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25 May 2011

PBS FRONTLINE’s ‘WikiSecrets’ Wants to Be Objective and Fair and That’s Why It’s Weak

Anyone familiar with the stories of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, the organization s founder and Pfc. Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower to WikiLeaks, would be forgiven for wondering whether PBS Frontline s documentary 'WikiSecrets' presents anything new or not. The documentary attempts to make a sensational connection between Manning and Assange and suggest that Assange might know Manning is the source of the information.
Anyone familiar with the stories of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, the organization s founder and Pfc. Bradley Manning, the...
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25 May 2011

Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov: Major Methamphetamines Traffic and Dependency on Lukoil

"We must continue to walk a fine line between being used by Borisov's publicity machine and alienating an exceptionally popular and seemingly pro-American politician who may emerge as Bulgaria's next leader. In other words, we should continue to push him in the right direction, but never forget who we're dealing with."
"We must continue to walk a fine line between being used by Borisov's publicity machine and alienating an exceptionally...
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19 May 2011

Bulgarian Nationalist under US Diplomatic Fire

Diplomatic cables of the US embassy in Sofia have been revealed on WikiLeaks and provided to the project for investigative journalism www.bivol.bg, bringing out new details about the way Bulgaria's far-right, nationalist Ataka party and its leader, Volen Siderov, are viewed by American diplomats.
Diplomatic cables of the US embassy in Sofia have been revealed on WikiLeaks and provided to the project for...
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19 May 2011

Henry Rollins on Wikileaks and government reform

In America's search for transparency, new organizations have been formed, such as Wikileaks. America is torn on that specific issue. Some view it as treason. Others view it as patriotism. What is your take on the subject?
In America's search for transparency, new organizations have been formed, such as Wikileaks. America is torn on that...
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16 May 2011

Former Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumen Petkov Busted for Peeing in a City Fountain

Former Interior Minister of Bulgaria (2005-2008), Rumen Petkov is presented as a "hard working, hard drinking", controversial figure, related to political corruption and russian intelligence in a WikiLeaks diplomatic cable released by the Wikileaks partner Bivol.bg also published on balkanleaks.eu
Former Interior Minister of Bulgaria (2005-2008), Rumen Petkov is presented as a "hard working, hard drinking",...
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16 May 2011

Debating Whether the Organization is Hypocritical or Not

For the past four or five days, a copy of a leaked confidentiality agreement from WikiLeaks has been a hot topic among those who follow news and politics. Those that have regularly scrutinized WikiLeaks, who have typically gone along with any meme in the media that shines a light on the organization s imperfections, took the posting of this agreement as an opportunity to focus on how this showed complete hypocrisy.
For the past four or five days, a copy of a leaked confidentiality agreement from WikiLeaks has been a hot topic among...
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16 May 2011

Behind the Blogger Who Made the WikiLeaks Confidentiality Agreement a Top Story

David Allen Green, legal correspondent for the New Statesman out of the UK, has spent the last few days calling attention to a leaked confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement (NDA), which he revealed in a blog post on May 11.
David Allen Green, legal correspondent for the New Statesman out of the UK, has spent the last few days calling...
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13 May 2011

Leaked WikiLeaks Confidentiality Agreement Neither ‘Draconian’ Nor ‘Extraordinary’

A leaked confidentiality agreement that those doing business with WikiLeaks are expected to sign was obtained and published by the New Statesman. The New Statesman and other news organizations believe they have uncovered another aspect of the WikiLeaks organization that indicates it is unfit to be trusted by whistleblowers. But, for anyone who understands confidentiality agreements there may be nothing extraordinary or even draconian about the agreement
A leaked confidentiality agreement that those doing business with WikiLeaks are expected to sign was obtained and...
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8 May 2011

