Einar Thorsen

Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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Books on WikiLeaks

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The Guardian has published a book on WikiLeaks today, with The New York Times and Der Speigel also presenting their version of events in book format – perhaps they’re all just trying to get in before Julian Assange publishes his chronicle?

I will update this post with order details and other books as they become available. If you come across any that are not listed, please do let me know.

The Guardian:
Wikileaks, by David Leigh & Luke Harding, £6.99

Inside Wikileaks, by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, £7.99

WikiLeaks Versus the World [Hardback], by Julian Assange, £16.00

The New York Times:
Open Secrets: Wikileaks, War and American Diplomacy [ebook], by Alexander Star (ed) Bill Keller (intro), £4.30

Der Spiegel:
WikiLeaks: Public Enemy No. 1, by Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark [not found link to translated version yet]

Bloggers:
The Age of Wikileaks: From Collateral Murder to Cablegate (and Beyond), By Greg Mitchell, £7.61

War journalists have a right to safety – David Schlesinger

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    War journalists have a right to safety – David Schlesinger

    David Schlesinger, editor in chief of Reuters:

    "When Wikileaks published the harrowing video of the deaths in Iraq of my colleagues Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and his assistant and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40, the world finally had the transparency it should have had about this tragedy.

    It was impossible for me to watch and not feel outrage and great sorrow – but this is not about trying to tell anyone else what to feel. This is about trying to find out exactly what happened and how to ensure it doesn't happen again.

    What I want from the Pentagon – and from all militaries – is simple: acknowledgment, transparency, accountability."

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Who watches WikiLeaks? – The Guardian

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    Who watches WikiLeaks? – The Guardian

    Chris McGreal looks into WikiLeaks criticism:

    "But there are those who fear that WikiLeaks is more like an intelligence service than it would care to admit – a shadowy, unaccountable organisation that tramples on individual privacy and other rights. And like so many others who have claimed to be acting in the name of the people, there are those who fear it risks oppressing them."

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