wouldn't use that qualifier.

And a SECRET clearance is pretty easy to get, and there are a lot of them. Why would an assassination plot be something accessible by around a hundred thousand people? That's begging for someone to leak it, and the government is not that stupid.