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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
News / Biz Hey WikiLeaks, how 'bout those Bank of America leaks?
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 7:58 AM
Dear Julian Assange,
I read some (more) rather disturbing news about you yesterday. You'll have to tell us if it's accurate or not. To sum up, you're now being accused of holding information hostage for vain reasons.
Here's what I'm talking about, from Michael Calderone at HuffPo:
On Sunday night, more than a half dozen major news organizations in the United States and Europe began publishing shocking new revelations from a long-rumored WikiLeaks trove of documents about prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.Some outlets immediately acknowledged receiving the documents directly from WikiLeaks; others claimed to have another source for the more than 700 files stretching back to 2002. So how did two groups of media organizations -- one that worked with WikiLeaks and another that didn't -- get caught up in a race trying to scoop each other? Let's go back a few months.
WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange began telling some close media contacts in late 2010 that his anti-secrecy organization had been leaked documents offering details about all the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in its possession. If true, WikiLeaks would once again be at the forefront of another major U.S government leak, following revelations they -- and other media outlets -- published concerning Afghanistan, Iraq and international diplomacy through the State Department.
But five months passed since a source told Reuters that Assange had "personal files of every prisoner in GITMO" and the documents hadn't emerged.
This sounds familiar. Your rouge organization promised a big banking leak, and most everyone has assumed you were referring to Bank of America, aka Charlotte's Darling.
The above post goes on to say that the media reached around you to your former cohorts to get the information on the GITMO prisoners.
And, here's where I'm a little confused: I thought your organization was against withholding information. In fact, I thought that was its whole reason for existing.
If you've got information that can help people, don't hold onto it ... and definitely don't tease us with it. Otherwise, you're no better than the people and organizations you claim you're trying to out.
Sincerely,
Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
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