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PressThink: The Afghanistan War Logs Released by Wikileaks, the World's First Stateless News Organization
"In media history up to now, the press is free to report on what the powerful wish to keep secret because the laws of a given nation protect it. But Wikileaks is able to report on what the powerful wish to keep secret because the logic of the Internet permits it. This is new."


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Jul 26th, 2010 at 07:57:13 AM EST
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It is interesting also to note how the three involved newspapers, the Guardian, der Spiegel and the Times coordinated their efforts. I think WikiLeaks asked them to do it, so the information came out in three different jurisdictions at the same time.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 26th, 2010 at 08:12:05 AM EST
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the Guardian claims that Wikileaks approached them first, but the Guardian got them to agree that it should be simultaneously released in three different legislative domains to ensure the message got out.

Or shorter Guardian : we feared being gagged

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jul 26th, 2010 at 08:39:40 AM EST
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