wikileaks internal e-mail, pt. 2

8/8/2019 Wikileaks Internal e-Mail, pt. 2

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To: John Young From: Wikileaks Subject:martha stuart pgp Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:20:25 -0500 -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----Version: None J. We are going to fuck them all. Chinese mostly, but not entirely a feint. Inventionabounds. Lies, twists and distorts everywhere needed for protection. Hackers monitor chineseand other intel as they burrow into their targets, when they pull, so do we. Inxhaustible supply ofmaterial. Near 100,000 documents/emails a day. We're going to crack the world open and let itflower into something new. If fleecing the CIA will assist us, then fleece we will. We havepullbacks from NED, CFR, Freedomhouse and other CIA teats. We have all of pre 2005afghanistan. Almost all of india fed. Half a dozen foreign ministries. Dozens of political partiesand consulates, worldbank, apec, UN sections, trade groups, tibet and fulan dafa associationsand... russian phishing mafia who pull data everywhere. We're drowing. We don't even know atenth of what we have or who it belongs to. We stopped storing it at 1Tb.

Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:22:16 +0000 From: Ben Laurie To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net, Hanna Subject: Re: [WL] What words andphrases should we be using? [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'.This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer andplenty of backbone.] Hanna wrote: > [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. > Please do not mention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead

to 'WL'. > This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an establishedlawyer > and plenty of backbone.] >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>>> Fwd from Julian: >> We should be consistent in our use and invention of language. A wordor > a phrase extracts meaning from its resonance with other usages and our > experiences. Forinstance in the FAQ we sometimes use the phrase > "ethical leaking". Should we always use thisphrase? 'leak' by itself > carries a negative. 'ethical' a strong positive. 'ethical leaking' a > positive.But it does isolate 'leaks' as being non-ethical unless we > stick 'ethical' on them. Can we make amovement from this phrase and > others? 'The ethical leaking movement'. Powerful. Can itsurvive the > heat of our vision? Ethical leaking has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? The obviousattack on this is that WL cannot distinguish ethical from unethical leaking. However, emphasisingthat WL seeks to enable ethical leaking is a good idea, it seems to me. >> We must find our own'Operation Iraqi Freedom' s -- blessings and > sanctifications that even our most diseased anddemonic opponents will > find themselves chanting to each other in the night. >> We need a

phrases for 'leak facilitator', 'mail drop volunteer', > 'ethical leaker', 'wl server operator' etc, etc. >>-- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.links.org/ "There is no limit to what aman can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff

Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:19:08 +0000 From: Ben Laurie To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net, Wikileaks Subject: Re: [WL]media contact volunteers [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. Thislist is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plentyof backbone.] Wikileaks wrote: > [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. > Please do not mention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to'WL'. > This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer> and plenty of backbone.] >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>

For the coming media storm next week, we need time zone local telephone > contact points, withnumber (but not name) listed > on WL.ORG. >> In interviews, this just meansexplaining/interpreting the "official > position" that's written up on wl.org. You always representyourself -- > someone who's an interested party "on the advisory board", but do not > speak for wlas a whole. If they ask what about X and it's not on WL.ORG > etc, then give can your personalopinion if you think it's helpful, but > re-iterate that you're speaking for yourself. >> Thisdelegation carries some risks (to wl), but we are in a romance with > journalists hearts; if ourvoices sweet are not easily reachable on the > phone when their desire and deadlines peek,others voices, less honeyed > but always, always available will replace them. >> Ben, are youhappy to handle the UK? Yes, but not so sure about having my phone number posted. How


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about an email address I can alias? ukrep[a t]WL, say. Being the geek I am, I like to talk aboutthe (potential/vague) technical architecture, too. Is this to be avoided? I personally think its a goodidea, especially for more technical publications (e.g. New Scientist). BTW, I was rather enjoyingthe fact that I didn't really know who else was on this l ist, given the mission, but gradually that'sbeing eroded. It's not too late to fix, though (I must blog about this: people keep claiming you can'trefund privacy. It's not true) - we could restart the list with some unknown subset of the currentsubscribers plus some new people all using anonymous email addresses. OTOH, I'm guessingthe path from me to any of you is pretty damn short, so perhaps not worth the effort :-) > R / Jake-- central europe? >> pde / dvm us west coast? >> jya, is there someway we can obscure you forthe east coast? >> Chen/Lim are you happy to handle Tiawan/SEA and Mandarin language >interviews? Lim, do you speak cantonese too? >> Jamie -- africa? >> Julian / Sue / John S --oz/english asia? >> David, are you still busy with your conference? >> -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.links.org/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how farhe can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff

To: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Hanna Date: Sun, 7 Jan 200722:13:32 -0500 Subject: [WL] We're all CIA stooges, apparently. [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly inthese discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] John Young has leaked the content

of this list, sans most identifying info to cryptome.org It's clear from his recent messages thathe's been losing it for some time. We should have checked his current mental state morethoroughly rather than relying on previous experience. The impact maybe positive. It's certainlyvery mysterious and exciting to read. I don't think there's much dissonance between our publicand private positions.

Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:36:00 +0000 From: Ben Laurie To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net, Hanna Subject: Re: [WL] We're all CIAstooges, apparently. [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list ishoused at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty ofbackbone.] Hanna wrote: > [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. > Please do not mention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'.

> This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer >and plenty of backbone.] >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> JohnYoung has leaked the content of this list, sans most identifying > info to cryptome.org Not in mycase, for the astute reader, assuming New Scientist publish the interview. > It's clear from hisrecent messages that he's been losing it for some > time. We should have > checked his currentmental state more thoroughly rather than relying on > previous experience. >> The impact maybepositive. It's certainly very mysterious and exciting > to read. I don't think there's > muchdissonance between our public and private positions. Why was his final message to this listfiltered? And does anyone understand wtf it means? -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.links.org/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far hecan go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff

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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:21:19 +0000 From: Ben Laurie To:Wikileaks , funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] [Fwd:MySociety's Comment on This and wikileaks] [This is a restricted internal development mailinglistfor w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in these discussions; referinstead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an


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established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.htmlhttp://www.links.org/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn'tmind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff Return-Path: Received:from murder ([unix socket]) (authenticated user=ben bits=0) by mail.links.org (Cyrusv2.2.13) with LMTPA; Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:59:25 +0000 X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mail.links.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.1.6X-Original-To: ben[a t]ben.algroup.co.uk Delivered-To: ben[a t]ben.algroup.co.uk Received: fromchainmail.thebunker.net (chainmail.thebunker.net [213.129.64.23]) (using TLSv1 with cipherDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) bymail.links.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B959333C1E for ;Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:59:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from router.foriru.co.uk ([82.152.78.249]helo=sebastian.foriru.co.uk) by chainmail.thebunker.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-

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ALD-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0, required 5) Subject:MySociety's Comment on This and wikileaks Hey Ben, A long shot, but do you have anything todo with wikileaks? There's a conversation in their cryptome posted log aboutcommentonthis.com, and, if they're credible (John Young suggests not), I'd would be happy tohave a conversation if they had questions or wanted to engage with CoT. Regards Sam --Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others

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Jan 2007 07:20:09 -0500 Subject: [WL] Fwd: The Times of London/Request [This is a restrictedinternal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that worddirectly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activistcollective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Ben, you want the firstbite? Begin forwarded message: From: "Richards, Jonathan" Date: 8. Januar 2007 05:08:32 GMT-05:00 To: Subject: The Times of London/Request Hi, I'm a tech reporter at The Times of London. I heardabout your initiative. Sounds v. interesting. Would any 'Wikileaker' be available for a chat atsome point today (Mon)? I'd like to know when you're planning to post the first of your 1.1 milliondocuments. Not to mention where they all came from. But there's a couple of other things too -where the idea sprang from etc. Just a general interview about the site, I guess. I look forward tohearing from you. Kind Regards, Jonathan Richards Reporter, The Times +44 207 782 5303

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From: Julian Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:40:14 +0000 To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] cryptome disclosure [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly inthese discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] No idea what JYA was saying! It'sclear to me however, that he was not trying to protect people's identities with his xxxxx'ing, butrather trying to increase the sexiness of the document. Perhaps he feels WL is a threat to thecentral status mechanism in his life? I think he just likes the controversy. He may have done usa great favor. There's a lot of movement in that document. It's a little anarchist, but I think itgenerally reads well and sounds like people doing something they care about. Btw, I suggestwe be careful with Wayne Madsen too. He seems to be another case of someone who wasfantastic a few years ago, but recently has started to see conspiracies everywhere. Both casespossibly age related. I am not spending any more thought on it. Next week is going to be busy.The weeks earlier stories will be already done and that'll set the agenda for the rest of the week,not jya's attention seeker. I'm willing to handle calls for .au, although my background may makeS a better bet.

