The Media Flunks WikiLeaks 101

The truth is dear, We must profess; Just don’t seek it, In the press. Maybe we were fortunate that the U.S. press chose to print any WikiLeaks disclosures at all. Given the media’s generally supportive stance of unilateral American foreign policy, it could...

WikiLeaks: Caveat Lector

Reading WikiLeaks cables is like eating a box of chocolates. You never know what kind you’re going to get. Some may be nutritious, but others may rot your teeth. Certainly, some of these cables revealed important issues. Yet you should view these leaks with some...

Whistleblowers Get a Refuge

Blow that whistle, Sound alarm; You’ll get tagged, For endless harm. Iceland certainly needed a PR boost. It has never received proper credit for its strict and sustainable management of fisheries. Other nations would do well to follow suit. Instead, it’s...

Wikileaks’ Afghan War Diary

Wikileaks released the Afghan War Diary this week, a compilation of 91,370 war documents that reveals what the Guardian calls “a devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan.” The leak was distributed to three Western news sources (Der Spiegel,...