Is that why there are so many red headed politicians then? <insert philosopharaptor here> We have to be on the way to setting a new record for thread drift! I like it.
Bit-tech Moderator? Oh, come on. It was too obvious, and someone had to say it! Sorry, I'll get my coat now...
It looks like the US is taking another step towards 1984 territory by encouraging government departments to actively look for potential whistle blowers.
I dunno, I'm starting to think Wikileaks has died. They're only managing to post a couple of cables every few days. So far they're not even quite to 2000 released, of over 250,000 on hand. Pisses me off because I enjoy reading them.
I think the media buzz has died (thanks no doubt to the short attention span of the world's people) and so none of the media outlets are giving the cables as much attention as they were 2-3 weeks ago. Shame.
*foil tin hat* unless the US government has finally caught up with it all and is now controlling what it releases */foil tin hat*
US DoJ doing their thing again: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/08/us-twitter-hand-icelandic-wikileaks-messages
I'm getting them directly from the wl site. They last day the released any was on the 4th and that was only a single cable.
Yes, but aren't they releasing them in collaboration with their media partners? The partners may not give a damn any longer, which is why they're probably not devoting as much energy into them.
It seems that the US has appointed a grand jury to look into the Assange business and they've tried to subpoena Twitter for a few individuals' details. sauce
One of the people who's account is being subpoenad is an Icelandic parliamentarian. I wonder how many diplomatic cables will be generated from that act.
Could be a decently big development: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12205690 "A former Swiss banker is set to pass on data containing account details of 2,000 prominent people to Wikileaks." "He said the data includes the offshore accounts of about 40 politicians, and covers accounts at three banks, including his former employer."
Indeed. If nothing else, Wikileaks has made public whistle-blowing socially acceptable, even if it will still get you fired or arrested. That said, I'm not really sure anyone is paying much attention anymore. The news has moved on, and having moved on seldom comes back to "old news". On a largely unrelated note, I found a link to the CIAs Freedom of Information Act site. You know what the first topic on their list of released documents is? UFOs. Seems like a case of hiding what is public by making it disreputable.
Ah but it's not just those few on twitter, it's all of their associated information and all of the information about those following those on twitter and their associated information...
don't know if i'd go so far as to say whistle-blowing is now socially acceptable, but wikileaks is certainly helping it become a viable option for those who wish to act on their principles. hopefully it will become de rigueur. the "news" moves on when we do. we are the commodity.
It seems to have glamourised it. Wikileaks is the Facebook of Whistle blowing. Defiance of authority never looked so edgy and hip.