From: Julian Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:01:13 +0000 To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] Venezuela [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in

these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] This guy any good? Beginforwarded message: > From: "Klaus Jaffe" > Date: 8 January 2007 00:26:44GMT+00:00 > To: "Julian Assange" > Subject: Re: Wikileaks needs you. >> Icongratulate you, Julian, for your work > We very much need an outlet for transparency, shiningonto the > arbitrary oppressions of our authoritarian regime in Venezuela. I > am happy to helpin whatever I can > Cheers > Klaus Jaffe > http://atta.labb.usb.ve/Klaus/klaus.htm

From: Julien Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:11:35 +0000 To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] Andrew Clausen [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly inthese discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Begin forwarded message: >

From: Andrew Clausen > Date: 8 January 2007 07:10:38GMT+00:00 > To: Julian Assange > Hi Julian, >> This photo might remind you ofwho I am: >> www.econ.upenn.edu/~clausen >> (I am from Melbourne.) >> Interestingproject, even if the hyperbole is a little excessive! >> Have you got a mailing list? >> I wonder ifthere are any interesting economics research projects > to be > done here. >> If you don't havegood democratic institutions -- like most of Africa > and China -- how does good informationhelp? (Got any examples?) >> What are the potentially perverse effects of leaks? Blackmail? >(Is anonymity in blackmail a big deal? To effectively blackmail > someone, you need to collectregular small payments, which makes it > easy > to trace anyway.) >> Cheers, > Andrew

From: Julien Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:14:37 +0000 To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] Amir Butler (www.amitbutler.com) [This is arestricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that

word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, anactivist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Muslim(british/indian) public affairs guy. phd comp. sci. speaks in arabic. former hacker Beginforwarded message: >> I don't know how much or what I can do, but I'm interested in > learningmore as it certainly seems like a worthwhile and > beneficial project. I can help with analysis ofMiddle East/Muslim > issues etc. and promote the site to others who might have something >to contribute.

To: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Hanna Date: Mon, 8 Jan 200716:48:25 +0000 Subject: [WL] web pages updates [This is a restricted internal development


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mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in thesediscussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattlewith an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] updates look good

From: Julien Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:10:37 +0000 To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] Fwd: [E-SPCH] Julian Assange: Wikileaks needsyou. [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do notmention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed atriseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.]Begin forwarded message: > From: "Danny O'Brien" > Date: 8 January 200721:09:09 GMT+00:00 > To: Julian Assange > Subject: Re: [E-SPCH] Julian

Assange: Wikileaks needs you. > Reply-To: danny[a t]eff.org >> Julian - >> Danny O'Brien fromEFF here. Is there anything specific we can help > out > with? Our key competence is legalassistance within the United States, > but there may be other contacts and resources we canthrow your way. >> Best, >> d. >>> On Jan 7, 2007, at 5:28 PM, John Gilmore wrote: >>>>> EFFshould consider helping -- they need all kinds of help. >>>>>> John

From: Julien Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:11:55 +0000 To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] advice from publicist [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in

these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Obvious really, but interesting tonote another vote for "ethical leaking" Begin forwarded message: > From: [Cryptome removedat request of author.] > Date: 8 January 2007 22:49:21 GMT+00:00 > To: Julian Assange > Subject: Re: Wikileaks needs you. >> I'd say just pass over it with a fine tooth comband try to > eliminate all the segments that could be misquoted by the press. > In other wordswhenever you say leaks, say ethical right next to > it, so they would need to make a veryconcerted effort to misquote > you. >> Best of luck, > [Cryptome removed at request of author.]>>> On Jan 8, 2007, at 8:56 AM, Julian Assange wrote: >>> Zero budget for the next fewmonths! But we'd appreciate any >> comments you may have on the website [it's not production-- a >> holding page to deal with the intense media interest] >>>> On 7 Jan 2007, at 19:55,wrote: >>>>> Hi Julian, >>>>>> I received your email (though I'm not sure how we are >>>connected). Regardless, your project is very interesting. I'm a >>> professional publicist, and

my business (Group 113) does Total >>> Branding through: Public and Media Relations(including crisis >>> management), Marketing Strategy and Implementation, Event >>>Production and Design (Graphic, Web, Interactive, and >>> Traditional). I don't know if you'relooking to keep everything >>> in house and what kind of a revenue stream you're working with,>>> but I'd be happy to discuss our services with you. All of my >>> info is below. >>>>>> bestof luck, >>> [Cryptome removed at request of author.] >>>

To: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Wikileaks Date: Mon, 8Jan 2007 17:16:34 -0600 Subject: [WL] Fwd: RSS Feed Please [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly inthese discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Begin forwarded message: From:"Jordet, Trevor" Date: 8. Januar 2007 19:02:10 GMT+00:00 To:

"wikileaks" Subject: RSS Feed Please I love the idea for wikileaks.If you pull it off the right way it will definitely be a massive success!!! One thing you really needto add is an RSS feed for your articles. I tried to find one and could not. (Maybe because youhave not officially launched the site yet) Trevor

To: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Wikileaks Date: Mon, 8Jan 2007 17:38:50 -0600 Subject: [WL] Dan ellsberg responds [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly inthese discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Can someone craft a delicate witty


