Wikileaks – liberating those skeletons from government closets?

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Clearly I’ve been remiss in my recent blog and news reading since I only came across Wikileaks by accident. A bit embarrassing really given the name of my blog!

The blurb on the site says:

” Wikileaks is developing an uncensorableWikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Ourprimary interests are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Sovietbloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to beof assistance to those in the west who wish to reveal unethicalbehaviour in their own governments and corporations. We aim for maximumpolitical impact; this means our interface is identical to Wikipediaand usable by non-technical people. We have received over 1.2 milliondocuments so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.“

I couldn’t find any evidence of the 1.2 million documents they refer to, though the FAQs section refers to a live date of March 2007. I can only assume the launch is delayed pending getting the dirt on Gordon Brown’s ‘Great Pensions Robbery“!

Whether the site turns out to have any authoritative content on it, or is just merely a repository of innuendo and gossip remains to be seen. Should I be subscribing I wonder?!

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Stephen Dale

I’m a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity about life. I love travel, good food, and good company. I’m happy to share what I know with others….even the interesting stuff! My outlook on life is pretty well captured in this quote from a book about the legend of King Arthur: “The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.” ― T.H. White, The Once and Future King So much to learn, so little time!

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