Photo: Julian Assange (left) and Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Jacob Appelbaum/FlickrUnpublished Iraq War Logs Trigger Internal WikiLeaks Revolt -- Kevin Poulsen and Kim Zetter, Threat Level
A domino chain of resignations at the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks followed a unilateral decision by autocratic founder Julian Assange to schedule an October release of 392,000 classified U.S. documents from the war in Iraq, according to former WikiLeaks staffers.
Key members of WikiLeaks were angered to learn last month that Assange had secretly provided media outlets with embargoed access to the vast database, under an arrangement similar to the one WikiLeaks made with three newspapers that released documents from the Afghanistan war in July. WikiLeaks is set to release the Iraq trove on Oct. 18, according to ex-staffers — far too early, in the view of some of them, to properly redact the names of U.S. collaborators and informants in Iraq.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
WikiLeaks, Media, and Policy: A Question of Super-Empowerment -- Adam Elkus and Captain Crispin Burke, Small Wars Journal
Obama: 'We need to make clear to people that the cancer is in Pakistan' -- Bob Woodward, Washington Post
Bob Woodward's book portrays a great divide over Afghanistan -- Washington Post editorial
The secret war in Pakistan -- Washington Times editorial
In flood-ravaged Pakistan, no sign of American aid -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
China’s Naval Build-up Not Over -- James Holmes & Toshi Yoshihara, The Diplomat
North Korea's 'Evil' Sister -- Philip Shenon, The Daily Beast
Is the world in a trade war? -- Michael Schuman, Time
Workers once again flee Ireland -- Conor O'Clery, GlobalPost
White America Has Lost Its Mind -- Steven Thrasher, Village Voice
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