Gitmo Guards’ Rewards System for Detainees Backfires

The story of Yasser Talal Al Zahrani offers one of the most mysterious, and ultimately tragic, narratives in the Gitmo Files published by WikiLeaks this past week. The son of 'a senior official in the Saudi Interior Ministry, reportedly holding the rank of abid, or brigadier,' the seventeen-year-old al Zahrani reportedly left home, having just completed the eleventh grade, 'after hearing that sheiks from neighboring [sic throughout] towns were saying jihad in Afghanistan (AF) was a religious duty.'
The story of Yasser Talal Al Zahrani offers one of the most mysterious, and ultimately tragic, narratives in the Gitmo...
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6 May 2011

Decision to Not Release bin Laden Death Photos Rests on Same Dubious Logic Used Against WikiLeaks

I view everything surrounding the killing of bin Laden to be necessary to deciding whether to release the photos or not. In that sense, President Obama s good decision to not give a speech at Ground Zero in New York yesterday should help inform the debate. What he did by not giving a speech was what someone like former President George W. Bush would not have had the courage to do: he chose, in that moment, to not exploit 9/11 and use it to further advance the national security agenda of America.
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2 May 2011

IrishLeaks Launches Submission Platform

Today marks the launch of IrishLeaks, an implementation of the Wikileaks model for anonymous leaking platforms in the Republic of Ireland. The platform has received some coverage in domestic Irish news in recent days. IrishLeaks is apparently unaffiliated with Wikileaks in any way. The site now claims to be operational, and open to submissions
Today marks the launch of IrishLeaks, an implementation of the Wikileaks model for anonymous leaking platforms in the...
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29 Apr 2011

White House Punishing Press for Reporting on Bradley Manning

Reports have emerged over efforts by the Obama administration to chastise the San Francisco Chronicle, and in particular its reporter, Carla Marinucci, for reporting on a protest staged during an Obama fundraiser in support of incarcerated whistleblower, Bradley Manning
Reports have emerged over efforts by the Obama administration to chastise the San Francisco Chronicle, and in particular...
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29 Apr 2011

Putin to bulgarian PM: Bulgarians risk being cold this winter if they don’t advance russian energy projects

A set of cables about Bulgarian energy business, published by the Wikileaks media partner Bivol.bg, discloses a realm of "energy mafia", murky intermediaries, connected with organized crime, and Russian financial interests.
A set of cables about Bulgarian energy business, published by the Wikileaks media partner Bivol.bg, discloses a realm of...
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28 Apr 2011

Is there evidence of secret CIA prisons on Polish territory

Polish public broadcaster TVP reports that an investigation into alleged secret CIA prisons on Polish territory may have yielded first results. According to a source, Polish investigators have evidence on the exact date prisoner Abu Zubaida was transferred to and from Szymany airport. He is said to have arrived in December 2002 and departed in September 2003.
Polish public broadcaster TVP reports that an investigation into alleged secret CIA prisons on Polish territory may have...
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27 Apr 2011

The Guantanamo Children: These Aren’t What You’d Call ‘Little League’ Terrorists

Pakistani national Naqib Ullah (also Naqibullah) was 14 years old and out doing an errand for his father when he was kidnapped from his village in Khan, Afghanistan by 11 men that called themselves, "Samoud's people." The men, according to Ullah, "forcibly raped him at gunpoint". He was taken back to the men's village encampment and "forced to do manual work."
Pakistani national Naqib Ullah (also Naqibullah) was 14 years old and out doing an errand for his father when he was...
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25 Apr 2011

New York Times, NPR Collude with US Government on Gitmo Files Coverage

A statement from the Pentagon was published just after 9 pm ET on April 24th, no more than an hour or two after the New York Times had posted their package covering the Gitmo Files they had not obtained from WikiLeaks. The statement was posted on NPR and the Times website. Yet, again, it seems this is an instance of complete collusion between the press and government.
A statement from the Pentagon was published just after 9 pm ET on April 24th, no more than an hour or two after the New...
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25 Apr 2011

Will WikiLeaks vs. NYT, The Guardian and Daniel Domscheit-Berg Drama Overshadow Contents of Gitmo Files

