wikileaks

Who stands to gain from Wikileaks?
BBC, UK, Bill Thompson, March 13 2007
News of a website for leakers and whistleblowers worries Bill Thompson...

Whistleblowing made easier . . . not necessarily safer
Marketplace / American Public Radio, USA, Nancy Marshall Genzer, March 7 2007
Soon wannabe whistleblowers can spill corporate and government secrets online. Wikileaks.org promises the opportunity to post documents anonymously. But critics are already asking, says who?...

Yahoo to face suit over jailing of Chinese dissident
Monsters and Critics, UK, Steve Ragan, March 9 2007
According to a press release from VOA (Voice of America), Yu Ling, wife of Wang Xianoning, a Chinese man who was sentenced to ten years after criticizing the Chinese government in a Yahoo hosted group, plans to sue Yahoo for damages and a formal apology...

Blogger in Egypt sent to jail for insults to Islam
Monsters and Critics, UK, Steve Ragan, February 26 2007
A blogger was sentenced to four years in prison for writing insults about Islam, the Prophet Muhammad, and Egypt’s President. This is the first arrest of its kind in Egypt and one that sends no small amount of fear and panic to other fellow Arabic bloggers...

A Brave New Wikiworld
Washington Post, USA, Cass R. Sunstein, February 24 2007
In the past year, Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that "anyone can edit," has been cited four times as often as the Encyclopedia Britannica in judicial opinions, and the number is rapidly growing. In just two years, YouTube has become a household word and one of the world's most successful Web sites. Such astounding growth and success demonstrate society's unstoppable movement toward shared production of information, as diverse groups of people in multiple fields pool their knowledge and draw from each other's resources...

Caution warned over security of new 'Wikileaks' website
Libcom.org, UK, Rob Ray, February 2 2007
A strong warning has been sounded by both a security expert and journalists for Freedom Anarchist Newspaper over the much-hyped 'Wikileaks' website, which claims it will provide a safe online environment for the mass leaking of sensitive or incriminating governmental materials...

Kidnap videos and how extremists post them online
Times Online, UK, Jonathan Richards, January 31 2007
A kidnapper wishing to make an anonymous post on a website would have a range of methods at their disposal to hide their tracks - providing they had a sufficient amount of technical expertise, experts said today.

Wikileaks to Provide a Home for Leaked Government and Corporate Documents
ShortNews, Germany, Ixusus, January 29 2007
A website called Wikileaks will be launched in March and will publish leaked documents from corporations and governments around the world while protecting the identity of the person responsible for the unauthorised release of the document...

Got Some Dirt on the Government? Wikileaks Wants to Know
TechNewsWorld, USA, Rebecca Carr (feed from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution), January 28 2007
The need for a site where people can post information about government corruption without fear of reprisal is apparent...

Wikileaks has been given a page on Wikipedia, making us part of the official record.

Wikileaks.org
About, USA, Jennifer Brea, January 26 2007
A new group modeling itself on the user-generated encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is a launching a site for would-be whistleblowers to "ethically" leak secret government or corporate documents for the public good. After writing a bit about this topic on the Chinese Culture site, I decided to move the discussion over here...

Doh! We missed the UFO angle
Network World, USA, Paul McNamara, January 26 2007
Rich Reynolds, director of Fort Wayne Media Watch, writes to alert me that both fellow Network World columnist Scott Bradner and I missed an important element of the story in our recent coverage of Wikileaks, which says it is planning "an uncensorable version of Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis." What did we miss? The potential boon this site presents for "UFO investigators."...

“圧政を敷く国々”を告発するWikileaks
ITMedia, Japan, January 24 2007

Summit held for internet code of conduct
Monsters and Critics, UK, Steve Ragan, January 23 2007
Internet technology giants Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and Vodafone are in talks with the Center for Democracy and Technology and the Business for Social Responsibility. The talks have a single aim, to produce a code of conduct by the end of the year, which will protect free speech and privacy of all internet users...

Wikileaks - whistleblowing internet
Melbourne Indymedia, Australia, "whistleblower", January 23 2007
Wikileaks is an uncensorable version of Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis... (article is primarily a requote of the Wikileaks FAQ)

A Wiki for Whistle-Blowers
Time Magazine, USA, Tracy Samantha Schmidt, January 22 2007
By March, more than one million leaked documents from governments and corporations in Asia, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Bloc will be available online in a bold new collective experiment in whistle-blowing...

E-tattling becomes a new social trend
The Vancouver Sun, Canada, Shannon Proudfoot, January 22 2007
Offering a place for people to complain about almost anything is a booming business...

Cyber leakers now have a place to go
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, USA, Rebecca Carr, January 22 2007
Web site says goal is better government

Google Earth and 'collateral damage'
Infoworld, Netherlands, Paul McNamara, January 22 2007
Sooner or later, Google is going to have to start doing a better job of coming to grips with the collateral damage created by the ever-expanding array of whiz-bang applications that have made it a worldwide phenomenon...

Google Earth and 'collateral damage'
MyADSL, South Africa, feed from ICTWorld, January 22 2007
Sooner or later, Google is going to have to start doing a better job of coming to grips with the collateral damage created by the ever-expanding array of whiz-bang applications that have made it a worldwide phenomenon...

