WikiLeaks Put Women in Turkey in Danger, for No Reason

[Cali_Democrat]

Just days after a bloody coup attempt shook Turkey, WikiLeaks dumped some 300,000 emails they chose to call “Erdogan emails.” In response, Turkey’s internet governance body swiftly blocked access to WikiLeaks.

For many, blocking WikiLeaks was confirmation that the emails were damaging to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the government, revealing corruption or other wrongdoing. There was a stream of articles about “censorship.” Even U.S. National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden tweeted the news of the WikiLeaks block with the comment: “How to authenticate a leak.”

But Snowden couldn’t have been more wrong about an act that was irresponsible, of no public interest and of potential danger to millions of ordinary, innocent people, especially millions of women in Turkey.

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Journalists and anti-censorship activists who I am in touch with in Turkey have been combing through the leaked documents, and I am not aware of anything “newsworthy” being uncovered. According to the collective searching capacity of long-term activists and journalists in Turkey, none of the “Erdogan emails” appear to be emails actually from Erdogan or his inner circle. Nobody seems to be able to find a smoking gun exposing people in positions of power and responsibility. This doesn’t rule out something eventually emerging, but there have been several days of extensive searching.

However, WikiLeaks also posted links on social media to its millions of followers via multiple channels to a set of leaked massive databases containing sensitive and private information of millions of ordinary people, including a special database of almost all adult women in Turkey.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zeynep-tufekci/wikileaks-erdogan-emails_b_11158792.html

[bluedye33139]

1. Wikileaks is becoming predictably alt-right and not caring

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Yep.

They've picked sides in the Presidential election.

They're all for Trump.

[OneGrassRoot]

4. ...and misogynistic. n/t

[Cerridwen]

3. assange also admitted to lying which put President Evo Morales in danger.

assange also admitted to lying which put President Evo Morales in danger.

This goes far beyond being a "middle man" or clearinghouse for information.

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Bolivia-Accuses-Assange-of-Putting-Evo-Morales-Life-at-Risk-20150413-0024.html

URL Title: Bolivia-Accuses-Assange-of-Putting-Evo-Morales-Life-at-Risk

Article Title: Bolivia Accuses Assange of Inadvertently Putting Evo Morales' Life at Risk

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In July 2013, the Morales' presidential plane made an emergency landing in Austria after being denied permission to fly over France and Portugal due to rumors that Snowden was with him en route to asylum in Bolivia.

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He admitted that the plan “was not completely honest, but we did consider that the final result would have justified our actions.” Assange also confessed the outcome of his actions were never expected, but insisted Washington was responsible for the plane's emergency landing.

“We weren't expecting this outcome. The result was caused by the United States' intervention. We can only regret what happened,” Assange concluded.

Yeah. "The ends justify the means."

Out here, in the real world, julian, this is not a fucking video game. By the way, how about you practice some "radical transparency" and show up for court.