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Wikileaks leaves whistle-blowers in the lurch

donal brown July 1, 2010

On June 12, Wikileaks’ submission page stopped working, so those wishing to submit documents are stymied. The outlet has not published a document in four months. -db Wired June 30, 2010 By Ryan Singel Would-be whistle-blowers hoping to leak documents to Wikileaks face a potentially frustrating surprise. Wikileaks’ submission process, which had been degraded for months, completely collapsed more than two weeks ago and remains offline, in a little-noted breakdown at the world’s most prominent

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Secrecy News criticizes WikiLeaks

donal brown June 28, 2010

Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood argues that there is good reason for the Knight Foundation’s refusal to fund WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks, he says, has failed to increase government openness and accountability. -db Secrecy News June 28, 2010 By Steven Aftergood In the past week, both the Washington Post and the New York Times have referred to WikiLeaks.org, the web site that publishes confidential records, as a “whistleblower” site. This conforms to WikiLeaks’ own instructions to journalists that

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Iraq war: Federal transparency lacking without muscle behind Freedom of Information Act

donal brown April 29, 2010

Frank Smyth, the Journalism Security Coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists, argues that Obama’s promises for greater transparency are proving empty with the military failing to provide access to information about the killing of civilians and journalists in Iraq. -db Committee to Protect Journalists Commentary April 26, 2010 By Frank Smyth WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House says it wants to improve transparency. Greater access to information could prevent deaths of journalists in the

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Irag video research edges Wikileaks into investigative reporting role

FAC April 8, 2010

Wikileaks has adopted the tools of investigative and advocacy journalism–including sending two people to Baghdad to research the story behind the Iraq video–to get leaked information out to the public. Iraq Video Brings Notice to a Web Site The New York Times By NOAM COHEN and BRIAN STELTER “Have encrypted videos of U.S. bomb strikes on civilians. We need super computer time,” stated the Web site, which calls itself “an intelligence agency of the people.”

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Secret report says Wikileaks a security threat to army

donal brown March 16, 2010

A classified intelligence report published on Wikileaks calls the site a “threat to the U.S. Army” and says it publishes information gained from leakers in the Defense Department or government that could be used to target military personnel. The report recommends identifying the leakers to end the threat to U.S. forces. -db Wired March 15, 2010 By David Kravets Wikileaks presents a “threat to the U.S. Army” and publishes “potentially actionable information” for targeting military

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