Diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks show that the Japanese government viewed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a serious threat to its illegal whaling, and urged the United States to crack down on the group.
As hackers continue “Operation Payback,” the full weight of the U.S. government is being brought down upon Wikileaks. Mainstream media outlets have predictably been repeating the misinformation campaigns of those in power.
The attacks on Wikileaks are attacks on the future of journalism. Media outlets who sit quietly while this happens deserve everything the Liebermans and Feinsteins of the world send their way.
Wikileaks is a “terrorist threat” because it challenges the secrecy, control and power upon which all mainstream media outlets and authoritarian regimes depend.