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As journalists, activists, artists, scholars and citizens, we condemn the array of threats and attacks on the journalist organization WikiLeaks. After the website's decision, in collaboration with several international media organizations, to publish hundreds of classified State Department diplomatic cables, many pundits, commentators and prominent U.S. politicians have called for harsh actions to be taken to shut down WikiLeaks' operations.

Major corporations like Amazon.com, PayPal, MasterCard and Visa have acted to disrupt the group's ability to publish. U.S. legal authorities and others have repeatedly suggested, without providing any evidence, that WikiLeaks' posting of government secrets is a form of criminal behavior--or that at the very least, such activity should be made illegal. "To the extent there are gaps in our laws," Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed (11/29/10), "we will move to close those gaps."

Throughout this episode, journalists and prominent media outlets have largely refrained from defending WikiLeaks' rights to publish material of considerable news value and obvious public interest. It appears that these media organizations are hesitant to stand up for this particular media outlet's free speech rights because they find the supposed political motivations behind WikiLeaks' revelations objectionable.

But the test for one's commitment to freedom of the press is not whether one agrees with what a media outlet publishes or the manner in which it is published. WikiLeaks is certainly not beyond criticism. But the overarching consideration should be the freedom to publish in a democratic society--including the freedom to publish material that a particular government would prefer be kept secret. When government officials and media outlets declare that attacks on a particular media organization are justified, it sends an unmistakably chilling message about the rights of anyone to publish material that might rattle or offend established powers.

We hereby stand in support of the WikiLeaks media organization, and condemn the attacks on their freedom as an attack on journalistic freedoms for all.

Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, Glenn Greenwald and others have signed, how about you? http://bit.ly/SupportWikiLeaks (I, Tom Murphy, signed too)

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Read Glenn Greenwald's latest blog post (He points out that "McClatchy's Nancy Youssef has a very good article examining why American journalists -- in contrast to journalists from around the world -- refuse to defend WikiLeaks from government attacks"): Government-created climate of fear http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/10/fear/index.html
In WikiLeaks fight, U.S. journalists take a pass
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/09/106445/in-wikileaks-fight-us-journalist...
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[amisab]

I think its just a play, a desperate act of trying to put out counter information.. Julian Assage said himself " I dont see why people waste time with foolish conspiracy theories such as 9 11 when I have real actual issues" This is a useful idiot, they will use this to claim that the internet needs to be controlled, and what for? what did we really learn from wikileaks? all their informations was already known, and nothing really damaging the zionists and america

[TomStraub]

@representativepress

You should look into the history of Jewish spying, false flags and psyops before throwing your hat into the ring with Assange.

The fact that it's being reported in the mainstream media so thoroughly is suspicious itself.

At the moment I'll say it is you who is 'confused' or at the very least naive.

[yeaowl]

I wish Wikileaks would have released something far more interesting.

[jtking2504]

Wiki leaks is nothing but Propaganda, like rat poison 95% of it is tasty food. But the purpose is get you to swallow the poison. WikiLeaks bait are all these old stories used to convince us the entire pile is "tasty food"except it isn't. Buried in the pile of delicious, albeit past the exp date morsels is poison the US Government knows you will no longer accept at face value from the controlled media, but hope you will eat if handed to you by a con artist "POSING" as hostile to the government.

[nicolibri]

@b1gr1g Manning is a great American hero, why the hell would you want him to die? Approving of Wikileaks but not of the people who make it possible is a bit of an aberration, don't you think?

[b1gr1g]

I hope Manning dies a painful death. Sign any petition, but that fucker is going down!

[alexicon89]

911 was done by the banks, look at who profitted from 911.

the banks.

the banks have done insanely evil shit which ruined lives before so i see no reason why they wouldnt do it.

trust me.

it was the banks.

[alaric63]

So did I just watch a video in which you were trying to claim the trade center building collapsed from fire or some bull, and now , some 6,7 years later are sticking up for wikileaks.

Do you still believe the 'mainstream' story about 9/11?

If not you should pull that stupid video.

But I would also say that if you are into getting the facts out now.

Hey, better late than never!

Welcome to Conspiracy World....

But seriously, you should be careful about proclamations without serious investigation.

[kevinafix]

wikileaks is the greates advance in published truth that the zionist press will not support, but nevertheless should be free to continue in exposing the TRUTH to the world without the threats and cover up that is being demonstrated now.Freedom of the exposure of lies and misleading information must be of paqramount priority or we must live under dictatorial total domination.It is the peoples choice and they must have the guts to support that..Tudley Vic Oz

[gabrielcool427]

@representativepress i'll get you an hint Assange=israelii agent.

[ChrisnStarry]

We DO NOT support wiki leaks! They are psyops! FREE BRADLY MANNING!!!