{"id":1206,"date":"2010-12-06T22:52:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T02:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2010-12-06T22:52:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T02:52:36","slug":"p-i-d-radio-12610-smells-like-an-op","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/2010\/12\/06\/p-i-d-radio-12610-smells-like-an-op\/","title":{"rendered":"P.I.D. Radio 12\/6\/10: Smells Like an Op"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE WIKILEAKS story continues to build, even though the more we poke at its roots, the more it looks like something other than a real security breach. Consider: the man who ratted out Pfc. Bradley Manning, Adrian Lamo, is a gray hat hacker who turned Manning in after spending nine involuntary days in California’s mental health system<\/a> for Asperger’s Syndrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, we’re not disparaging anyone who genuinely suffers from the condition, only pointing out that a loose definition of Asperger’s can be applied to almost anyone who was ever described as a geek.\u00a0 (And if that’s grounds for institutionalizing someone, then we’re a phone call away from being locked up.)<\/p>\n

Consider also that WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is accused of a sex crime in Sweden (not rape, as has been reported, but for something called “sex by surprise”<\/a> — i.e., a malfunctioning condom) by a woman who apparently worked with a CIA-linked group in Cuba<\/a>.\u00a0 And note that Lamo admittedly works for a semi-secret government contractor called Project Vigilant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All in all, this looks like a controlled leak or an intelligence turf war.\u00a0 The question, as always: who benefits?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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