Quotes for All
One possible future for WikiLeaks is to morph into a gigantic media intermediary – perhaps, even something of a clearing house for investigative reporting – where even low-level leaks would be matched with the appropriate journalists to pursue and report on them and, perhaps, even with appropriate NGOs to advocate on their causes. Evgeny Morozov
WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire US government is forced to go through a full-body scanner. Evgeny Morozov
Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats. Evgeny Morozov
There have been so many individuals who have really put a lot on the line. That they’ve sacrificed so much to try to protect the principle of source protection in the journalism world. And I think Julian Assange, and WikiLeaks, and Sarah Harrison have really been extraordinary in standing up for that. Edward Snowden
[ Donald Trump is] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin’s strength than in Barack Obama’s strength. His closeness to Putin is a very scary thing for the country and the fact that the news was dominated for 33 days I think it was by WikiLeaks stories, that had an impact on … Read more
WikiLeaks is the 9/11 of diplomacy. Franco Frattini
Was that Donna Brazile, a CNN analyst, or a [Hillary] Clinton partisan? Two batches of emails posted by WikiLeaks show Brazile gave Clinton advisers a heads up about questions the candidate might receive at CNN events during the primaries. Donna Brazile
WikiLeaks serves as a back-up for those who want to tell the truth about the inner workings of government when the mainstream media is not willing or taking too long to publish. Daniel Ellsberg
EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time. Daniel Ellsberg
I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan were targets that needed to be neutralized, but rather people who were struggling to live in the pressure cooker environment of what we call asymmetric warfare. Chelsea Manning