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reply to the following. In doing so, perhaps discover what Dan thought about Abbie (they wouldhave crossed circles -- Abbie has a large ego, it's not clear Dan would have taken to him -- similarpolitics, but I suspect Dan would have thought Abbie showy) Begin forwarded message: From:Daniel Ellsberg Date: 8. Januar 2007 15:04:01 GMT-06:00 To: wikileaks[at]wikileaks.org Cc: "P. Jeffrey Black" Your conceptlooks terrific and I wish you the best of luck with it. I am honored to be quoted but that quotationis actually from Abbie Hoffman. I may have been foolish and arrogant, but I was not that young inthe period Abbie was talking about. Yours, Dan Ellsberg

To: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Wikileaks Date: Mon, 8Jan 2007 17:39:09 -0600 Subject: [WL] Fwd: COX NEWSPAPERS INTERVIEW REQUEST[This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do notmention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed atriseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.]Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Carr Date: 8. Januar2007 15:36:08 GMT-06:00 To: Subject: COX NEWSPAPERSINTERVIEW REQUEST Wikileaks: I am a national correspondent based in Washington with CoxNewspapers. I am interested in interviewing the founder of wikileaks about your website andplan to disclose government leaks to the public. I write about government secrecy issues andwould like to highlight your site in a story that I am writing about leaks. Here is backgrounder on

me: http://www.coxwashington.com/reporters/content/reporters/carr_r.html Can you please callme? I can be reached at 202-887-8362. Thanks. Rebecca Carr Rebecca Carr NationalCorrespondent Cox Newspapers 400 N. Capitol Street, NW Suite 750 Washington, D.C. 20001-1536 202.887.8362-direct 202.744.9911-cell ---

To: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Wikileaks Date: Mon, 8Jan 2007 17:39:24 -0600 Subject: [WL] Fwd: Media request [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly inthese discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Begin forwarded message: From:[Cryptome removed at request of author.] Date: 8. Januar 2007 16:24:46 GMT-06:00 To:Wikileaks Subject: Re: Media request Hi, Sorry for the tardy reply.I've been on deadline with another story. You can reach me at [Cryptome removed at request of

author.] (the number reaches me at home as well when I'm there). [Cryptome removed atrequest of author.] On 1/5/07, Wikileaks wrote: On 05.01.2007, at10:08, [Cryptome removed at request of author.] wrote: I'm a freelance reporter who writes forWired News, Salon, and other publications. I'm interested in writing a story about the Wikileakssite and was wondering if there's someone available to speak with me about it. You can reach meat [Cryptome removed at request of author.] or send me a number where I can reach you and I'llcall you. Regards, [Cryptome removed at request of author.] Hi [Cryptome removed at requestof author.]. We'd be happy to talk to you. Are you working over the weekend? Can you give usweekend contact details and we'll get someone to call you? What is your deadline? Best, WLHere are some answers to questions you might have: What is WikiLeaks.org? Why "wikify"leaking? WikiLeaks is an uncensorable version of wikipedia for untraceable mass documentleaking and analysis. It combines the protection and anonymity of cutting-edge cryptographictechnologies with the transparency and simplicity of a wiki interface. Principled leaking has

changed the course of history for the better; it can alter the course of history in the present; it canlead us to a better future. Consider Daniel Ellsberg, working within the US government during theVietnam War. He comes into contact with the Pentagon Papers, a meticulously kept record ofmilitary and strategic planning throughout the war. Those papers reveal the depths to which theUS government has sunk in deceiving the population about the war. Yet the public and the mediaknow nothing of this urgent and shocking information. Indeed, secrecy laws are being used tokeep the public ignorant of gross dishonesty practiced by their government. In spite of thosesecrecy laws and at great personal risk, Ellsberg manages to disseminate the Pentagon papersto journalists and to the world. Despite facing criminal charges, eventually dropped, the release ofthe Pentagon papers shocks the world, exposes the government, and helps to shorten the war


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and save thousands of lives. The power of principled leaking to embarrass governments,corporations and institutions is amply demonstrated through recent history. Public scrutiny ofotherwise unaccountable and secretive institutions pressures them to act ethically. What officialwill chance a secret, corrupt transaction when the public is likely to find out? What repressive planwill be carried out when it is revealed to the citizenry, not just of its own country, but the world?When the risks of embarrassment through openness and honesty increase, the tables are turnedagainst conspiracy, corruption, exploitation and oppression. Open government answers injusticerather than causing it. Open government exposes and undoes corruption. Open governance isthe most cost effective method of promoting good governance. Today, with authoritariangovernments in power around much of the world, increasing authoritarian tendencies indemocratic governments, and increasing amounts of power vested in unaccountablecorporations, the need for openness and democratization is greater than ever. WikiLeaks is atool to satisfy that need. WikiLeaksreduces the risk to potential leakers and improves theanalysis and dissemination of leaked documents. WikiLeaks provides simple and straightforwardmeans for anonymous and untraceable leaking of documents. At the same time, WikiLeaksopens leaked documents up to a much more exacting scrutiny than any media organization orintelligence agency could provide: the scrutiny of a worldwide community of informed wiki editors.Instead of a couple of academic specialists, WikiLeaks will provide a forum for the entire globalcommunity to examine any document relentlessly for credibility, plausibility, veracity andfalsifiability. They will be able to interpret documents and explain their relevance to the public. If a

