Thursday, March 25, 2010

Gawker.com: Is the U.S. Government Spying on a Tiny Secret-Sharing Website? (I say: It's wikileaks.com, of course they are!)

Wikileaks.org is a website legendary in certain circles for posting documents people want hidden from the world. The Pentagon is not a fan. Now, Wikileaks is accusing the U.S. of spying on its editors.

Tonight, Wikileaks tweeted that it was "currently under an aggressive US and Icelandic surveillance operation," and provided a few creepy details:

Hit up the Gawker link for more completely creepy Tweets from @wikileaks or just hit up http://wikileaks.org and support them if you can.

This is the face of "the press" from here on out, folks. Indy non-profits taking on the task of exposing the true behavior of governments, banks, corporations, etc. The age of for-profit news being an effective way to stay informed is pretty much over, sadly.

Thanks be to aaaathedaytheytriedtokillme.com for posting on this story.

Posted via web from thepete's posterous

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