The release of the files should draw attention to the reality that, despite US President Barack Obama's promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, the prison is still open. In fact, El Pais has posted analysis to complement coverage of the Guantanamo Files, which details how "legal and political setbacks" prevented Obama from closing the military prison:
The release of the files should draw attention to the reality that, despite US President Barack Obama's promise to close...
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25 Apr 2011

What Can Be Found in Each File

McClatchy Newspapers writes "the US military set up a human intelligence laboratory at Guantanamo," the Washington Post details new classified military documents obtained by the "anti-secrecy organization" present "new details" of detainees whereabouts on Sept 11, 2001 and afterward and the Daily Telegraph reports that it has exposed "America's own analysis of almost ten years of controversial interrogations on the world's most dangerous terrorists."
McClatchy Newspapers writes "the US military set up a human intelligence laboratory at Guantanamo," the Washington Post...
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24 Apr 2011

Ethan McCord and Kevin Zeese on Bradley Manning and Soldiers in War

McCord suggests the army goes after these 17, 18 or 19 year old kids because they don t have empathy yet and they can easily be molded into killers. They want people who aren t going to think about if what they are doing is wrong. Also, it s very hard for soldiers to 'take off that hero hat.'
McCord suggests the army goes after these 17, 18 or 19 year old kids because they don t have empathy yet and they can...
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23 Apr 2011

Director of New Film on ‘Collateral Murder’: It’s a ‘Perfect Microcosm of Iraq War

A new short documentary called, 'Incident in New Baghdad,' premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on Sunday. The film tells the story of Iraq war veteran Ethan McCord, a soldier who appears in the 'Collateral Murder' video rescuing two wounded children.
A new short documentary called, 'Incident in New Baghdad,' premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on...
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19 Apr 2011

State Dept Spokesman’s Newspeak on Whether the US is Undermining the Syria Government

The Washington Post s coverage of US State Embassy cables that suggest the US has been secretly backing Syrian opposition groups snowballed into a big story today. With the regime gunning down more protesters, senior Obama Administration officials took the opportunity to rehash the talking point that the disclosure of information obtained by WikiLeaks could endanger lives.
The Washington Post s coverage of US State Embassy cables that suggest the US has been secretly backing Syrian...
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19 Apr 2011

Second appeal to the American Medical Association concerning Bradley Manning

President Obama recently stated that Private Manning s conditions comply with the Pentagon s basic standards. Given that those standards apparently permit Private Manning to be subjected to plainly unconstitutional conditions, it is clear that the Department of Defense must adapt its standards to meet the demands of the constitution.
President Obama recently stated that Private Manning s conditions comply with the Pentagon s basic standards. Given that...
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18 Apr 2011

Shadowy figures play with real lives in

We are extremely concerned that lives are endangered as a result of this article based on WikiLeaks," a senior Obama administration official told Fox News Monday morning. "The concern regards what (the) Syrians might do to those that work for (Barada), given that (Assad and his security forces) are prone to crack down and could well use this as an excuse -- blaming it on foreigners."
We are extremely concerned that lives are endangered as a result of this article based on WikiLeaks," a senior Obama...
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18 Apr 2011

Nigerian Elections: Candidates, as Previously Revealed in WikiLeaks Cables, Still Register to Vote Multiple Times

Nigerian elections that had been postponed until Monday, April 4th, have been postponed yet again by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which is headed by Professor Attahiru Jega. From the INEC headquarters, the rescheduling was announced by Jega, who said since announcing the rescheduling several requests made to the Commission have urged it to consult more widely and ensure the two-day postponement addresses all logistical issues.
Nigerian elections that had been postponed until Monday, April 4th, have been postponed yet again by the Independent...
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11 Apr 2011

WikiLeaks Demonstrates Where Citizens Must Apply Pressure to Advance Media Reform and Justice

A National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR) put on by Free Press took place over the weekend. Thousands of attendees gathered to discuss the state of media and democracy in the US and how best to fight for better media.
A National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR) put on by Free Press took place over the weekend. Thousands of attendees...
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9 Apr 2011

