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Wikileaks To Sell Hugo Chavez' Email

Posted by samzenpus on from the how-much-to-look-through-his-garbage dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Wikileaks seems to be a bit hard-up for cash, so they're trying a little experiment. They plan to auction off an archive with three years worth of Hugo Chavez' email. The winner will get a period of embargoed access to break any stories they can find in the files, while Wikileaks will later publish the archive in full. Wikileaks plans to use the profits for their legal defense fund, but they may run into trouble because most reputable news outlets have policies against paying sources."

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  1. Risky... by someme2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wikileaks plans to use the profits for a small but capable force of mercenaries to protect their collective asses.

    IFYPFY.

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    Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 07, @12:26PM
  2. Chavez' regret by bobdotorg · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's kicking himself for not using the same email backup system as The Whitehouse.

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  3. Re:They pay photographers by Korey+Kaczor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Journalists don't create stories, they document existing events. The problem is that wikileaks doesn't need to provide an incentive for people to create false documents.

  4. I just found one of those emails by atari2600 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dear Castro,

    Bush sucks. Thanks for the cigars.

    Hugs,

    Hugo.

    PS: No you can't have my Hummer.

  5. Re:Reputable news sources by MrHanky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hello, as a freelance Sun reporter, I'll quote you on that: 'Unnamed sources claim some of the emails were sexually explicit and addressed to a former Big Brother contestant'. Hope that's OK with you, and if it's not you can just piss off. Thank you.