Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks
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http://www.ted.com The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who's reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED's Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished -- and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footag... Read more
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- -: Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks
July 19, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who's reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED's Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished -- and what...
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- -: WikiLeaks: How Safe Are Whistleblowers in the Digital Age?
April 30, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/18/Logan_Symposium_The_New_Initiatives WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange addresses the question of how safe confidential sources are in the digital age. "The chance of your source getting run over by a car," he says, "are vastly higher than they are of bei...
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- -: Julian Assange: Is WikiLeaks Biased?
June 25, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/18/Logan_Symposium_The_New_Initiatives WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange responds to charges that his website presents information in a politically biased way. Assange explains that the organization provides text summaries of raw data and edits of raw vide...
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- -: Whistleblowers: Daniel Ellsberg on Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks
December 14, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/29/The_Bomb_Daniel_Ellsberg "Pentagon Papers" whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg weighs in on the case of U.S. Army P.F.C. Bradley Manning, who currently stands accused of leaking over 260,000 secret U.S. diplomatic cables to the website WikiLeaks. "I recogni...
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- -: Julian Assange: Why WikiLeaks Is Taking on the Pentagon
December 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/25/Daniel_Ellsberg_and_Julian_Assange_Talk_WikiLeaks Why is WikiLeaks releasing documents from the U.S. government, when there is no shortage of corruption elsewhere in the world? Editor-in-chief Julian Assange regards it as an issue of trust, explaining...
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- -: Assange: WikiLeaks Not Concerned with US Nat'l Security
January 5, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/27/WikiLeaks_Julian_Assange_on_the_Afghan_War_Diary Julian Assange says WikiLeaks is not concerned whether or not the sensitive documents it leaks pose a threat to U.S. national security. "States have national security concerns, we do not," says Assange....
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- -: WikiLeaks Cable Dump: Is Secrecy Necessary for Diplomacy?
January 11, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/12/01/WikiLeaks_The_US_Embassy_Cables Did the U.S. diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks belong in the public domain? Former diplomat Sir Richard Dalton argues no, that secrecy plays an extremely important role in international diplomacy. "Secrets exist for...
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- -: WikiLeaks: Assange Responds to Pentagon Demands to 'Return' Documents
January 14, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/25/Daniel_Ellsberg_and_Julian_Assange_Talk_WikiLeaks The Pentagon publicly demanded WikiLeaks "return" the Afghan War Diary, a collection of U.S. military logs the website published online, and any other classified material it has slated for release. But...
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- -: Ellsberg: Obama's War on Whistleblowers
January 22, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/01/19/WikiLeaks_Why_It_Matters_Why_It_Doesnt Daniel Ellsberg, who famously leaked the Pentagon Papers, accuses President Barack Obama of waging war not only on WikiLeaks, but against whistle-blowing in general. Since assuming office, Obama has brought five ...
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- -: US Security: No Match for WikiLeaks and Lady Gaga
January 31, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/01/18/William_Davidow_Dire_Consequences_of_Overconnectedness As an example of how regulatory systems fail to keep pace with technological change, William Davidow points to Pvt. Bradley Manning. Manning allegedly managed to steal thousands of classified docu...
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