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Here's an example of the wacky world of Julian Assange:

John Pilger:
You get complaints from people saying, 'What is WikiLeaks doing? Are they trying to put Trump in the Whitehouse?'

Julian Assange:
My answer is that Trump would not be permitted to win.

It seems not many honest journalists are likely to agree with you http://johnpilger.com/articles.... So yeah, Australian politicians make their own choices, yeah, nah, not that much, they aren't dumb, they know the consequences. They might fail a bit more in carrying stuff out then would seem normal, and they might leak all over the place and they might dissemble for a very long time and they might ensure indirectly that the Australian public get riled up as proof of an unpopular idea but they do not out right refuse and not because they do not want to.

Lets also be clear what "human smuggling" means in this context: Illegal immigration. Indonesians (and others) trying to enter into Australia illegally by any means possible in search of a better life. The Snowden leaks have exposed how the spy apparatus is being used for industrial espionage. This includes and is not limited to being used to maintain political favor with corrupt Indonesian officials in order to maintain cheap access to resources by Australian and other foreign companies. There are already a few previous examples of such immoral exploitation to the detriment of the poorest classes in this region. Running the spy network being for economic advantage in the region only helps guarantee that people will be forced to immigrate illegally to find a better life.

As usual Cold Fjord propaganda story tries to turn this all around to be the complete opposite...

Lets also be clear what "human smuggling" means in this context: Illegal immigration. Indonesians (and others) trying to enter into Australia illegally by any means possible in search of a better life. The Snowden leaks have exposed how the spy apparatus is being used for industrial espionage. This includes and is not limited to being used to maintain political favor with corrupt Indonesian officials in order to maintain cheap access to resources by Australian and other foreign companies. There are already a few previous examples of such immoral exploitation to the detriment of the poorest classes in this region. Running the spy network being for economic advantage in the region only helps guarantee that people will be forced to immigrate illegally to find a better life.

Agreed.

I believe in 'Start as you mean to continue'. It seems that this jock-asshole culture transcends individuals and dictates the whole of US foreign policy:
  * http://johnpilger.com/articles/from-hiroshima-to-syria-the-enemy-whose-name-we-dare-not-speak

Also, what I read is "[Domscheit-Berg] said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could not guarantee a safe handling of the material".

It's because Wikileaks is completely honest. My understanding is that the submission system strips all identifying information when the materials is uploaded to Wikileaks. Even though, it's downright impossible to "guarantee" that the source will never be identified, it would be actually be dishonest to claim so. Even the source might not know that the materials he is leaking might contain identifying information, let alone Wikileaks knowing about it. So Wikileaks is being honest by not casting the mirage of "guarantee." You will see that Wikileaks provides useful advices to go as far as possible to stay anonymous, and in his interview with Pilger, Assange makes it clear that "nothing in this world is guaranteed." DDB knows this but it serves his selfish purpose to brand this impossible to fulfill promise as the reason to not return the material.

Quite so, especially seeing that one of those contributing was John Pilger. Nowhere near as contentious as Moore - one might even say "respected".

Of course, it's hard to tell what the facts are when your opinion is constructed of information told by people who refuse to divulge the facts...or something.

FTFY!

Juba: "You have a great name. You must kill your name before he kills you.". We are already seeing attacks on the name. The last thing any power base/organization being eroded away by wikileaks wants is a martyr strengthening support for Wikileaks after any assassination.

Lots of people have been angry over the amazingly one-sided special relationship for many years. This resulted in something called the "British American Project for the successor generation" which was aimed at countering criticism of the "Special Relationship". The organisation tends to recruit top media people. For example, Jeremy Paxman is a member (he's even on the frontpage http://www.baponline.org./

Here's an article about them.
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=466

Well done Phil this is spot on.

Back in the 60's the American car industry peddled out a similiar line of "product before safety" . The book, Unsafe at any speed [Ralph Nader, 1965] ...

• ... broke the car industries ability to pass off inferior products unsafe for use by the general public. ...

In the case of the Chev Corvairs even when parked. (you can read such stories from the reader testimonials at amazon. Better still read the book at your local library). As a result of the book and the following movement, the mantra of "Engineering, Enforcement, Education". The legacy that is still applied to Engineering practice today.

It's a sad day for journalists (let alone Journo's from the Washington Post [think Woodward and Burnstein]) that fail to understand Naders legacy and see it's relevence to todays computer software industry.

The lefty ratbag John Pilger's creed should be repeated here to see where this journalist has failed the Posts readers ....

• ... it's not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas and myths that surround it. ... John Pilger.

Mikey Moore is to the world of politics what crapflooding trolls are to Slashdot discussions.

Presuming you want to inform yourself (rather than protect yourself from insights that might contradict with your current opinions), I'd recommend starting to read more (by all means continue to read whatever if anything you're currently reading regularly).

The background/big picture:

Read:

• Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (there's also a film, well worth your time, again, if you're interested in informing yourself).
• The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, a Pulitzer-prize winning book on the oil industry by Daniel Yergin. This is a must if you're to understand world politics, especially U.S foreign policy.
• John Pilger for interesting real news from around the world. Also take the time to read what he's written in the past.

Once you've done the above, you'll probably understand the need for finding good sources of daily news. Try any of the BBC news outlets and for example The Guardian. The Guardian also runs a news service regarding the news media itself, at media.guardian.co.uk (free registration required). For example, MediaGuardian runs a continuous special report on Iraq - the media war.

Sorry for the wakeup-call.

"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you".

-- Don Marquis