Thursday, September 8, 2011

Is Wikileaks 15 Minutes Of Fame Up?


Has WikiLeaks Run Dry? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

In the Sydney Morning Herald, reporter Philip Dorling, who has been following the WikiLeaks story for months, wonders whether Assange and co. may be a spent force now that all 251,287 embassy cables have been released and international media interest in what they contain seems to be waning:

But more seriously, nearly a year after critical software was removed by Domscheit-Berg and another WikiLeaks defector, WikiLeaks' confidential submission mechanism remains out of action.

Assange says the facility will be up and running soon and that WikiLeaks has more startling information in its secure servers, but this remains to be seen.

Read more ....

My Comment: Wikileaks will be cruising on its history for the next year or two .... and after that .... they will just be another website that is in the business of publicizing leaks.

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