Tag Assange

Assange to be indicted under US Espionage Act

Then I guess they’ll have to indict the New York Times too. The US appears bound and determined to keep Wikileaks front page news for months to come. Meanwhile, former Wikileaks staff are starting OpenLeaks, which will vet leaked documents…

On Wikileaks and warfare

Josh Mull, in a post here and elsewhere, takes me slightly to task for saying Assange is engaging in asymmetrical warfare, because it’s not warfare at all and saying so will just provoke the government to retaliate. Point well taken,…

Australia: US responsible for cable leaks, not Wikileaks

Surprisingly blunt words from a major ally. “Mr. Assange is not himself responsible for the unauthorized release of 250,000 documents from the US diplomatic communications network. The Americans are responsible for that. The bad people in this little exercise are…