document is leaked from the Chinese government, the entire Chinese dissident community canfreely scrutinize and discuss it; if a document is leaked from Somalia, the entire Somali refugeecommunity can analyze it and put it in context. And so on. WikiLeaks may become the mostpowerful "intelligence agency" on earth -- an intelligence agency of the people. It will be an opensource, democratic intelligence agency. But it will be far more principled, and far less parochialthan any governmental intelligence agency; consequently, it will be more accurate, and morerelevant. It will have no commercial or national interests at heart; its only interests will be truthand freedom of information. Unlike the covert activities of state intelligence agencies, WikiLeakswill rely upon the power of overt fact to inform citizens about the truths of their world. WikiLeakswill be the outlet for every government official, every bureaucrat, every corporate worker, whobecomes privy to embarrassing information which the institution wants to hide but the publicneeds to know. What conscience cannot contain, and institutional secrecy unjustly conceals,WikiLeaks can broadcast to the world. WikiLeaks will be a forum for the ethical defection of

unaccountable and abusive power to the people. How will WikiLeaks operate? To the user,WikiLeaks will look very much like wikipedia. Anybody can post to it, anybody can edit it. Notechnical knowledge is required. Leakers can post documents anonymously and untraceably.Users can publicly discuss documents and analyze their credibility and veracity. Users candiscuss interpretations and context and collaboratively formulate collective publications. Userscan read and write explanatory articles on leaks along with background material and context. Thepolitical relevance of documents and their verisimilitude will be revealed by a cast of thousands.WikiLeaks will also incorporate advanced cryptographic technologies for anonymity anduntraceability. Those who provide leaked information may face severe risks, whether of politicalrepercussions, legal sanctions or physical violence. Accordingly, extremely sophisticatedmathematical and cryptographic techniques will be used to secure privacy, anonymity anduntraceability. For the technically minded, WikiLeaks integrates technologies including modifiedversions of FreeNet, , PGP and software of our own design. WikiLeaks will be deployed in a way

that makes it impervious to political and legal attacks. In this sense it is uncensorable. Who isbehind WikiLeaks? WikiLeaks was founded by Chinese dissidents, mathematicians and startupcompany technologists, from the US, Taiwan, Europe, Australia and South Africa. Our advisoryboard, which is still forming, includes representatives from expatriate Russian and Tibetanrefugee communities, reporters, a former US intelligence analyst and cryptographers. There arecurrently 22 people directly involved in the project and counting. What is your relationship towikipedia? WikiLeaks has no formal relationship to wikipedia. However both employ the samewiki interface and technology. Both share the same radically democratic philosophy that allowinganyone to be an author or editor leads to a vast and accurate collective intelligence andknowledge. Both place their trust in an informed community of citizens. What wikipedia is to the


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encyclopedia, WikiLeaks will be to leaks. Wikipedia provides a positive example on whichWikiLeaks is based. The success of wikipedia in providing accurate and up-to-date informationhas been stunning and surprising to many. Wikipedia shows that the collective wisdom of aninformed community of users may produce massive volumes of accurate knowledge in a rapid,democratic and transparent manner. WikiLeaks aims to harness this phenomenon to provide fastand accurate dissemination, verification, analysis, interpretation and explanation of leakeddocuments, for the benefit of people all around the world. What is WikiLeakss present stage ofdevelopment? WikiLeaks has developed a prototype which has been successful in testing, butthere are still many demands required before we have the scale required for a full publicdeployment. We require additional funding, the support of further dissident communities, humanrights groups, reporters and media representative bodies (as consumers of leaks), languageregionalization, volunteer editors/analysts and server operators. We have received over 1.1million documents so far. We plan to numerically eclipse the content of the English wikipedia withleaked documents. Anyone interested in helping us out with any of the above should contact usby email at [insert address here]. When will WikiLeaks go live? We cannot yet give an exactdate. We estimate February or March 2007. Couldnt leaking involve invasions of privacy? Couldntmass leaking of documents be irresponsible? Arent some leaks deliberately false andmisleading? Providing a forum for freely posting information involves the potential for abuse, butmeasures can be taken to minimize any potential harm. The simplest and most effectivecountermeasure is a worldwide community of informed users and editors who can scrutinize and

