Best Tweets: WikiLeaks Edition

Erik Hayden Jul 26, 2010

The Wiki leaks data dump (91,000 documents on the war in Afghanistan) inspired a deluge of rapid responses on Twitter. Here's a reading on the pulse:

Sheila Dennis knows where BP's deposed CEO is really headed:

US to hire Hayward to try operation Top Kill on Wiki Leaksless than a minute ago via TweetDeckSheila Dennis
SheilaDennis

Glenn Greenwald has today's zinger:

If Julian Assange won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010, it'd be more deserved than the one awarded last year.less than a minute ago via webGlenn Greenwald
ggreenwald

The enigmatic pourmecoffee certainly speaks for more than one blogger we know:

If WikiLeaks got a hold of my email archive, would be disappointing -- thousands of messages that all say "sounds good."less than a minute ago via TwitterGadgetpourmecoffee
pourmecoffee

Dave Portivo calculates the time it would have taken to get 91k documents through endless FOIA-ing:

Good job Wiki leaks, saved everyone else twenty years of requesting documents we were never going to get.less than a minute ago via TweetDeckdaveportivo
daveportivo

West Wing Report, meanwhile, breaks news on more important matters...

Is the President going to the Clinton wedding? Gibbs, as he was leaving the room: "No."less than a minute ago via webWest Wing Report
WestWingReport

Ezra Klein preps us for some after work happy-hour trivia...

Fun fact: Skynet began as a liberal e-mail list serv.less than a minute ago via webEzra Klein
ezraklein

And, yes, Dave, that's what we're here for:

Anybody got a link to a good summary of whats important about the info that Wiki Leaks got?less than a minute ago via TweetDeckDave
dhicking

Want to add to this story? Let us know in comments or send an email to the author at ehayden at nationaljournal dot com. You can share ideas for stories on the Open Wire.
Erik Hayden

Presented By