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Tor Project’s Lying 2012 Financial Report: “60% of Our Funding Comes from the U.S. Government”
The Tor Project has recently released its 2012 Financial Report; the good news is that when it comes to “openness and transparency”, they are second to none. The bad news, however, is really bad: they proudly embrace their “partnership” with the U.S. Government, and falsely assert that in 2012 fully 60% of their funding came … Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: WikiLeaks Party of Australia: Fans of Margaret Thatcher?
The new WikiLeaks Party of Australia just launched a couple of weeks ago, and we were wondering what this would mean for WikiLeaks politically. Because running for high political office causes the “powers that be” in a capitalist society to question your allegiance to many things, first and formost, your allegiance to the capitalist class … Continue reading
Activists Beware: Avoid Making Libellous Statements Based on Info from PLUSD Cables
We’re all having fun rummaging through the US Government’s dirty linen revealed by WikiLeaks this week via the new “Public Library of U.S. Diplomacy” website. There’s a lot of excellent research material in there, no doubt. But it comes with a catch: a lot of that information may lead inexperienced activists to make rash and … Continue reading
WikiLeaks Creates Database of 2 Million US State Department Cables in New “Public Library of U.S. Diplomacy””
On the 8th of April, 2013, at a nearly empty National Press Club in Washington D.C., WikiLeaks Julian Assange announced announced that the group had created a new, searchable database of over 1.7 million “formerly confidential” U.S. State Department cables they dubbed “The WIKILEAKS Public Library of US Diplomacy” or “PLUSD”. These documents – many … Continue reading
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