tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post8485587980917094050..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Who said this?byron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-5321049211373031522011-05-11T15:45:07.191+01:002011-05-11T15:45:07.191+01:00Guardian: Assange awarded Australian peace prize.Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/11/julian-assange-australian-peace-prize-wikileaks" rel="nofollow">Assange awarded Australian peace prize</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-59855133418354908582010-12-09T00:47:45.078+00:002010-12-09T00:47:45.078+00:00Another one clearly in the public interest to know...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-cables-shell-nigeria-spying" rel="nofollow">Another one clearly in the public interest to know</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-15670625498057689092010-12-08T21:55:14.524+00:002010-12-08T21:55:14.524+00:00Another story that we wish we wasn't true, but...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/02/foreign-contractors-hired-dancing-boys" rel="nofollow">Another story</a> that we wish we wasn't true, but which would be worse if kept hidden (spelled out in more detail <a href="http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/12/wikileaks_texas_company_helped.php" rel="nofollow">here</a> if you can stomach it).<br /><br />While not every byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-25064727236405849082010-12-08T15:01:14.838+00:002010-12-08T15:01:14.838+00:00But more importantly (since talking about Assange ...But more importantly (since talking about Assange is largely a distraction): <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-this-case-must-not-obscure-what-wikileaks-has-told-us-2154109.html" rel="nofollow">don't lose focus on what WikiLeaks has revealed</a> (Independent).<br /><br />And that doesn't include any of WikiLeak's pre-2010 work.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-59062889956449818722010-12-08T14:53:57.445+00:002010-12-08T14:53:57.445+00:00SMH: Assange is the Ned Kelly of the internet age....SMH: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/julian-assange-is-the-ned-kelly-of-the-digital-age-20101207-18ob0.html" rel="nofollow">Assange is the Ned Kelly of the internet age</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-44786524302038978232010-12-08T14:40:28.697+00:002010-12-08T14:40:28.697+00:00Excellent Guardian editorial today:
"And if ...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/08/editorial-wikileaks-julian-assange" rel="nofollow">Excellent Guardian editorial today</a>:<br /><br />"And if American diplomats must troop around TV studios citing the Vienna convention, which protects diplomatic embassies and communications as "inviolate", then they must do a better job of explaining why Hillary Clintonbyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-66987360515961883032010-12-08T03:06:58.572+00:002010-12-08T03:06:58.572+00:00Evict Washington from Cancùn and Durban.
A piece ...<a href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=CRISIS-FORUM;b43a0292.1012" rel="nofollow">Evict Washington from Cancùn and Durban</a>.<br /><br />A piece that puts the lie to the idea that these cables haven't revealed anything we didn't already know and/or haven't revealed any great injustices to justify their breach of diplomatic trust.<br /><br />Can't seem to access byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-12336393164321826892010-12-08T00:54:22.825+00:002010-12-08T00:54:22.825+00:00WikiLeaks and the long haul. This is an insightful...<a href="http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/12/wikileaks-and-the-long-haul/#" rel="nofollow">WikiLeaks and the long haul</a>. This is an insightful post that I largely agree with, though some more acknowledgement of the immediate significance and importance of some of the things that have been revealed would be nice.<br /><br />"I am conflicted about the right balance between the visibility byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-7453470673907996472010-12-07T22:09:11.080+00:002010-12-07T22:09:11.080+00:00Hilary Clinton PBUH. Nice one Byron.Hilary Clinton PBUH. Nice one Byron.Jason Goroncyhttp://cruciality.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com