Friday, November 5, 2010

A Competitor To Wikileaks?

WikiLeaks Faces New Competition -- Wall Street Journal

WikiLeaks, the document-leaking website that has come under intense pressure after publishing classified U.S. military documents, is facing a new challenge: competition.

A group that includes former WikiLeaks staffers who left the organization after disagreements with founder Julian Assange is pursuing plans for a rival document-leaking venture, said people familiar with their plans.

These people said one of the leaders of the new initiative is Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a top WikiLeaks lieutenant who quit in September. Mr. Domscheit-Berg, a German, is planning to launch new technology to assist whistle-blowers who want to leak documents, said people with knowledge of the matter.

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More News On Wikileaks

Ex-WikiLeaks Employees Launching WikiLeaks Rival Site -- San Francisco Chronicle
WikiLeaks urges US to probe alleged rights abuses -- AP
WikiLeaks founder tells US to open up on Iraq war -- AFP
WikiLeaks founder urges US to investigate alleged abuse by its troops -- The Guardian
WikiLeaks urges U.S. to probe into war crimes -- Xinhuanet
Examine alleged rights abuses: WikiLeaks founder -- CBC
Wikileaks studying move to Switzerland -- Geneva Lunch
WikiLeaks founder says may seek Swiss asylum -- Reuters
Founder of WikiLeaks Seeks Political Asylum -- The Flump
Assange could claim Swiss asylum -- The Register
WikiLeaks founder mulls asylum in Switzerland -- Yahoo News/AP

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