what he said: Pentagon Papers’ Daniel Ellsberg…
…in a press release about Wikileaks and Julian Assange, rejecting the mantra “Pentagon Papers good; WikiLeaks material bad”…
Julian Assange
creeping fascism: Wikileaks’ Julian Assange arrested in London
I find it totally fascinating that Interpol — who had Assange on its most-wanted list — has begun to take such an interest in simple rape cases. I look forward, in fact, to all the governments that have been involved in pursuing and prosecuting Assange for rape taking this crime so seriously from now on…
watch it: “Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks”
From TED Talks, July 2010, but the cables recently released are mentioned here… though Assange says Wikileaks had not received them. So he’s either lying, for whatever reason, or Wikileaks hadn’t received them at this point. He aso talks about “legitmate secrets” and what should be released.
NBC is sooo regretting letting Conan go; new Wolverine movie is called ‘The Wolverine’; BBC continues to employ David Tennant and John Simm; more: leftover links
Plus: the shocking number of British actors who have not been in a Harry Potter movie; is Wikileaks’ Julian Assange being persecuted?; we don’t need no stinkin’ objectivity in journalism; and more.
question of the weekend: Does a counterculture exist anymore, and if not, what can we do to get it back?
Obviously there are plenty of individuals who believe that the war in Iraq is illegal and who value integrity and principle. But there doesn’t seem to be anything unifying those people into action… and the results of this past Tuesday’s elections in the U.S. appear to suggest that the American public, in the aggregate, is dedicated to repudiating anything that could be called “counterculture,” or “liberal,” or “progressive”…
question of the day: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange: public menace or Internet hero?
This past weekend started off with a story that was both shocking and so unsurprising that the only thing unexpected about it was that it took this long to happen…
