When exposing government is a national service

Wikileaks, a fine website with a history of exposing documents the powerful would rather keep hidden, has released this: This significant, previously unpublished document (classified “RESTRICTED”, 2389 pages), is the UK military protocol for security operations, including counter-intelligence. The document includes instructions on dealing with leaks, investigative journalists, Parliamentarians, foreign agents, terrorists & criminals, sexual…

You can’t stop the real flow of information

The crusading website Wikileaks scores another win: Today Chief Justice Gordon Ward lifted a gag order which had prevented publishers and broadcasters from mentioning ‘corruption report’ and ‘WikiLeaks’ in the same sentence. The order, first issued on Saturday against 11 media companies, and reissued last night, has lead to bizarre press coverage, where WikiLeaks was…

Abuses are not part of the Colombian way of life

If the US is serious about enforcing human rights, it should start with pressuring its client states. Take Colombia: CERAC is a private intelligence “think tank” in Colombia. This previously unreleased CERAC archive contains recent interviews, court transcripts and recordings into recent state-sanctioned killings and murders in Colombia. The material describes the legal instruments crafted…

More information should be accessible

Last week the London Guardian reported on the Murdoch press in the UK delving into the secrets of countless celebrities and public figures. Wikileaks challenges the mainstream response: The News of the World didn’t go far enough. Earlier this year, WikiLeaks released 86 telephone recordings of corrupt Peruvian politicians and businessmen. The revelations became the…

Kiddie porn is only the beginning

Let’s not believe that the Australian government will only block sites that are deemed “illegal”: It has been revealed that ACMA has blacklisted a page on the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.org that contains a leaked copy of the Danish blacklist of banned websites.

How dirty does it need to be?

A real terror threat buried? Wikileaks reports: It has all the makings of a great story. But outside of the US state of Maine and select counter-terrorism circles, you won’t have heard about it. For this is a story with all the right ingredients but one wrong ingredient. On the right side is a leaked…

The failing campaign

Wow: Wikileaks has cracked the encryption to a key document relating to the war in Afghanistan. The document, titled “NATO in Afghanistan: Master Narrative”, details the “story” NATO representatives are to give to, and to avoid giving to, journalists… The encryption password is progress, which perhaps reflects the Pentagon’s desire to stay on-message, even to…

The logic of “liberation”

A confidential NATO report from January reveals that civilian deaths from the war in Afghanistan have increased by 46% over the past year. The 12 page report was authenticated and released today in full by the transparency group Wikileaks.

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