Avaaz petition for Bradley Manning

To President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: We call on you to immediately end the torture, isolation and public humiliation of Bradley Manning. This treatment is a violation of his constitutionally guaranteed human rights, and a chilling deterrent to other potential whistleblowers committed to public integrity.
To President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: We call on you to...
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7 Apr 2011

This Week in WikiLeaks Presents Danny Schechter Talking About US Media

At the Left Forum in NYC, I spoke on a panel called "What Has WikiLeaks Revealed." I presented with Danny Schechter, founder of MediaChannel, and someone who is a broadcast/print journalist and an internationally recognized speaker and writer on media issues
At the Left Forum in NYC, I spoke on a panel called "What Has WikiLeaks Revealed." I presented with Danny Schechter,...
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7 Apr 2011

UK Commons debate on Bradley Manning

The opening argument of MP Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley) is notable for emphasizing that Bradley Manning's citizenship is not the sole reason a government of laws should be concerned about his treatment. She had earlier raised the interpretation of the British Nationality Act with the foreign minister in committee and in the Commons, but in this address, she reminds the government of its commitment to speak out against human-rights abuses everywhere, regardless of the victim's nationality.
The opening argument of MP Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley) is notable for emphasizing that Bradley Manning's...
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5 Apr 2011

365 Days of #WikiLeaks (Since the ‘Collateral Murder’ Video Release) #365Leaks

April 5 marks an important anniversary in the history of WikiLeaks. It was the day that WikiLeaks released the "Collateral Murder" video showing a 2007 Apache helicopter attack in New Baghdad. It was when WikiLeaks became a much more prominent organization.
April 5 marks an important anniversary in the history of WikiLeaks. It was the day that WikiLeaks released the...
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5 Apr 2011

Nigerian Elections: Candidates, as Previously Revealed in WikiLeaks Cables, Still Register to Vote Multiple Times

Nigerian elections that had been postponed until Monday, April 4th, have been postponed yet again by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which is headed by Professor Attahiru Jega. From the INEC headquarters, the rescheduling was announced by Jega, who said since announcing the rescheduling several requests made to the Commission have urged it to consult more widely and ensure the two-day postponement addresses all logistical issues
Nigerian elections that had been postponed until Monday, April 4th, have been postponed yet again by the Independent...
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28 Mar 2011

Bulgaria – Mafia Lives Here

Two weeks after the publishing of the full, unedited version of a diplomatic cable exposing the total invasion of Bulgarian economics and politics by the organized crime, the topic seems to be closed for Bulgarian media.
Two weeks after the publishing of the full, unedited version of a diplomatic cable exposing the total invasion of...
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28 Mar 2011

Yemeni Commander That Defected Was Once Targeted by Saleh

Saudi pilots tasked with striking Houthis in northern Yemen aborted the mission after realizing the site they were being asked to hit was the headquarters of General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar, a Yemeni northern area commander and known political opponent of Saleh. That s what a cable released by WikiLeaks sent out from the US Embassy in Riyadh on February 7, 2010 reads.
Saudi pilots tasked with striking Houthis in northern Yemen aborted the mission after realizing the site they were being...
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25 Mar 2011

NYU Law School Panel on the ‘Anxiety’ Caused in the World by WikiLeaks

A major panel discussion was recently put on by New York University Law. The panel featured various law, Internet, journalism and national security experts discussing WikiLeaks' release of State Department cables.
A major panel discussion was recently put on by New York University Law. The panel featured various law, Internet,...
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9 Mar 2011

US-Libya Business Association Leaders on ‘Surviving the WikiLeaks Controversy’ Let’s Just Forget About the Ukrainian Nurse

Wikileaks cables reveal that one of the chief objectives of diplomats in Libya over the past years have been to improve and ensure that the energy sector is able to have maximum commercial opportunities. This led the USLBA, the National Foreign Trade Council, the National Association of Manufacturers and the US Chamber of Commerce to urge Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to "pursue waiver authority for Section 1083 for countries that have been removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism" on February 28, 2008.
Wikileaks cables reveal that one of the chief objectives of diplomats in Libya over the past years have been to improve...
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26 Jan 2011

