Exclusive rough-cut of first in-depth documentary on WikiLeaks
and the people behind it! From summer 2010 until now, Swedish
Television has been following the secretive media network WikiLeaks and
its enigmatic Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange.
Reporters
Jesper Huor and Bosse Lindquist have traveled to key countries where
WikiLeaks operates, interviewing top members, such as Assange, new
Spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson, as well as people like Daniel
Domscheit-Berg who now is starting his own version – Openleaks.org!
Where is the secretive organization heading? Stronger than ever, or
broken by the US? Who is Assange: champion of freedom, spy or rapist?
What are his objectives? What are the consequences for the internet?
Extended information on Wikileaks and how to support them:
The Leaks: Read them. Spread them.
250,000 US Embassy Diplomatic Cables
On
Sunday 28th Novembre 2010, Wikileaks began publishing 251,287 leaked
United States embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents
ever to be released into the public domain. The documents will give
people around the world an unprecedented insight into the US
Government’s foreign activities.
War Diary: Iraq War Logs
The
391,832 reports (‘The Iraq War Logs’), document the war and occupation
in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the
months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United
States Army. Each is a ‘SIGACT’ or Significant Action in the war. They
detail events as seen and heard by the US military troops on the ground
in Iraq and are the first real glimpse into the secret history of the
war that the United States government has been privy to throughout.
War Diary: Afghanistan War Logs
From
here, you can browse through all of the documents that have been
released, organized by type, category, date, number of casualties, and
many other properties. From any document page, clicking on the green
underlined text will open a popup that links to other documents that
contain those phrases, making it possible to see important search terms
and connections that you might not otherwise notice.
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TED Talk Interview April 2010 (source)
The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who’s reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED’s Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished — and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad.
About Julian Assange:
Internet activist Julian Assange serves as spokesperson for WikiLeaks, a controversial, volunteer-driven website that publishes and comments on leaked documents alleging government and corporate misconduct.
Why you should listen to Julian Assange:
You could say Australian-born Julian Assange has swapped his long-time interest in network security flaws for the far-more-suspect flaws of even bigger targets: governments and corporations. Since his early 20s, he has been using network technology to prod and probe the vulnerable edges of administrative systems, but though he was a computing hobbyist first (in 1991 he was the target of hacking charges after he accessed the computers of an Australian telecom), he’s now taken off his “white hat” and launched a career as one of the world’s most visible human-rights activists.
He calls himself “editor in chief.” He travels the globe as its spokesperson. Yet Assange’s part in WikiLeaks is clearly dicier than that: he’s become the face of creature that, simply, many powerful organizations would rather see the world rid of. His Wikipedia entry says he is “constantly on the move,” and some speculate that his role in publishing decrypted US military video has put him in personal danger. A controversial figure, pundits debate whether his work is reckless and does more harm than good. Amnesty International recognized him with an International Media Award in 2009.
Assange studied physics and mathematics at the University of Melbourne. He wrote Strobe, the first free and open-source port scanner, and contributed to the book Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier.
“WikiLeaks has had more scoops in three years than the Washington Post has had in 30.”
/ Clay Shirky
WikiLeaks Julian Assange – TED Talks (2010)
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WikiLeaks Julian Assange: Why the World needs WikiLeaks.TED Talk Interview April 2010 (source)
The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who’s reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED’s Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished — and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad.
About Julian Assange:
Internet activist Julian Assange serves as spokesperson for WikiLeaks, a controversial, volunteer-driven website that publishes and comments on leaked documents alleging government and corporate misconduct.
Why you should listen to Julian Assange:
You could say Australian-born Julian Assange has swapped his long-time interest in network security flaws for the far-more-suspect flaws of even bigger targets: governments and corporations. Since his early 20s, he has been using network technology to prod and probe the vulnerable edges of administrative systems, but though he was a computing hobbyist first (in 1991 he was the target of hacking charges after he accessed the computers of an Australian telecom), he’s now taken off his “white hat” and launched a career as one of the world’s most visible human-rights activists.
He calls himself “editor in chief.” He travels the globe as its spokesperson. Yet Assange’s part in WikiLeaks is clearly dicier than that: he’s become the face of creature that, simply, many powerful organizations would rather see the world rid of. His Wikipedia entry says he is “constantly on the move,” and some speculate that his role in publishing decrypted US military video has put him in personal danger. A controversial figure, pundits debate whether his work is reckless and does more harm than good. Amnesty International recognized him with an International Media Award in 2009.
Assange studied physics and mathematics at the University of Melbourne. He wrote Strobe, the first free and open-source port scanner, and contributed to the book Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier.
“WikiLeaks has had more scoops in three years than the Washington Post has had in 30.”
/ Clay Shirky
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