You may be asking what is Wikilinks? Well Wikilinks is a website for whistleblowers (A Whistleblower is anyone who has classified documents or information that contains incriminating information and wants to divulge the information).
The website was available to anyone who wants to post information without any repercussions from the authority he or she is "whistling" on. The way that the site is set up makes it virtually or in this case electronically impossible to trace the source. The site had thousands of different documents, ranging from Guantanamo Bay documents (ways to direct inmates not to talk to the Red Cross), and information from Swiss bank accounts (ways that companies launder money).
there have been several attempts by Chinese censors to have the site taken down. All it took was the stroke of a pen by a judge.
This has turned into a 1st Amendment violation issue. One columnist said that it was equivalent to reading one article in the Times that you did not like and then closing down the company. How can such a thing happen? When the dispute first took place the company did not have a qualified lawyer needed to battle against such powerful institutions. Now that the the incident has become more high profile there have been lawyers who have been willing to represent the company. There will be another hearing on February 29th.
We'll be waiting to see how our government chooses to apply the 1st amendment even if it exposes them in the process. Will the constitution be respected?
3 comments:
nice blog post...you're a natural :)
haha. thanks Carrie.
Who knows, our government is eeeeevil.
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