<CPOV> wikileaks: recent findings

[Mathieu ONeil]

Hi all

A more critical POV on WikiLeaks ("WikiLeaks' stance that all leaks are good leaks and its disregard for the established protocols for verifying them also alarms some journalists"):

http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/04/wikileaks-julian-assange-iraq-video

I'll take this opportunity to remind the cpov organisers that the virtual journal critical studies in peer production would like to invite them to contribute a report about the conference: what did they hope to achieve, and did they feel they achieved it?, for example. 

cheers,

Mathieu

----- Original Message -----
From: Erik Borra <erik at erikborra.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:45 pm
Subject: Re: <CPOV> wikileaks: recent findings
To: cpov at listcultures.org

 
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>  In addition, this is very interesting article on WikiLeaks, and why it matters:  http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/27/wikileaks/index.html
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>  Best,
 > 
>  Erik
 > 
>  On 3/30/10 12:31 PM, Geert Lovink wrote: 
(unfortunately we did not pay attention to wikileaks during the last weekend in amsterdam. we discussed it and might do something with it for the third planned event in taipei, in january 2011. /geert)   
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>  WikiLeaks 26. Mar. 2010:   
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>  CIA report into shoring up Afghan war support in Western Europe, 11 March, 2010   
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 > http://file.wikileaks.org/file/cia-afghanistan.pdf   
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>  This classified CIA analysis from March, outlines possible PR-strategies to shore up public   
>  support in Germany and France for a continued war in Afghanistan. After the dutch   
>  government fell on the issue of dutch troops in Afghanistan last month, the CIA became   
>  worried that similar events could happen in the countries that post the third and fourth largest   
>  troop contingents to the ISAF-mission. The proposed PR strategies focus on pressure points   
>  that have been identified within these countries. For France it is the sympathy of the public for   
>  Afghan refugees and women. For Germany it is the fear of the consequences of defeat   
>  (drugs, more refugees, terrorism) as well as for Germany's standing in the NATO. The memo   
>  is an recipe for the targeted manipulation of public opinion in two NATO ally countries, written   
>  by the CIA. It is classified as Confidential / No Foreign Nationals.   
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Dr Mathieu O'Neil
Adjunct Research Fellow
Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute
College of Arts and Social Science
The Australian National University
email: mathieu.oneil[at]anu.edu.au
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