The Times's Dealings With Julian Assange - NYTimes.com

Interesting essay concerning NY Times collaboration with the UK’s Guardian on the Wikileaks project starting in 2008.

Bill Keller is the executive editor of The New York Times. This essay is adapted from his introduction to “Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy: Complete and Expanded Coverage from The New York Times,” an ebook available for purchase at nytimes.com/opensecrets.

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Pentagon asks media not to publish war leaks - Yahoo! News

If the leaks are posted on the website what is the purpose in not having them published by the press?

The Pentagon on Monday asked media organizations not to publish any classified war files released by the WikiLeaks Web site, as the U.S. braces for the potential disclosure of hundreds of thousands of secret Iraq war documents.

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Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder | Seattle Times Newspaper

Swedish prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying less than a day after the document was issued that it was based on an unfounded accusation of rape. 

He was in Sweden last week seeking legal protection for the whistle-blower website, which angered the Obama administration for publishing thousands of leaked documents about U.S. military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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