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The Intercept failed to

artappraiser — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:04:06 +0000

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The Intercept failed to shield its confidential source. Now it’s making amends.

In the Trump era’s first leak arrest, the news site has adopted some reforms and its parent company will help fund Reality Winner’s defense.

By Margaret Sullivan @ WashingtonPost.com, July 11

[.....] A month later, the Intercept and its parent company, First Look (both are funded by Omidyar), are taking steps to fix their mistakes and help defend Winner.

“As the news outlet Winner is accused of leaking to, the Intercept has a unique perspective on her case and a passionate desire to see her receive a fair trial — even though we had no idea who our source was and still have no independent knowledge of the source’s identity,” Reed said in a statement Tuesday.

Helping Winner’s case will take two forms, she said.

First Look’s Press Freedom Defense Fund will pay for a law firm to support her current defense lawyers. And it will give $50,000 in matching funds to Stand With Reality, a grass-roots crowdfunding campaign intended to increase public awareness and support legal work for the young whistleblower.

Winner has been charged under the 100-year-old Espionage Act, the same arcane law that the Obama administration began using to charge leakers, including Snowden.

“The First Amendment, not the Espionage Act, should be the framework for viewing the act of whistleblowing,” Reed said.

Reed said the Intercept has been examining its practices for source protection and, in this case, found them wanting.

“At several points in the editorial process, our practices fell short of the standards to which we hold ourselves” for keeping risks to sources at a minimum, Reed said. “We should have taken greater precautions to protect the identity of a source who was anonymous even to us.” [....]

Schindler's take on the leak.

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 05:35:11 +0000

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Schindler's take on the leak. Still quite strange.

I doubt it.

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 06:23:07 +0000

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I doubt it.

But is someone at Inquisitor

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:50:42 +0000

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But is someone at Inquisitor working with Trump?

For now I am accepting as

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:18:27 +0000

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For now I am accepting as probably correct Moon's description of how sloppy verification of a story by a news organization, one that asks for leeks and has published detailed information on how to protect your anonymity when leaking to them, could use verification procedures that would make it so easy for the government to identify the leaker. If things are as Moon of A described them and I was the "investigative reporter" who had screwed up so badly, I would be puking my guts out every time I thought about that young woman's future.

I'm usually critical (these

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 04:52:55 +0000

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I'm usually critical (these days) of Wikileaks and Moon, but yes, this looks even intentional, some kind of war on the press and any leakers starting?

I imagine Trump's inspired by how Erdogan cleared out thousands of enemies, and maybe Putin's whispering how to clear out the rat's nest.

It depends on where we are

ocean-kat — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 03:18:08 +0000

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It depends on where we are ten years down the road. Will we see it as a period of temporary insanity or the time when the terrible troubles began.

Just too much, Lulu!!! Thanks

artappraiser — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 02:47:55 +0000

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Just too much, Lulu!!! Thanks for sharing the catch. What will we think of these times ten years down the road?

Question of the day comes to mind: What kinda leakers does Trump like today? What kind will he like tomorrow?

WikiLeaks Declares War on The

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 01:29:37 +0000

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WikiLeaks Declares War on The Intercept

This article may confirm

A Guy Called LULU — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:46:57 +0000

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This article may confirm opinions for those predisposed to dislike anything from The Intercept. I believe they have done a lot of valuable reporting but appear to have fucked up royally in this case. The result is that an apparently naively principled Hillary-supporting young woman, maybe pumped up with the idea of doing something heroic, will no doubt pay a big price for a long time for sloppily leaking what is apparently nothing-news. I hope she doesn’t get the Manning treatment but I expect that it will somehow be played to make a scary example of her to warn off other potential leakers. It will be interesting to see if The Intercept feels the need to defend their actions in this case and how they do so.

On the other hand, this analysis may be totally rejected [and maybe the story will play out to show that it should be] because the source was rejected years ago, or for any number of other reasons, especially if it contradicts or alternatively fails to confirm a bias. Regardless, I think it worth a read to anyone following this news.