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Anti-WikiLeaks lies and propaganda - from TNR, Lauer, Feinstein and more

December 07, 2010 13:08

The New Republic, Matt Lauer, Dianne Feinstein, others lead a demonization campaign against the whistle-blowers (updated below - Update II) (1) In The New Republic today, Todd Gitlin writes an entire anti-WikiLeaks column that is based on an absolute factual falsehood. ...

The lawless Wild West attacks WikiLeaks

December 06, 2010 17:07

That the whistle-blowing site has been charged with no crime is no barrier to severely punishing it (updated below) WikiLeaks has never been charged with a crime, let alone indicted for one or convicted of one.  A consensus of legal experts agree that prosecuting the organization or...

WikiLeaks debate with Steven Aftergood

December 03, 2010 15:04

Examining WikiLeaks with a transparency advocate and harsh critic of the whistle-blowing siteI was on Democracy Now this morning debating WikiLeaks with Steven Aftergood, the long-time transparency advocate with Federation for American Scientists and Secrecy News, and a vociferous critic...

More Joe Lieberman-caused Internet censorship

December 02, 2010 22:03

Does anyone care that the Connecticut Senator is single-handedly suppressing political content from the Internet?Following up on my post from earlier today about Joe Lieberman's Chinese-replicating Internet censorship efforts, I wanted this to be highlighted separately: The New York Times...

Joe Lieberman emulates Chinese dictators

December 02, 2010 07:02

The Connecticut Senator pressures Amazon to block Americans from viewing WikiLeaks documentsThe comparison of these two passages is so telling in so many ways: The Washington Post, today: Revelations by the organization WikiLeaks have received blanket coverage this week on television,...

The moral standards of WikiLeaks critics

December 01, 2010 11:02

Applying the principles used to condemn Julian Assange would sweep up many political and media figures (updated below - Update II) Time's Joe Klein writes this about the WikiLeaks disclosures: I am tremendously concernced [sic] about the puerile eruptions of Julian Assange. . . . If...

WikiLeaks reveals more than just government secrets

November 30, 2010 11:31

The strident reactions to the whistleblower site highlight some important attributes of our political cultureThe WikiLeaks disclosure has revealed not only numerous government secrets, but also the driving mentality of major factions in our political and media class.  Simply put, there are few...

Two more Iran nuclear scientists attacked with bombs

November 29, 2010 10:30

Whoever is responsible for assassinating civilian scientists is guilty of Terrorism in the purest formSeveral noteworthy items until later today: (1) Back in January, I wrote about an Iranian nuclear scientist who was killed when "when a bomb strapped to a motorcycle was triggered by...

The FBI successfully thwarts its own Terrorist plot

November 28, 2010 11:29

The latest government success story is met with virtually no skepticism -- despite plenty of reason for itThe FBI is obviously quite pleased with itself over its arrest of a 19-year-old Somali-American, Mohamed Osman Mohamud, who -- with months of encouragement, support and money from the FBI's own...

The US of A breaks the Soviet record

November 26, 2010 14:27

As of tomorrow, the American occupation of Afghanistan will have lasted longer than the suicidal Soviet one (updated below) Even for the humble among us who try to avoid jingoistic outbursts, some national achievements are so grand that they merit a moment of pride and celebration: ...