Bradley Manning placed on suicide watch

In a development which may cast new light on yesterday's incidents at Quantico military prison, NBC reports that "U.S. military officials" indicated that Bradley Manning was placed on suicide watch last week by Brig Commander James Averhart, in a violation of procedure.
In a development which may cast new light on yesterday's incidents at Quantico military prison, NBC reports that "U.S....
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26 Jan 2011

Wikileaks barrister Geoffrey Robertson receives NY Bar Association award, warns US

While accepting an award for distinction in international law and affairs from the NY Bar Association, Geoffrey Robertson, who will defend Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at his extradition hearings in London in February, warned that the United States "risked irrevocable damage to its reputation if it pursued Assange" by "aiming the blunderbuss of its 1917 Espionage Act, death penalty and all, at a publisher who is a citizen of a friendly nation," according to the The Age: US told to drop Assange pursuit.
While accepting an award for distinction in international law and affairs from the NY Bar Association, Geoffrey...
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18 Dec 2010

2010-12-17 Australian Federal Police Assange Has Committed No Crime Under Australian Law

As the Australian Federal Police inquiry announced its finding that neither Julian Assange nor Wikileaks have broken any Australian laws, the Australian Labor Party finds its public support slipping. According to an article in The Age, the opposition has overtaken the government for the first time since the federal election in August. Support for the coalition is up four per cent since the start of December, and support for the government is down four per cent. According to The Age
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15 Dec 2010

Rallies Around the World in Support of Julian Assange

As reported by the BBC, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian rallies in support of Wikileaks and Julian Assange were held world wide. As a snapshot of the magnitude of rallies and Wikileaks' increasingly popular transparency movement the following is a list of "known" rallies held in the past 48 hours.
As reported by the BBC, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian rallies in support of Wikileaks and Julian Assange...
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15 Dec 2010

Noam Chomsky, Julian Assange and Michael Moore Brothers in Arms

Long before WikiLeaks or Julian Assange, Chomsky knew well that merely stating the facts would have you labeled as a 'radical'.Coming from an academic background, Chomsky was not accustomed to being silenced. In the academic setting, many of us fear refutation more than we fear anything else.
Long before WikiLeaks or Julian Assange, Chomsky knew well that merely stating the facts would have you labeled as a...
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23 May 2011

On the issue of the US, Pakistan’s playing with fire.

The Dawn Media Group in partnership with WikiLeaks has been releasing the "Pakistan Papers." Thus far, some of the revelations include the following: Pakistan's military asked for continued drone coverage, the US has had troops deployed on Pakistan soil, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been financing jihadist groups in Pakistan and the US did not provide Benazir Bhutto with proper security.
The Dawn Media Group in partnership with WikiLeaks has been releasing the "Pakistan Papers." Thus far, some of the...
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17 Jan 2011

Press conference at Frontline with Rudolf Elmer and Julian Assange

This morning at the Frontline club, Rudolf Elmer handed over to Julian Assange a set of CDs containing leaked banking materials for 2,000 offshore bank accounts. As we reported on Sunday, "[d]details on the CD's ... include information on business people, approximately 40 politicians, people who have made their living in the arts and multinational conglomerates, from US, Britain, Germany, Austria, Asia" and other currently undisclosed locations.
This morning at the Frontline club, Rudolf Elmer handed over to Julian Assange a set of CDs containing leaked banking...
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15 Dec 2010

Wikileaks Central

This site was started by a group of WikiLeaks supporters who got to know each other in recent months. Our aims are simple: (a) To provide a one-stop resource for WikiLeaks-related information, current and historical. (b) To build a community site for WikiLeaks supporters. (c) To counteract the many rumours and plain false information disseminated about WikiLeaks.
This site was started by a group of WikiLeaks supporters who got to know each other in recent months. Our aims are...
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17 Sep 2011

Abolish capitalism!

