10/25/2010

Secret war at the heart of Wikileaks

The Independant
By Jerome Taylor

A civil war at the heart of Wikileaks has virtually paralysed the whistle-blowing website from publishing any new exposés outside of the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, say former staffers and volunteers.  Read more...

 
By Ellen Nakashima and Anthony Faiola
Washington Post Staff Writers

Despite latest coup, WikiLeaks facing challenges

Indeed, as WikiLeaks is trumpeting its latest coup, a number of former WikiLeaks activists are painting another picture of an organization that is out of control, still too driven by the personality and ego of its mercurial founder, Julian Assange.

"I'm too busy ending two wars," is the response one reporter got in an e-mail from Assange after asking for clarity on an issue, according to a source who saw the e-mail, and thought it captured Assange's crusading and peremptory nature. Read more...

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