WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange listens during a news conference at the Frontline Club in London in May. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Why I Felt I Had To Turn My Back On WikiLeaks -- The Guardian
Former staffer tells how dismay mounted during his three months with the whistleblowing group.
I joined WikiLeaks last November as a staffer for a three-month stint. Culture shock came just a few days in, when Julian Assange gathered core staff and supporters at Ellingham Hall, a manor house owned by the Frontline Club founder and WikiLeaks supporter Vaughan Smith.
Around the dining table the team sketched out a plan for the coming months, to release the leaked US diplomatic cables selectively for maximum impact. Phase one would involve publishing selected – and carefully redacted – high-profile cables through the Guardian, New York Times, Der Spiegel, Le Monde and El Pais. Phase two would spread this out to more media organisations.
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My Comment: The scramble for cash .... a very ineffective board of governance over the organization .... a lack of concern for those who are on the front line in countries where human rights abuse are rife .... this .... and more .... will be the eventual legacy of Wikileaks. My only question is .... who will carry the banner after Wikileaks is gone, and will they govern themselves in the same manner (or differently) from how Wikileaks has handled itself in the past year.
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