The Common Room

Part 1: Espionage or Journalism? Julian Assange, Whistleblowing and Freedom of the Press

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The US calls him a spy, the rest of the world calls him a journalist. Aria, Catherine and Friso talk about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and how he ended up in a UK terrorist prison waiting to be extradited for espionage. Join us for a two-parter on America's 'public enemy number one'.

This episode was recorded on the 16th of May 2022 at the UJOT FM radio studio at the Faculty of Management of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków. Give some love to our friends at @ujotfm!


Notes:

  • According to this Twitter thread by court reporter James Doleman, Wikileaks only published the unredacted files after they were already made public by another website. This was made possible by Guardian journalists who published a password to a database containing the unredacted cables, given to them by WikiLeaks for help with redacting.

    • Sources we used for this episode:

    • How Much Did WikiLeaks Damage U.S. National Security? : NPR
    • Julian Assange and WikiLeaks are harming diplomacy more than the Clinton campaign
    • Assange, Avowed Foe of Clinton, Timed Email Release for Democratic Convention
    • The Case Against WikiLeaks:
    • UN Rapporteur on torture's report on rape allegations and case
    • Testimony by Swedish women in the case 

      • Academic paper about the ethics and worldview behind WikiLeaks: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-020-09571-x

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