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That's a problem. I mean, like any sort of growing startup organization, we are sort of overwhelmed by our growth. And that means we're getting enormous quantity of whistleblower disclosures of a very high caliber, but don't have enough people to actually process and vet this information.

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If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

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Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

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In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic.

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Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform.

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Cryptography is the essential building block of independence for organisations on the Internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise one state just takes over another.

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Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers.

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The greater the power, the more need there is for transparency, because if the power is abused, the result can be so enormous. On the other hand, those people who do not have power, we mustn't reduce their power even more by making them yet more transparent.

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It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.

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Knowledge has always flowed upwards to bishops and kings, not down to serfs and slaves.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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