Website offers whistleblowers chance to go global
The Age, Australia, Asher Moses, January 20 2007
The internet could become even more difficult for governments to regulate with a new website, Wikileaks, promising to provide a safe haven for whistleblowers to upload confidential documents...

Website offers whistleblowers chance to go global
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, Asher Moses, January 20 2007
The internet could become even more difficult for governments to regulate with a new website, Wikileaks, promising to provide a safe haven for whistleblowers to upload confidential documents...

Blowing whistles goes online
The Age, Australia, Asher Moses, January 20 2007
The freewheeling internet could become even scarier for government regimes, with a new website, Wikileaks, promising to provide a haven for whistleblowers to upload confidential government documents...

Google Earth and 'collateral damage'
Webwereld, Netherlands, Paul McNamara, January 20 2007
Sooner or later, Google is going to have to start doing a better job of coming to grips with the collateral damage created by the ever-expanding array of whiz-bang applications that have made it a worldwide phenomenon...

Wikileaks' exposure on the web continues to increase, a Google search for the term returning over an estimated 1,200,000 pages.

New Wiki For Online Leaking
Science Friday, USA, Flora Lichtman, January 19 2007
A website provides a new way to leak incriminating information without getting caught...

Secrecy caught in a Web
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, USA, editorial/opinion, January 19 2007
New Internet site will shed light on global governments...

Wikileaks: a site for exposure
Computerworld, Australia, Scott Bradner, January 18 2007
Anonymous whistle blowing Wiki site goes live...

Anonymous leaks in the Internet Age
Minnesota Daily, USA, editorial/opinion, January 18 2007
A new Web site holds potential for greater transparency in government...

Webseite für Staatsgeheimnisse
Focus, Germany, Sonja Billhardt, January 17 2007
Eine neue Plattform veröffentlicht Staatsdokumente und politische Interna – anonym und angeblich ohne Rückschlüsse auf den Zulieferer zu hinterlassen.

Whistleblower website coming
Free Market News, USA, January 17 2007
If you ever wanted to become a "whistleblower," and disclose secrets about nefarious schemes and cover-ups in the corporate and governmental sectors of society, it just became a little bite easier and less dangerous...

Web site opens government
Detroit News, USA, Elizabeth Williamson (feed from Washington Post article), January 16 2006
Wikileaks.org will allow anonymous users to post documents kept from eyes of public...

Wikileaks Designed to Expose Government Documents
Linux Insider, unattributed, January 16 2007
In two months, Wikileaks.com goes live. Designed to foster more open governments throughout the world, the site will allow users to upload sensitive government documents. Wikileaks focuses the bulk of its efforts on relatively closed societies like China rather than the U.S. and other countries in which there is a more robust media sector...

Wikileaks To Allow Anonymous Government Document Posts
BizReport, USA, Jacob Cherian, January 16 2007
Suppose you're a government worker in China and you get hold of a document that "unfaces" the crackdown of freedom by the regime. Without an independent media, what's a sure way of telling the rest of the world about this secret memo without doing time or possibly risking being killed? - the answer to that question is Wikileaks.org...

Wikileaks seeks to expose regimes
HeraldNet, USA, Elizabeth Williamson (feed from Washington Post article), January 16 2007
The new Web site will be a clearinghouse for papers exposing repressive government...

Wikileaks gives an online home to repressed dissidents
ZDNet Government, USA, unattributed, January 15 2007
Irony is such sweet sorrow...

Nyt website: Læk trygt dine hemmeligheder
Ingenirøren, Denmark, Niels Berg Olsen, January 15 2007
et nye website Wikileaks benytter en protokol, som sender krypterede data rundt i et netværk af servere, til at sløre den oprindelige afsender. Det skal anspore politiske afvigere i blandt andet Kina til at rykke ud med hemmeligheder om staten uden frygt for repressalier...

Leak secrets trouble free
scenta Science, Engineering, Technology News, UK, unattributed, January 15 2007
If new online service Wikileaks goes ahead, people will be able to reveal sensitive government documents without the risk of a jail sentence...

New website for whistleblowers stirs mixed feelings
Monsters and Critics tech news, UK, Steve Ragan, January 15 2007
Wikileaks. This is bound to be the first "buzz word" of 2007...

Whistleblowing on the Web
Star Tribune, USA, Elizabeth Williamson (feed from Washington Post article), January 15 2007
When the new site goes online, Wikileaks.org will offer an anonymous outlet to reveal the good, bad or ugly...

Wikileaks to serve as online Deep Throat
Daily India, India, unattributed, January 15 2007
When Wikileaks.org goes live in the next two months, the Washington Post said the Internet site will serve as a depository for damning government documents...

Today, Wikileaks appeared in the Washington Post. Elizabeth Williamson wrote an article on our development, highlighting various aspects of our project. Recently, our media coverage has been skyrocketing, Google results fluctuating in the hundred thousands.

Read the article here. (free subscription to the Washington Post required to view article).

