Showing posts with label wikileaks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wikileaks. Show all posts
Friday, December 24, 2010
Moore on the need for transparency
Michael Moore talks with Rachel Maddow about the necessity of transparency in government, particularly in light of the revelations of the WikiLeaks cables...
Michael Moore on his support for Assange
Filmaker and author Michael Moore talks with Rachel Maddow about his support for WikiLeaks' Julian Assange and the seriousness with which he takes the rape charges against Assange. My own opinion, is that the guy very-well may have been set-up. Especially, since the women who it was reported allegedly made the charges in the first place, have since come-out publically, and have seemingly indicated that they were intimidated, and co-erced, in some way. And that they did have some kind of platonic relationship with him, that was mutual. I mean, it shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure-out, exactly why Assange could have possibly been set-up, and the victim of false accusations, to discredit him, in some way. And that is not to indicate myself, that I necessarily agree with some of the methods he used in obtaining certain propriatary information; As long as the information is obtained legally, in the same manner as any credible, legitimate, investigative journalist. That's all I'm sayin about this. Whatever the case may be however, I think it is very interesting stuff; In more ways then one...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Moore bails out Assange
Michael Moore explains to Countdown's Keith Olbermann why he contributed bail money for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange...
WikiRebels - The Documentary (1/4)
Just want to make something clear here. I am not a proponent of hacking into "classified" information, or the like. And certainly believe that anyone who does that to commit crimes, such as in stealing personal information, like social security numbers, and the like, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. With that said however, in doing my own research on 'WikiLeaks' (because of some of the damning information that has been exposed about some of the corruption within our own government) I now know that is definately not what they are about. (In fact, just the opposite seems to be true). This is a fascinating documentary. Check it out...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Indicting Julian Assange?
Daniel Ellsberg, the man behind the release of the Pentagon Papers, talks about the fate of the WikiLeaks founder...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Re-writing Palin's tweet
Sarah Palin said she had the power to stop her book from being leaked, so she wonders why can't the federal government do anything to stop WikiLeaks. She gets the Re-write...
Pros and cons of WikiLeaks
The Last Word debates the merits of the document dump as a public service to citizens...
Spying on the U.N.?
Lawrence O'Donnell talks to former Ambassador Khalilzad about WikiLeaks' allegations the U.S. spied on diplomats at the United Nations...
Pres. Jimmy Carter on WikiLeaks
The 39th President reacts to the massive leak of classified documents in an interview with Lawrence O'Donnell. His answer will surprise you...
Friday, October 22, 2010
Video: WikiLeaks posts more Iraq war documents
WikiLeaks plans to release 400,000 classified U.S. military records on the Iraq War. CNN's Atika Shubert reports...
Video: Why the world needs Wikileaks
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange talks to TED's Chris Anderson about how the site operates and what it has accomplished...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
WikiLeaks Over 75,000 Secret US Military Reports Covering Afghanistan War
On July 26th, 2010 "WikiLeaks over 75,000 secret US military reports covering the war in Afghanistan. The Afghan War Diary is an extraordinary secret compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. They include the number of persons internally stated to be killed, wounded, or detained during each action, together with the precise geographical location of each event, and the military units involved and major weapon systems used. The Afghan War Diary is the most significant archive about the reality of war to have been released during the course of war". -WikiLeaks
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