Wikileaks internal split

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Technolog - WikiLeaks people defect to Openleaks

WikiLeaks not only has to fend off attacks from the outside, it also has dissension from within to grapple with, as former staffers have branched off to form their own whistleblower platform, Openleaks, expected to go live Monday.

This schism is most apparent in an exchange between WikiLeaks detained founder/cyber martyr Julian Assange and the most prominent name in the new endeavor: former WikiLeaks' German spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg, aka Daniel Schmitt.

The two sparred late summer over Assange's investigation of a "serious security breach" of internal conflicts within WikiLeaks being published in Newsweek, while Domscheit-Berg tried to question him over details about WikiLeaks agreements with the media over the release of the Iraq War logs.

"You are not anyone’s king or god," wrote Domscheit-Berg. “And you're not even fulfilling your role as a leader right now. A leader communicates and cultivates trust in himself. You are doing the exact opposite. You behave like some kind of emperor or slave trader."

And in the lingo of such an imperious force, Assange fired this at his willful employee: “You are suspended for one month, effective immediately."

Domscheit-Berg: "Haha. Right. Because of what? And who even says that? You? Another adhoc decision?"

Assange: "If you wish to appeal, you will be heard on Tuesday.”

Looks like Assange has let his fame and notoriety go to his head.

 

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Hard to know for sure without also knowing what the internal politics of that organization are.

Looks like you're right, though.