One More Reason Why Wiki Won't Be Making a Comeback in China Anytime Soon
About, USA, Jennifer Brea, January 14 2007
Modeled on the popular user-generated encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Wikileaks.org is a new site that hopes to become an "international movement of people who facilitate ethical leaking and open government." The idea is that whistleblowers in China - or Egypt, Iraq, France, the US, or Liechtenstein - can leak secret government information for the public benefits while protecting their identity.

Wikileaks ready to expose wrongs
Edmonton Journal, Canada, unattributed (subscription only), January 13 2007
Site offers anonymity to whistleblowers
If Canadian politicians have any skeletons in their political closets, a new website for whistleblowers could make it easier to expose them...

Here's why Wikileaks is a horrible idea
Network World, USA, Paul McNamara, January 12 2007
Good idea: "Principled leaking" of classified or proprietary documents, a time-honored (and imperfect) practice that has altered history for the better...

2007: The year of the "expert wiki"?
Ars Technica, USA, Nate Anderson, January 12 2007
Wikipedia has been the subject of an interminable debate about whether it's a reliable resource or whether it's not...

CHINA: Cyber-dissidents launch Wikileaks, a site for whistleblowers
AsiaMedia, USA, attributed to the South China Morning Post, January 11 2007
Powerful encryption software will protect dissidents' identities in authoritarian countries, says site

How to leak a secret and not get caught - Wikileaks
SpiritIndia.com, India, unattributed, January 11 2007
It may get a lot safer to leak sensitive documents about unethical behavior by governments or organizations if a new online service goes ahead...

How to leak a secret and not get caught
Huliq, USA, attributed to New Scientist, January 11 2007
Leaking a sensitive government document can mean risking a jail sentence – but not for much longer if an online service called Wikileaks goes ahead...

How to leak a secret and not get caught
Southwest Nebraska News, USA, unattributed, January 11 2007
Leaking a sensitive government document can mean risking a jail sentence –but not for much longer if an online service called Wikileaks goes ahead...

Website wants to take whistleblowing online
CBC News, Canada, unattributed, January 11 2007
Deep Throat may be moving to a new address — online...

How to leak a secret and not get caught
PressZoom, Netherlands, Paul Marks/New Scientist (general press release of New Scientist article), January 11 2007
The creators of the site are thought to include political activists and open-source software engineers, though they are keeping their identities secret. Their goal is to ensure that whistle-blowers and journalists are not thrown into jail for emailing sensitive documents...

How to leak a secret and not get caught
New Scientist, UK, Paul Marks, January 11 2007
Leaking a sensitive government document can mean risking a jail sentence - but not for much longer if an online service called Wikileaks goes ahead.

Whistleblowers can leak in private
Metro, UK, unattributed, January 10 2007
Whistleblowers wishing to expose government scandals or corporate corruption may soon be able to leak information online – in total secrecy...

Uncover a Scandal? Wikileak it!
Technocrat, no nation, Zogger, January 6 2007
Corruption and malfeasance in places high and low is all too common, and leakers of information seeking a little public exposure for the badguys-or at least alleged badguys- face a lot of pressure of persecution in various forms...

Web site aims to post government secrets
Federal Times, USA, Daniel Friedman, January 04 2007
Forget parking garages. Tomorrow’s Deep Throats can go wiki...

Leaks Go Wiki
POGO, USA, Beth Daley, January 4 2007
One of the major impediments to government transparency and accountability in the U.S. (and worldwide) is the justifiable fear faced by government employees that leaking information and documents to the press, the Congress or the public will result in retaliation...

Wikileaks and Untraceable Document Disclosure
Secrecy News, USA, Steven Aftergood, January 3 2007
A new internet initiative called Wikileaks seeks to promote good government and democratization by enabling anonymous disclosure and publication of confidential government records...

Due to a single blog posting of just a few words, Wikileaks has been thrust into the spot light far earlier than expected.

Wikileaks' first example analysis, now online.

"This is a remarkably well researched and written piece. Informative, lucid and incisive."
-- Said S. Samatar, Professor of African History, Rutgers University

Is Somalia the next Iran? Or is it the next Afghanistan? While the west sleeps and celebrates the king of peace, the US's man on the ground, Ethiopia, has launched a covert invasion which may draw the entire horn of Africa into conflict. Somalia will soon be transformed, either into an Iranian-style Islamic republic or a reviled Ethiopian quisling, cursed with mujahideen and proxy wars. These events have been triggered by a remarkable new phenomenon. After 16 years of chaos and bloodshed, one faction in its civil war, the Union of Islamic Courts, has gone from being a minor player to being ready to wipe the last town held by the discredited UN-, US- and Ethiopian-backed regime from the map.

At this dramatic juncture, a secret Islamic order, purportedly written by the most important man in the Union, Sheik Aweys, has been leaked. It proclaims an Islamic Republic of Somalia. Its purported secrecy is underscored by its final directive: 'whosoever leaks this information and is found guilty should be shot'. But is it genuine? Is it a bold manifesto by a flamboyant Islamic militant with links to Bin Laden? Or is it a clever smear by US intelligence, designed to discredit the Union, fracture Somali alliances and manipulate China? What is the future for Somalia?


Read this sample analysis here
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