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It was German journalists who revealed the names in the leaks, not Wikileaks/Assange. In fact, Assange made extra efforts to warn the White House that the leak
by fit2rule 7y ago
It was German journalists who revealed the names in the leaks, not Wikileaks/Assange.
In fact, Assange made extra efforts to warn the White House that the leaks had been published with cleartext names.
So no, nobody died because Assange published leaked data. If anybody got into trouble at all because their names were revealed, its because German journalists published the password to decrypt the files containing the names of informants involved.
So, this is an even worse travesty of justice on top of the existing torture, already.
- hutzlibu 7y agoAfter reading Wikipedia about it ... not quite correct. "It was German journalists who revealed the names in the leaks, not Wikileaks/Assange." British, not german: "In August 2010, Assange gave Guardian journalist David Leigh an encryption key and a URL where he could locate the full Cablegate file." And he also did only revealed the password. "Leigh disclaimed responsibility for the release, saying Assange had assured him the password would expire hours after it was disclosed to him" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak#September_2011_release_of_unredacted_cables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cable... And after that password was revealed, Assange said, now state actors could decrypt it, it is better to just publish it, so everyone can read it.