discuss leaked documents. Concerns about privacy, irresponsibility and false information alsoarise with wikipedia. On wikipedia, irresponsible posting or editing of material, or posting of falsematerial, can be reversed by other users, and the results have been extremely satisfying andreassuring. There is no reason to expect any different from WikiLeaks . Indeed, as discoveredwith wikipedia to the surprise of many, the collective wisdom of an informed community of usersmay provide rapid and accurate dissemination, verification and analysis. Furthermore,misleading leaks and misinformation are already well placed in the mainstream media, as recenthistory shows, an obvious example being the lead-up to the Iraq war. Peddlers of misinformationwill find themselves undone by WikiLeaks , equipped as it is to scrutinize leaked documents in away that no mainstream media outlet is capable of. An analogus example is this excellentunweaving of the British government's politically motivated additions to an intelligence dossier onIraq. The dossier was cited by Colin Powell in his address to the United Nations the same monthto justify the pending US invasion of Iraq. In any case, our overarching goal is to provide a forum

where embarrassing information can expose injustice. All policy will be formulated with this goalin mind. Is WikiLeaks concerned about any legal consequences? Our roots are in dissidentcommunities and our focus is on non-western authoritarian regimes. Consequently we believe apolitically motivated legal attack on us would be seen as a grave error in western administrations.However, we are prepared, structurally and technically, to deal with all legal attacks. We designthe software, and promote its human rights agenda, but the servers are run by anonymousvolunteers. Because we have no commercial interest in the software, there is no need to restrictits distribution. In the very unlikely event that we were to face coercion to make the softwarecensorship friendly, there are many others who will continue the work in other jurisdictions. Isleaking ethical? We favour, and uphold, ethical behavior in all circumstances. Every person is theultimate arbiter of justice in their own conscience. Where there is a lack of freedom and injusticeis enshrined in law, there is a place for principled civil disobedience. Where the simple act ofdistributing information may embarrass a regime or expose crime, we recognize a right, indeed a

duty, to perform that act. Such whistleblowing normally involves major personal risk. Just likewhistleblower protection laws in some jurisdictions, WikiLeaks provides means and opportunity tominimize such risks. We propose that every authoritarian government, every oppressiveinstitution, and even every corrupt corporation, be subject to the pressure, not merely ofinternational diplomacy or freedom of information laws, not even of quadrennial elections, but ofsomething far stronger: the individual consciences of the people within them.

Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:07:46 -0800 From: "David Zetland" To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] Suggestions for reputation-building... [This is arestricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that


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word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, anactivist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Hi WL Folks, Iam the David "at the conference". I have just skimmed ~30 emails. Congratulations on yoursuccess to date. I have a few suggestions: 1) $5million is a bad idea. $1 million or less. Thisproject will get respect if it's shoestring -- not dotcom -- in financial dimensions. 2) You MUST geta working site. The reporters will lose interest if there is nothing to see -- ie, hot air/vaporware.wl.org doesn't seem to have anything up... 3) The wiki format is attractive for ease of use andgroup editing. I have not seen a working version, but there are (potential) significant problemswith edit-wars, spamming, agents-provocateurs. The idea of an online archive, OTOH, isEXCELLENT. (How is it different than http://www.thememoryhole.org/, btw? 4) I have emailedJulian my own idea, which has significant overlap with yours. The disadvantage of mine(http://www.rumor-mill.org/) is that it requires monitors. The good news is the reputation feature(which will choke forgery) and far lower threshold of leak (ie, a rumor, not just a document). I wasoriginally thinking that WL could be the archive and RM could be the discussion. In any case, Iclaim NO OWNERSHIP of my idea, so I am happy to merge interets. I am alone, with fewresources, so even getting RM loaded would be great. I am happy to be "in the open" (manydetails via links below) and talk to folks, but I have less knowledge than any of you. Julian -- I'llbe back in Davis on Wed. We can skype/PGP after I get back. There is a huge demand for aWL-type thing WITHIN the US these days due to (sad) abrogations of whistleblowers rights. Ihave contacted POGO, et al in the past, but never gotten far. They are likely to be interested but

not to offer (material/real) help. EFF is likely to be an exception... Just a few initial thoughts.David -- Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument oftyrants; it is the creed of slaves. -- William Pitt (1759-1806) David Zetland (david[at]primal.ucdavis.edu; 530-848-9208) PhD Candidate, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCDavis http://www.kysq.org ~~ http://www.rumor-mill.org/

