# Wikileaks is now officially digging its own grave.

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**Created:** [December 7, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-is-now-officially-digging-its-own-grave/563289 "2010-12-07T17:34:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-is-now-officially-digging-its-own-grave/563289/13 "2010-12-08T00:28:24Z")

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> [@dhkendall](#):
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> Ummm, shouldn’t any enemy worth its salt know what the critical list of assets of their target country is? I’m sure that terrorists put some thought into their targets, and I don’t think there’s really any surprises on the list.

Exactly right, IMO. As I said in another thread:

> [@Wikileaks has released the documents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-has-released-the-documents/562198/103):
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> It is folly to assume others are stupid; it is negligent to base security on that assumption…

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