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It's only day 1, and the ICIJ has said they have at least 14 days of "major revelations" mapped out in advance. I expect we'll be seeing stories from the Panam
by hendersoon 11y ago
It's only day 1, and the ICIJ has said they have at least 14 days of "major revelations" mapped out in advance.
I expect we'll be seeing stories from the Panama Papers for months to come, spaced out for maximum impact, similarly to Snowden's leaks.
If a month goes by and not a single story is contrary to american corporate interests, the author's position may be reasonably supportable. But day 1? Not a chance. They went for the most immediate impact-- two CURRENT heads of state.
- r3bl 11y agoI can guarantee you at least two more heads of states tomorrow (European time): Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
- hendersoon 11y agoNote to readers: From a post in the other Pentagon Papers thread on HN, r3bl claims to be a web dev at one of the sites reporting on these leaks, ICIJ, Guardian, BBC, etc. So he isn't guessing!
- r3bl 11y agoBest proof I can provide at the moment: https://tech.occrp.org/about/ https://tech.occrp.org/about/ (members of our tech team on our lame tech blog) and, of course, our affiliation: https://www.occrp.org/en/panamapapers/ https://www.occrp.org/en/panamapapers/. Also: https://twitter.com/r3bl_/status/716754286059864065?s=09 https://twitter.com/r3bl_/status/716754286059864065?s=09 and https://twitter.com/r3bl_/status/716325999785418753?s=09 https://twitter.com/r3bl_/status/716325999785418753?s=09 Our journalists have already started posting this on Twitter, kind of like we did yesterday when we warned Russian spokespeople that they're going to have a sleepless night tonight: https://twitter.com/DrewOCCRP/status/716320506052493312?s=09 https://twitter.com/DrewOCCRP/status/716320506052493312?s=09
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- hendersoon 11y ago@smegal: Yes it is. They're actual journalists working on this. It's not illegal for most people to locate assets offshore, and just as importantly, most of that simply isn't newsworthy.
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- deepnet 11y agoUK PM David Cameron's father. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-father-and-senior-tory-figures-named-in-panama-papers-leak-a6967116.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-...
- mmoya 11y agoIt's day 1 and the frontpage of El Pais (one of the major Spanish newspapers) only mentions Putin and Venezuela.