Cc: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Julien Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan2007 19:03:09 -0600 To: "David Zetland" Subject: [WL] Re:Suggestions for reputation-building... [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyerand plenty of backbone.] On 8 Jan 2007, at 18:13, David Zetland wrote: > 1) $5million is a badidea. $1 million or less. This project will get > respect if it's shoestring -- not dotcom -- in financial

dimensions. I agree. I think this is just an internal feel of what we could use for a fulldeployment, not what we need and not something to be quoted around the place. > 2) YouMUST get a working site. The reporters will lose interest if > there is nothing to see -- ie, hotair/vaporware. wl.org doesn't seem > to have anything up... Absolutely. Can you help? Theunexpected press coverage has completely diverted people from that task. That's a reality wecan't easily change. We have more volunteers now, but this doesn't scale and in the short termreduces productivity as someone has to brief them. We could put up a few more dramatic leaks.One option is to take the thing unsecured (faster) and see what happens to it as we build the fullversion. Having it go down briefly might be useful to us. > 3) The wiki format is attractive forease of use and group editing. I > have not seen a working version, but there are (potential)significant > problems with edit-wars, spamming, agents-provocateurs. The idea of an > onlinearchive, OTOH, is EXCELLENT. (How is it different than > http://www.thememoryhole.org/, btw?It is the edit-wars etc that keep people motivated and form community! Truth is the only constant

in these wars, which are otherwise random, so people will converge to it. If the wars can be toneddown (through exhaustion or otherwise) as something develops then peturbations from it becomesmaller and smaller. In this way we can see it as an annealing process. Where opinions divergetoo much for this process, new pages are created. We must also understand the zeitgeist. Thereason we're getting such publicity, despite having almost nothing up is that we're resonating offwikipedia's and wiki infludence more generally. AFAIK, this was deliberate strategy. > 4) I haveemailed Julian my own idea, which has significant overlap > with yours. The disadvantage ofmine (http://www.rumor-mill.org/) is > that it requires monitors. The good news is the reputationfeature > (which will choke forgery) and far lower threshold of leak (ie, a > rumor, not just adocument). I was originally thinking that WL could > be the archive and RM could be the


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discussion. In any case, I claim NO > OWNERSHIP of my idea, so I am happy to merge interets.I am alone, > with few resources, so even getting RM loaded would be great. We can easily havean automated linking between these two. We could also lower the threshold to accept "rumor"leaks into the wiki process, however, I suspect, that at least early on, that would pollute us.Having to have a document erects a necessary entry barrier. > due to (sad) abrogations ofwhistleblowers rights. I have contacted > POGO, et al in the past, but never gotten far. They arelikely to be > interested but not to offer (material/real) help. EFF is likely to be > an exception...Prescient. We have a pogo staff member (in a personal capacity only) and eff has just offeredassistance. What we want them to do is an interesting question. Will they take donations for us?

Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:31:45 -0800 To: wmreditor[a t]waynemadsenreport.com From: JohnYoung Cc: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net,Julien Assange Subject: [WL] Wikileaks Suspects You [This is a restricted internal developmentmailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in thesediscussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective in Seattlewith an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Hi Wayne, A Wikileaks message today,below, for your collection of whine. Regards, John ---------- From: Julian Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:40:14 +0000 To: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject:[WL] cryptome disclosure Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1168263685-5925-9095" [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do

not mention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed atriseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.]No idea what JYA was saying! It's clear to me however, that he was not trying to protectpeople's identities with his xxxxx'ing, but rather trying to increase the sexiness of thedocument. Perhaps he feels WL is a threat to the central status mechanism in his life? I think he

just likes the controversy. He may have done us a great favor. There's a lot of movement inthat document. It's a little anarchist, but I think it generally reads well and sounds like peopledoing something they care about. Btw, I suggest we be careful with Wayne Madsen too. Heseems to be another case of someone who was fantastic a few years ago, but recently hasstarted to see conspiracies everywhere. Both cases possibly age related. I am not spendingany more thought on it. Next week is going to be busy. The weeks earlier stories will be alreadydone and that'll set the agenda for the rest of the week, not jya's attention seeker. I'm willing tohandle calls for .au, although my background may make S a better bet.

From: Julien Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:03:59 -0600 To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] manning the phones [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly inthese discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] I've set up some coms. who's happyto be in the daisy chain forwarding chain from the washington number? please send me skype /other details. It's getting a call every 20 minutes.

Cc: wmreditor[a t]waynemadsenreport.com, funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: JulienAssange Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:07:48 -0600 To: John Young Subject: [WL] Re: Wikileaks Suspects You [This is a restricted internaldevelopment mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that word directly in

these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activist collective inSeattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] John, can you xxxx the reference to"IQ.ORG" in that document near "my daughters photo". On 8 Jan 2007, at 23:31, John Youngwrote: > S a better bet.

