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Re:Why I will not analyze the new WikiLeaks data by lotharbot on Monday November 29, 2010 @12:15AM (#1949462)
> "The only way to prevent bad secrets is to disallow all secrets."

There is no way to prevent bad secrets. Bad secrets will remain secret as long as everyone who knows about them is dedicated to keeping them secret, regardless of what's legal or required, or what sort of repercussions you threaten.

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Re:Why I will not analyze the new WikiLeaks data by SoftwareMaven on Monday November 29, 2010 @12:50AM (#1949524)
I wish I could up-vote this more than once. Making everything officially open in no way will make everything actually open.
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