Whistleblowing
A View from Inside the Wikileaks ‘Cyber War’
As major sites remove services to Wikileaks, and hackers retaliate by trying to bring those sites down, some say a cyber war is beginning, and are using the battle to make further arguments for internet freedom. Laurence “Loz” Kaye, head of the U.K. Pirate Party, has helped provide Wikileaks with “mirror sites,” when the organization […]
Manning Verdict Echoes Pentagon Papers Call for First Amendment Rights
Yesterday, a military judge found Private Bradley Manning not guilty of “aiding the enemy” for releasing hundreds of thousands classified military documents to WikiLeaks. Amidst the mix of rumblings and applause that followed the verdict were the echoes of another case. Four decades ago the publication of the Pentagon Papers, a secret history of the […]
Snowden Pulls Request for Russian Aslyum
After days in a Moscow airport, Edward Snowden broke his silence through a statement issued by Wikileaks. The NSA leaker accused the United States government of trying to intimidate him, leaving him a stateless person and pressuring other nations to revoke his request for asylum. “The Obama administration has now adopted the strategy of using […]
U.S. Cracks Down on Leaks With Insider Threat Program
From the Peace Corps to the Social Security Administration, the Obama administration wants to stop leaks. According to a Department of Defense Strategy memo obtained by McClatchy reporters, there’s a new initiative called the Insider Threat Program. Launched not long after Private Bradley Manning shared classified documents with the website WikiLeaks, the program gives government […]