Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to Der Spiegel on the motivations of doing what most journalists do not: We are clear about what we will publish and what we will not. We do not have adhoc editorial decisions. We always release the full primary sources to our articles. What other press organization has such exacting standards?…
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Wikileaks releases the new Pentagon Papers?
The Wikileaks story about leaked documents over the Afghan war is racing across the world. Some analysis and further news is here, here, here and here. Releasing sensitive information in the age of the web is a marvel of new technology. Here the New York Times explains its reasoning behind publication. The job of journalists…
Wikileaks blows open the Afghan disaster
The power of the internet to prick the most powerful government in the world, its corrupt war, its shameful allies (including Australia) and blow wide open the nature of the Afghan engagement: A huge cache of secret US military files today provides a devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan, revealing how coalition forces…
More journalists must take risks, says Wikileaks head
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in the Guardian: There has been an unconscionable failure to protect sources. It is those sources who take all the risks. I was at a journalism conference a few months ago, and there were posters up saying a thousand journalists had been killed since 1944. That’s outrageous. How many policemen have…
The battle between Wikileaks and Miley Cyrus
According to this Canadian writer, Wikileaks has been largely ineffective in truly bringing change because of our incredibly short attention spans: The “collateral murder” video has been viewed almost 7m times on YouTube – that’s 128 times fewer than the video for Miley Cyrus’s Party in the USA. That comparison might seem silly, but it…
What is at stake over the Wikileaks marvel
A stunning essay by Salon’s Glenn Greenwald on the mysterious ongoing case of Wikileaks, the supposed military whistle-blower and media coverage of the scandal. It’s no wonder Washington is so keen to silence dissenters within the ranks.
Turning off the web
As we learn that the Australian government is trying to force web companies to store the history of internet users, America is considering going down a path that is almost inevitable. Being able to harness the internet, a medium that loves to give the finger to regulation (hello Wikileaks), frustrates those who want to control…
Wikileaks scores a major win in Iceland
A small but significant step towards protecting information from prying individuals and governments: Iceland has passed a sweeping reform of its media laws that supporters say will make the country an international haven for investigative journalism. The new package of legislation was passed unanimously at 4am yesterday in one of the final sessions of the…
Wikileaks founder in danger
The ongoing saga around Wikileaks and the fearful establishment who now, for the first time, can’t control a medium (the web) that may publish information that upsets those in power: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
How to shame Washington with one easy online dump
The power of Wikileaks has become legendary (this recent New Yorker profile is fascinating). A website unafraid to publish sensitive information and to hell with the consequences. Transparency with few limits: Pentagon investigators are trying to determine the whereabouts of the Australian-born founder of the secretive website Wikileaks for fear that he may be about…