Morgan Tzvangirai will not be prosecuted, a Zimbabwean panel has determined, in connection with comments he made to US diplomats, revealed in cables published by the Guardian. The Financial Gazette, a Zimbabwean English-language news weekly, reports: A PANEL set up early this year to probe alleged treason by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and leading ZANU-PF… [Read more…]
July 18, 2011
WIRED’s publication of the full Lamo-Manning chat logs brings a year-long controversy to a close. But questions remain over WIRED’s reticence. 1. The History of the Lamo-Manning Chat Logs 2. The Unredacted Chat Logs. 3. WL Central’s Annotated Chat Log The History of the Lamo-Manning Chat Logs On June 10, 2010, Kevin Poulsen and Kim… [Read more…]
January 12, 2011
In response to Glenn Greenwald’s coverage of the Wikileaks-Guardian-Tsvangirai controversy and the Guardian’s recent retraction, The Atlantic’s Max Fisher tweeted an interesting point, which throws into confusion the issue of exactly what time Wikileaks released the 09HARARE1004 cable: Max Fisher: @ggreenwald Not trying to start a fight, but WL time stamp looks to be older… [Read more…]
January 4, 2011
Today, James Richardson had an opinion and analysis piece published in The Guardian about the fallout in Zimbabwe from the publication of the 09HARARE1004 cable. Information about Morgan Tzvangirai’s meetings with US embassy officials was disclosed in the Harare cable, and this will likely be the subject of a politically motivated high treason trial brought… [Read more…]
November 21, 2010
The Falsehood: During its War Log Releases, Wikileaks carelessly/wantonly/maliciously failed to redact the names of soldiers/informants. As a a result, NATO/Allied troops and/or Afghan/Iraqi informants and/or their families were endangered/killed. The Explanation: This allegation has been made in various forms since Wikileaks released the Afghanistan War Logs, and with renewed intensity after the Iraq War… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010
The notion of human interest journalism enjoys far too much custom in our media, but it still seems worthy of report. I encountered this tweet today. I’ve embedded the featured link into the image. I cannot know the interesting context for this story, nor verify the veracity of the tweet, but this tweet alone signifies… [Read more…]
July 20, 2011
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