The myriad of issues surroundings Wikileaks continues. I was interviewed in late December by Dr Helen Caldicott on her globally syndicated radio program If You Love This Planet to discuss the long-term ramifications of this new form of journalism. My previous appearance on the program from 2009 is here.
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A Wikileaks Christmas
Anything to keep the case in the public eye? Thank you, Newsweek, for this delightful photo gallery: The holidays are a time of rest and relaxation for everyone, even enigmatic, internationally wanted former fugitives under house arrest. In an exclusive photo gallery, NEWSWEEK peeks into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange‘s Christmas revelry as he awaits a…
One hour of Assange in long interview with Pilger on freedom and Wikileaks
Here’s an extended interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the John Pilger film The War You Don’t See: John Pilger in conversation with Julian Assange from John Pilger on Vimeo.
Yet more Wikileaks cables to devour
When the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten recently announced it had received the entire collection of the Wikileaks cable dump, the world was strangely silent. But there is a treasure trove in there and should be examined. Heaps on Sri Lanka from the last years, including Colombo allegedly purchasing weapons from North Korea and Iran. Norway as…
History repeats itself over Wikileaks
A fine historical reminder in the UK Guardian: There is a precedent for Julian Assange’s predicament. Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett in the late 60s was banned from Australia for reporting the Vietnam war from the North, and for allegedly asking prisoners taken during the Korean conflict to confess to Chinese interrogators. Authorities attempted to turn…
CNN hearts Bush admin peeps over Wikileaks
This is a debate on CNN over Wikileaks that is deeply revealing. Note the strong sense that journalists should really not uncover information that could upset governments:
Wikileaks resonates in Mugabe’s gulag
The almost impossible role of an opposition leader in a brutal dictatorship: Zimbabwe is to investigate bringing treason charges against the prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, and other individuals over confidential talks with US diplomats revealed by WikiLeaks. Johannes Tomana, the attorney general, said he would appoint a commission of five lawyers to examine whether recent…
Wikileaks Swedish problem
Julian Assange: Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism. I fell into a hornets’ nest of revolutionary feminism.
Australia knows Afghanistan is a mess, Wikileaks shows
No wonder so many in positions of power fear Wikileaks. What we are seeing is diplomacy and statecraft laid bare. And the results are devastating. We are lied to on a daily basis. And what of the countless corporate journalists taken on embedded trips to Afghanistan, simply “reporting” futile battles and tiny details that ignore…