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US Govt Gags Us STUDENTS
« on: December 04, 2010, 11:52:07 pm »
(AP)  NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University students considering diplomacy careers are being warned to avoid linking to or posting online comments about secret U.S. documents released by the WikiLeaks website.

A spokesman for the Ivy League school confirmed Saturday that the Office of Career Services sent an e-mail to students at the School of International and Public Affairs.

The Nov. 30 e-mail says an alumnus at the U.S. State Department had contacted the office, saying the diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks were "still considered classified."

The e-mail said online discourse about the documents "would call into question your ability to deal with confidential information."

Most federal government jobs require a background check.

WikiLeaks has been releasing a trove of sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables over the past week.

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Re: US Govt Gags Us STUDENTS
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2011, 10:09:31 am »
This sounds Orwellian.

And the USA is supposed to be the country of freedom and democracy

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Re: US Govt Gags Us STUDENTS
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2011, 02:07:25 pm »
US freedom is a lie.