Archive for June 2nd, 2008
Scientology screenplay now on Wikileaks
An as yet unpublished screenplay written by Scientology’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard, is now available at Wikileaks.org.
It’s called Revolt in the Stars. I have not read the entire document, but it appears to be more of a novel than a screenplay. The story begins with some heavily armed marines dragging something big out of the [...]
Posted: June 2nd, 2008 under wikileaks.
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Wikileaks document helped change U.K. policy on National Student Survey
Most targets of Wikileaked documents respond defensively when they find out about the sensitive, private material posted about them online.
The Church of Scientology and the Mormon Church sent cease-and-desist letters when Wikileaks published their secret theological documents, and a U.K. spokeswoman emailed Wikileaks to request that these early drawings of the atomic bomb be taken [...]
Posted: June 2nd, 2008 under Politics, human rights, journalism, wikileaks.
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Wikileaks releases photos of police brutality in Korean protests
Thousands of Koreans have taken to the streets to protest a free-trade agreement between South Korea and the U.S. that would reopen Korea to U.S. beef imports.
The protests turned violent over the weekend as riot police beat protesters and sprayed them with water cannons. Wikileaks released photos of the bloodshed.
Beef imports to Korea were cut [...]
Posted: June 2nd, 2008 under human rights, wikileaks.
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Mainstream reporters embrace Wikileaks
Most of the recently published analyses on Wikileaks have been written by professional reporters, for professional news organizations.
The BBC tackled this leak, a recording of an official at Kingston University telling students their degrees “will be shit” if they don’t lie on a national survey that ranks higher education in the UK. The Times [...]
Posted: June 2nd, 2008 under journalism, wikileaks.
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