Pdfleaks: WikiLeaks and the Law. Assange Interview - The Colbert Report. WikiLeak Documents. The Zeitgeist Movement Responds to Egypt & the Wikileaks Fallout. WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, Pt. 1. Pt. 2 - 60 Minutes - CBS. Julian Assange on WikiLeaks, War and Resisting Government Crackdown. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: 2010 can be defined as the year of WikiLeaks. The whistleblowing website first made headlines around the world in April when it released a video of a U.S. helicopter gunship indiscriminately firing on Iraqi civilians, killing 12 people, including two Reuters news staff. In July, WikiLeaks created a bigger firestorm when it published more than 90,000 classified U.S. military war logs of the war in Afghanistan.
Then in October, WikiLeaks published some 390,000 classified U.S. documents on the war in Iraq, the largest intelligence leak in U.S. history and the greatest internal account of any war on public record. Throughout it all, WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange were targeted by the U.S. and other governments around the world. AMY GOODMAN: Julian Assange, speaking in London in December. Today we spend the hour on WikiLeaks. AMY GOODMAN: You have said you feel there is evidence of war crimes here. [break] Video & Audio links (WL Central) 1. Documentaries 2. Press Conferences 3. Talks & Panel Discussions 4.
Interviews Wikileaks has been the subject of multiple documentaries, both by current affairs television, and by independent film makers. Wikileaks shot to fame during 2010 perhaps most prominently in its press releases and surrounding media events. {*style:<i>26 July 2010: Afghan War Logs Press Conference </i>*} The first major press conference in connection with the war logs in 2010, Assange answers numerous questions, and gives context for the releases. Frontline Club Julian Assange was joined by the BBC’s Paddy O’Connell to engage the audience on the impact of the leaked classified documents which chronicle in detail US military operations in Afghanistan between 2004-2010 Supplementary Audio Interview With Julian Assange, Heather Brooke, Mark Stephens and Paddy O'Connell The second major press Wikileaks Press conference in 2010, at the Park Plaza Hotel, London Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Oslo FF Logan Symposium City University Frost.
Ellsberg and Assange. Bio Julian Assange Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, programmer and Internet activist, best known for his involvement with Wikileaks, a whistleblower website. Daniel Ellsberg Daniel Ellsberg, a former U.S. military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation, sparked a national controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. The Pentagon Papers revealed that the government knew early on that the Vietnam War was not likely winnable and would lead to many times more casualties than ever admitted. After failing to persuade a few U.S. These efforts included breaking into Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office and were undertaken directly by the Nixon White House to smear and discredit Ellsberg in the news media in retaliation for his Pentagon Papers whistleblowing.
Elizabeth Palmer Elizabeth Palmer has been a CBS News correspondent since August 2000. To download this program become a Front Row member. ZOOM IN: Learn more with related books and additional materials. Playlist for Too Much Information with Benjamen Walker - December 20, 2010.
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