December 2010
5 posts
Dec 30th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 22nd
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“We are an organisation that does not promote leaking. We’re an organisation that...”
– Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, after a BBC interviewer noted the irony of Assange’s complaints about Swedish prosecutors “deliberately and illegally” leaking to the press selected information about rape accusations against him. Last month, the organization WikiLeaks leaked a cache of a...
Dec 21st
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Wikileaks + Chatroulette = Cablegateroulette →
theatlantic: Alexis Madrigal: We recognize that there are serious geopolitical issues swirling around and through these cables. We address those elswewhere on the site. Here, we look at short stories that provide a unique and fascinating view into the lives, concerns, and tribulations of American diplomats and the people they monitor. They work like literature, drawing us into the world they...
Dec 3rd
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