TE
TechEcho
Home24h TopNewestBestAskShowJobs
GitHubTwitter
Home

TechEcho

A tech news platform built with Next.js, providing global tech news and discussions.

GitHubTwitter

Home

HomeNewestBestAskShowJobs

Resources

HackerNews APIOriginal HackerNewsNext.js

© 2025 TechEcho. All rights reserved.

Jacob Appelbaum, Wikileaks editor, detained by US customs

28 pointsby fun2havealmost 15 years ago

3 comments

Groxxalmost 15 years ago
&#62;<i>"When you have been waging war for 10 years, who are you to say that?" Mr Appelbaum said. "What are you thinking, writing these people's names down? And what are you doing in concrete terms to protect these people?"</i><p>A very good point. Anyone in the chain capable of viewing the documents would be capable of selling out such information to people who would pay. Anyone care to guess how many people that could be? Any low-level with a passing glance because they're in the vicinity must be accounted for as well.<p>My guess? Thousands. Not as many as exposed to Wikileaks, by any means, nor are <i>they</i> helping the individual's security at all... but that's not really their goal.
WildUtahalmost 15 years ago
Gratuitous harassment of whistleblowers at the US border and Wikileaks' director unable to visit the USA at all. Hiding documentation of official misconduct in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by persecuting journalists.<p>Is this what we elected Obama for?
评论 #1566888 未加载
binspacealmost 15 years ago
I hope this leads to more transparency by the US government to it's citizens.