Left to us, We’d give the Nobel Prize to WikiLeaks, Run by the Rollicking Sunshine Press, For their Astounding Efforts... This one’s for them!
But more than all the numbers, WikiLeaks has beyond doubt proven that United States has knowingly not only committed the worst and unpardonable human rights violations, but also has violated the Geneva Accord that controls the behaviour of armies, who capture “prisoners during the course of operations.”
In comparison, Saddam’s kangaroo-trial and summary execution by the US government for the killing of 148 Shiites in Dujail, seems like child’s play. One wonders whether George Bush would ever be even charged with war crimes.
Back to topic, while the top US military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen warned that the WikiLeaks Afghan expose is a threat to national security, President Obama commented, “These documents don’t reveal any issues that haven’t already informed our public debate on Afghanistan.” Strangely, the tenor of Presidential speak has been quite similar whenever WikiLeaks has squirmed the can open – their historic Guantanamo Bay expose inclusive, where WikiLeaks revealed the exact prison manual (termed the Standard Operating Procedure) for Camp Delta, that documented spectacular human rights’ violations – usage of dogs, belly irons, isolation torture et al.
But Assange hasn’t always gotten it right. In two notable mistakes, WikiLeaks has had to eat dust. In December 2006, WikiLeaks claimed that Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a Somali political figure, had planned to assassinate Somali Government officials. Later, the claim was found to be unauthentic and led to WikiLeaks trying to cover up.
In another example, WikiLeaks jumped the gun during the 2008 US Presidential Election, by posting contents of an email account which purportedly belonged to Sarah Palin. It didn’t take much time for investigators to discover that it was just a fake email account created by David Kernell, a Tennessee University student.
But the world is fortunate that WikiLeaks has survived till now. In February 2008, the Swiss Bank Julius Baer sued WikiLeaks in a court in California, US and sought permanent shutdown of its website after it reported illegal activities in the bank’s Cayman Island branch. WikiLeaks won the case in March, 2008. This time they were lucky. It might not be so in the future. To that extent, Assange, your personal indiscretions aside, this one’s for you!
In comparison, Saddam’s kangaroo-trial and summary execution by the US government for the killing of 148 Shiites in Dujail, seems like child’s play. One wonders whether George Bush would ever be even charged with war crimes.
Back to topic, while the top US military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen warned that the WikiLeaks Afghan expose is a threat to national security, President Obama commented, “These documents don’t reveal any issues that haven’t already informed our public debate on Afghanistan.” Strangely, the tenor of Presidential speak has been quite similar whenever WikiLeaks has squirmed the can open – their historic Guantanamo Bay expose inclusive, where WikiLeaks revealed the exact prison manual (termed the Standard Operating Procedure) for Camp Delta, that documented spectacular human rights’ violations – usage of dogs, belly irons, isolation torture et al.
But Assange hasn’t always gotten it right. In two notable mistakes, WikiLeaks has had to eat dust. In December 2006, WikiLeaks claimed that Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a Somali political figure, had planned to assassinate Somali Government officials. Later, the claim was found to be unauthentic and led to WikiLeaks trying to cover up.
In another example, WikiLeaks jumped the gun during the 2008 US Presidential Election, by posting contents of an email account which purportedly belonged to Sarah Palin. It didn’t take much time for investigators to discover that it was just a fake email account created by David Kernell, a Tennessee University student.
But the world is fortunate that WikiLeaks has survived till now. In February 2008, the Swiss Bank Julius Baer sued WikiLeaks in a court in California, US and sought permanent shutdown of its website after it reported illegal activities in the bank’s Cayman Island branch. WikiLeaks won the case in March, 2008. This time they were lucky. It might not be so in the future. To that extent, Assange, your personal indiscretions aside, this one’s for you!
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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