Wikileaks

Do you really know what's going on in the Wikileaks saga? Read thru these and see if your image of Wikileaks and Assange seems accurate.

Wikileaks - Glenn Greenwald

Comments from Julian Assange: Don't shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths

http://213.251.145.96/cablegate.html

A few highlights from the above:

• Wikileaks did not steal the documents.
• Wikileaks is not the only organization releasing the documents. The Guardian and the NY Times are just two of several news (The Guardian, the NYT, El Pais, Le Monde, Der Speigel, etc.) organizations that are releasing the documents.
• Wikileaks is the only one being attacked.
• Wikileaks is working with these news organzations to eliminate names which could endanger people.
• In most cases, these news organizations are releasing the documents BEFORE Wikileaks releases them.
• Wikileaks offered to work with the US government to cleanup the documents prior to release to protect individuals but the US government refused to cooperate.
• Wikileaks has posted only 960 of 251,297 documents as of 12/7/2010.
• There are no known cases (zero) of our troops, diplomats, informants being physically harmed because of the release of these documents.
• The US press and its government officials are being less than truthfull in reporting on Wikileaks.

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