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Wikileaks

Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy
Leigh, David (Paperback - - 2011)
Average Rating: 2.5 stars out of 5.
Wikileaks


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Traces the history of the online organization WikiLeaks, which released thousands of previously secret or classified documents from numerous government agencies, and examines its impact on world politics and freedom of information.

Authors: Leigh, David, 1946-
Statement of Responsibility: David Leigh and Luke Harding ; with Ed Pilkington, Robert Booth, and Charles Arthur
Title: Wikileaks
inside Julian Assange's war on secrecy
Publisher: New York :, Public Affairs,, 2011.
Edition: 1st ed
Characteristics: xi, 339 p. ;,21 cm.
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Apr 25, 2011
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  • nutty7688 rated this: 2.5 stars out of 5.

So far it is an interesting read, however the author lost me so many times, its hard to count.

Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks has acquired the screen rights to WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy by Guardian journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding. The movie is being "conceived as an investigative thriller in the mold of All the President's Men." Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief, Guardian News & Media, called the project "Woodward and Bernstein meets Stieg Larsson meets Jason Bourne. Plus the odd moment of sheer farce and, in Julian Assange, a compelling character who goes beyond what any Hollywood scriptwriter would dare to invent." DreamWorks has also secured rights to Inside WikiLeaks by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Assange's former colleague. Deadline.com suggested that a "good template for what they are thinking is The Social Network, where Aaron Sorkin not only used the Ben Mezrich book The Accidental Billionaires as a resource, but gathered actual testimony from the lawsuits filed against Mark Zuckerberg that detailed the formation of Facebook and provided high drama. That allowed the film to be made without a rights deal from Zuckerberg."

Pure Orwellian propaganda. Don't waste your time.

Feb 01, 2011
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  • bcowsill rated this: 1 stars out of 5.

Absolutely refuse to read this book. I can't stand Leigh or his coverage of the wikileaks situation. He's becoming as bad as Miller at the NY Times. In one week, Leigh's twitter account tweeted <buy my book> so many times I honestly lost count. Bet none of the profits go to Mannings' or Assange's defense costs.

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