I truly feel sorry for what your bother has been through. However I would rather lose 4 hours of my life with checks if it means that they catch someone who would blow up a plane.

Don't you think you are being a little paranoid?

I bet you would be more pissed off if a member of your family got on a plane and and it blew up. Then you found out that the secret service had a tip about the person who committed the act. Bet you would be singing a different tune. Forgive me and no disrespect meant, but you are a hypocrite and you don't even know it.

I guess that means all the age 18+ games are going to be recalled.

The truth is that "the truth" has consequences. In this case posting 1000's of private documentation that contains information that people may use in a decision on whether or not to go to war is wrong . Would it have been right for Wikileaks to publish the fact that Prince Harry was in Afghanistan? No.

If they want people to know the truth I think that is great and I personally believe that people should search out the truth. However sometimes knowing the truth can, will, and has in the past cost lives.

Quick scenario: Wikileaks releases secret information that says that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia wants America to bomb Iran. Iran takes objection to this (quite rightfully) and instead of waiting for America to bomb them, they decide to test their first Atomic weapon on.... You guessed it, Saudi Arabia.

Now tell me; Is it right for Wikileaks to release all this information?

With great power comes great responsibility; Wikileaks are not being responsible. This could cost people their lives. Maybe even the people at Wikileaks. Not all countries will take this lying down.

Flame away.

To ensure we remind people just how retarded she is, and how retarded the American people would be if they voted her in.

My belief is that they ISP's should charge more. £10000 per person. At least then they would be able to sort out the shambles that is "up to 20 MEG DOWNLOAD!!!" and you never get more than 200mbits per sec. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

Did they use solar power to create the helium? Since the helium produces the lift, to be solar-powered it would also need to produce the helium. Running a couple of propellers isn't new. Check out the Helios aircraft from NASA for a true solar-powered aircraft. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/Helios/

Since none of you have actually mentioned this. I don't believe that Mr Smith would be travelling in coach or business class. I am sure that he has enough money to travel first class. Now not being rich myself I can't say for sure that they get a seat that doesn't touch anybody else. Maybe the adverts on TV are lying and that first class is much the same a coach. Somehow I doubt it though. Hell maybe Mr Smith is tight and careful with his money and does travel coach. What do I know.

Maybe they are referring to the lives of the soldiers who are to be using this software. But obviously their lives don't count as they are just soldiers aren't they.

Maybe they are like Gideons?

Do y'all have different books of the Bible than I do? Are y'all Gideons? Who are the ******' Gideons? Ever met one? NO! Ever seen one? NO! But they're all over the ******' world puttin' Bibles in hotel rooms. Every hotel room- "This Bible was placed here by a Gideon" When?! I been here all day. I ain't seen ****! I saw the housekeeper come and go. I saw the minibar guy come and go. I never laid eyes on a ******' Gideon. What are they- ninjas? Where are they? Where're they from? Gidea? What the **** are these people?

I'm gonna capture a Gideon. I'm gonna make that my hobby. I'm gonna call the front desk one day. "Yeah. I don't seem to have a Bible in my room."


God bless you Bill!

Don't be ridiculous. This is slashdot. nobody here has a girlfriend!

Edison's original Light bulb is still working, and that is 100 years old. I guess that they don't make them like they use to...

Depends if she is getting gang raped....

Is it plugged in?

This is common sense. The fact of the matter is that a huge percentage of computer users don't know what they are doing. Having access to P2P networks from government network is ridiculous. The question you have to ask is whether or not you would trust having sensitive material on the same machine as a end user downloading... whatever from P2P networks.

I for one am amazed that this has happened or that the systems administrators were incompetent enough to allow it to happen.