By: Kalim Kassam

Kalim Kassam — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:54:24 +0000

Assange, the public face of the organization, likes to repeat that transparency is the means while the end is justice. The idea is to reform the policies of governments around the world in the direction of less corruption and oppression and more democracy and human rights by providing a safe and secure outlet for whistleblowers and leakers to expose secrets whose revelation would change opinions of the public and other actors. Most of their activities over the years fit well with this mission, but the fit is not as clear to me with the recent leaking of the diplomatic cables. One suggestion popularized by this blogger, and based on some of Assange's writings, is that Assange has the view that by compromising the ability of the "invisible government" ensconced in USG to communicate internally, it will turn to blunter means, "heightening the contradictions" of the system and leading to it's collapse.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:25:23 +0000

What is the stated goal of Wikileaks? (I haven’t been following too carefully.)

By: Kalim Kassam

Kalim Kassam — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:51:42 +0000

This total-transparency-society is not the articulated view of Wikileaks (a misperception I once shared). While Dalrymple has a great critique of that idea, I think he’s incorrect to attribute it to Wikileaks. This article should probably be about Facebook.

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