Cc: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Julien Assange Date: Mon, 8 Jan2007 21:08:50 -0600 To: Julien Assange Subject: [WL] Re: manning the phones[This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do notmention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed atriseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.]


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By "other" I mean phone On 8 Jan 2007, at 21:03, Julien Assange wrote: > I've set up somecoms. who's happy to be in the daisy chain > forwarding chain from the washington number?please send me skype / > other details. It's getting a call every 20 minutes. >

From: Julien Assange Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:03:50 -0600 To:funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net Subject: [WL] draft replacement front page [This is a restrictedinternal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that worddirectly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activistcollective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Journalist friend draftedthis ("more positive") front page. I think it's good, although needs some of the strength of theoriginal in the first sentence. WikiLeaks is a vehicle for the unfettered communication of thingsthat ought to be in the public domain. It is an uncensored, untraceable open channel for thelarge-scale dissemination of information that should be made public. We aim to develop andsupport a mechanism that will allow the average person to release documents or otherinformation that is in the public interest without fear of censorship or recrimination. Becausesome public interest information may be personally risky for a whistleblower to release,WikiLeaks also aims to make submissions to the site untraceable. You don't need advancedtechnical skills to use WikiLeaks. We have based our interface on the user-friendly WikiPediabecause it is so well known and easy to use. We believe that the open dissemination ofinformation is vital for a healthy democracy. That is why WikiLeaks provides free, anonymous

publication of information that ought to published in the public interest, regardless of the source.The idea for the creation of WikiLeaks came from the desire to support open government,particularly in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. We believe that transparency ingovernment activities leads to reduced corruption, better government and stronger democracies.Many governments in these geographic areas would benefit from increased scrutiny from theworld community, as well as their own people. We believe this scrutiny requires information.Often that information is costly - in terms of human life and human rights. We hope WikiLeaks willprotect whistleblowers with the public interest at heart so it will not be so costly in future. In itslandmark ruling on the Pentagon Papers, the US Supreme Court ruled that "only a free andunrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government." We agree. The rulingstated that "paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any partof the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die offoreign fevers and foreign shot and shell." We believe that it is not only the people of one

country that keep their government honest, but also the people of other countries who arewatching that government. That is why the time has come for an anonymous global avenue fordisseminating documents the public should see. Welcome to WikiLeaks.

Cc: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Wikileaks Date: Tue, 9Jan 2007 01:46:48 -0600 To: Ben Laurie Subject: Re: [WL] media contactvolunteers [This is a restricted internal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Pleasedo not mention that word directly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed atriseup.net, an activist collective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.]>> Yes, but not so sure about having my phone number posted. How about an > email address Ican alias? ukrep[a t]WL, say. How about a 3 month skype in diversion? Only cost 10 euros +forwarding costs (minimal). That would anon your number, but get the sort of real-timeism we'relooking for. > Being the geek I am, I like to talk about the (potential/vague) > technical

architecture, too. Is this to be avoided? I personally think > its a good idea, especially for moretechnical publications (e.g. New > Scientist). Think this is ok. We still have some tricks in thebag. Since we're trying to move to a position of open development and anonymous deployment(for efficiency) we're going to have to do something like this eventually. > BTW, I was ratherenjoying the fact that I didn't really know who else > was on this list, given the mission, butgradually that's being > eroded. > It's not too late to fix, though (I must blog about this: peoplekeep > claiming you can't refund privacy. It's not true) - we could > restart the > list with someunknown subset of the current subscribers plus some new > people all using anonymous emailaddresses. OTOH, I'm guessing the > path > from me to any of you is pretty damn short, soperhaps not worth the > effort :-) We're ok. We just need to keep the path to .cn and similar


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sources high. Also a little anon now gives room for movement later (we're not sure why wemight need it, but some necessary actions maybe difficult without it)

To: funtimesahead[a t]lists.riseup.net From: Wikileaks Date: Tue, 9Jan 2007 03:24:39 -0600 Subject: [WL] Fwd: Your Going On Newsreal [This is a restrictedinternal development mailinglist for w-i-k-i-l-e-a-k-s-.-o-r-g. Please do not mention that worddirectly in these discussions; refer instead to 'WL'. This list is housed at riseup.net, an activistcollective in Seattle with an established lawyer and plenty of backbone.] Begin forwardedmessage: From: Sean Kennedy Date: 9. Januar 2007 03:19:14GMT-06:00 To: wikileaks[a t]wikileaks.org Subject: Your Going On Newsreal Hey!! Good ideacrew! Im going to yell about you on my radio show Newreal on 2007-01-16 Sean Kennedyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Kennedy

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