So many working people are now excited by WikiLeaks, which let some of the hidden secrets of the ruling circles enter public knowledge. As the call to "Occupy Wall Street" on Sept. 17 went out, some of the forces involved are rallying around the call for "Freedom of Information" as a way to bring down the tyranny of those in power.
So many working people are now excited by WikiLeaks, which let some of the hidden secrets of the ruling circles enter...
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10 Jul 2012

Wikileaks and the Law

With the above statutes in mind, it s clear that the U.S. has a variety of laws in place to prosecute individuals who know- ingly disseminate classified government documents that could threaten American national security. The situation, however, is not so straightforward. Provision 793, which prohibits the communication, transmission, or delivery of secret information, never explicitly bars the publication of such knowledge.
With the above statutes in mind, it s clear that the U.S. has a variety of laws in place to prosecute individuals who...
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6 Jan 2011

Wikileaks in Zimbabwe, and in the Media

The problem here isn t that Albon and Richardson are wrong, though I certainly do disagree with them. The problem is that they don t seem to be anywhere nearly as interested in being right about Zimbabwe as they are in moralizing about Wikileaks
The problem here isn t that Albon and Richardson are wrong, though I certainly do disagree with them. The problem is...
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13 Dec 2010

Julian Assange in Berkeley

Our initial idea which never got implemented our initial idea was that, look at all those people editing Wikipedia. Look at all the junk that they re working on. Surely, if you give them a fresh classified document about the human rights atrocities in Falluja, that the rest of the world has not seen before, that, you know, that s a secret document, surely all those people that are busy working on articles about history and mathematics and so on, and all those bloggers that are busy pontificating about the abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan and other countries and other human rights disasters, who are complaining that they can only respond to the NY Times, because they don t have sources of their own, surely those people will step forward, given fresh source material and do something.
Our initial idea which never got implemented our initial idea was that, look at all those people editing Wikipedia. Look...
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4 Dec 2010

Julian Assange and the Computer Conspiracy; ‘To destroy this invisible government’

To radically shift regime behavior we must think clearly and boldly for if we have learned anything, it is that regimes do not want to be changed. We must think beyond those who have gone before us, and discover technological changes that embolden us with ways to act in which our forebears could not. Firstly we must understand what aspect of government or neocorporatist behavior we wish to change or remove. Secondly we must develop a way of thinking about this behavior that is strong enough carry us through the mire of politically distorted language, and into a position of clarity. Finally must use these insights to inspire within us and others a course of ennobling, and effective action.
To radically shift regime behavior we must think clearly and boldly for if we have learned anything, it is that regimes...
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23 Dec 2010

What the Wikileaks furor shows us is that a dissent tax is emerging on the Internet

The Wikileaks furor shows us that these institutions of power are slowly and surely taking control of the key junctures of the Internet. As a mere quasi-public sphere, the Internet is somewhat akin to shopping malls, which seem like public spaces but in which the rights of citizens are restricted, as they are in fact private. If you think the freedom of the Internet could never be taken back, I implore you to read the history of radio. Technologies that start out as peer-to-peer and citizen-driven can be and have been taken over by corporate and state power
The Wikileaks furor shows us that these institutions of power are slowly and surely taking control of the key junctures...
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7 Dec 2010

‘Two-handed engine’ – Wikileaks, the Defense of Diplomatic Secrecy, and East Timor

The logic behind leaking diplomatic cables seems to be different than the logic behind producing a document like the Collateral Murder video. The latter is a recognizable piece of muck-raking in the classic sense, since the aesthetic and ethical response is it designed to provoke is horror: showing us video of an Apache helicopter killing non-combatants (and letting us hear the disregard for human life in the voices of the pilots as they did so), the point of the video was to take something that repetition has rendered banal collateral damage and re-stage it as unnatural, perverse, horrible, and unacceptable, as collateral murder.
The logic behind leaking diplomatic cables seems to be different than the logic behind producing a document like the...
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