"The real danger of 'Wikimania' is that that we could revert to Cold War notions of secrecy, to the kind of stovepipes and compartments that left us blind before 9/11," Blanton said. He called on lawmakers to protect the First Amendment, rather than adopt a "Chinese model of state control" of information. "Those voices who argue for a crackdown on leakers and publishers need to face the reality that their approach is fundamentally self-defeating because it will increase government secrecy, reduce our security, and actually encourage more leaks from the continued legitimacy crisis of the classification system," Blanton concluded.
More to come on that Congressional hearing tomorrow--I'm actually subjecting myself to almost four hours of CSPAN for you guys.Time for News!
Assange's out, presumably at a manor, chilling for a moment. The Guardian was mildly obsessed with his mum today, which I secretly love.
The guy behind Anonymous' press release was arrested in Greece while I was at work. His website disappeared into the ether, as well. That's 3 arrests over the Anonymous DDoS attacks.
From the Cables proper: the Dalai Lama suggested to the US Ambassador to India that the freeing of Tibet could wait five years, because climate crisis had to be dealt with NOW.
India apparently routinely clobbers Kashmiri detainees in the worst of ways--officials were briefed by the Red Cross about systemic torture, electrocution and sexual humiliation for civillians (because they just kill militants). Looks like India is looking very, very sketchy after these Cables.
Doctors that gave casualty counts for the civil war in Sri Lanka last summer were substantially pressured by the government to misrepresent the figures, with a difference of many thousands of people turned into bodies.
I am still crying over Bradley Manning's story.
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