Glenn Greenwald signals the fight: …It is impossible to invent theories to indict them without simultaneously criminalizing much of investigative journalism. … Bob… Woodward’s whole purpose in life at this point is to cajole, pressure and even manipulate government officials to disclose classified information to him for him to publish in his books, which he routinely…
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Don’t blame Wikileaks for our incompetance
Christian Ahrendt, legal policy spokesman for Germany’s liberal Free Democratic Party’s parliamentary group: If government agencies don’t keep a close eye on their data, they can’t hold the press responsible after the event.
Australia; no laws broken by Wikileaks
Oops Australia. Now how are you going to please your American masters? How about fully defending the rights of our citizen Julian Assange? The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say they have not found any breaches of Australian law by Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks organisation. Attorney-General Robert McClelland says that based on the information to date, the…
American figure defends Wikileaks
A major US politician not calling for a drone strike against Julian Assange? How very quaint (and welcome): The chairman of the House judiciary committee defended Wikileaks on Thursday, arguing that the controversial actions of the anti-secrecy outlet are protected under free speech. Speaking at a hearing to explore whether Wikileaks violated the Espionage Act…
So that’s why many resent Wikileaks
Glorious understatement by David Rieff: …The back-story of Wikileaks is not that American diplomacy is threatened or that Al Qaeda has been strengthened but that American diplomats have lost face, and American policy intellectuals have been confronted by an existential threat to their priestly monopoly on inside information. Oh, the pity of it!
The evolving Wikileaks website (and its attackers)
Watch Washington try and find something, anything, to get Julian Assange and how many Western states are keen to help them. We must resist: Federal prosecutors, seeking to build a case against the WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange for his role in a huge dissemination of classified government documents, are looking for evidence of any collusion…
Sydney police see their job as stopping pro-Wikileaks rally
This report from ZDNet today is an accurate representation of last night’s Wikileaks protest in Sydney. Thuggish police interrupting a legitimate and democratic rally to defend Julian Assange: Four men were arrested last night at a Sydney rally in aid of Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange. The NSW Police yesterday issued a letter (PDF)…
Michael Moore on Wikileaks and real patriotism
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Don’t let the show trial distract us from real Wikileaks juice
Good point. Let’s not madly focus on Julian Assange’s absurd legal battles and remember to appreciate the vast treasure trove of information Wikileaks has released:
The dirty footprints of Chalabi via Wikileaks
The role of Iraqi exile Ahmed Chalabi has fascinated me for years. The corporate press used him as a key source over Iraq’s alleged WMDs. Oops. Wikileaks delivers a little more: For Iraq-watchers, a tiny but enticing tidbit surfaced in a WikiLeaks cable from February 2004, 11 months after the U.S.-led invasion. It involved Ahmad…