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Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange take part in a protest outside the Old Bailey
HUNDREDS of thousands of leaked documents published by Wikileaks caused no harm to US informants, Julian Assange’s extradition hearing was told today.
Investigative journalist John Goetz, who worked with Wikileaks while at news website Der Spiegel in Germany, said: “I don’t know of any case of anyone coming to harm from the publication of the diplomatic cables.
“This question of harm was the central issue in the Chelsea Manning trial and, as far as I know, I don’t know of any case of any specific incident where harm has been shown from the release of the documents.”
SOLOMON HUGHES highlights a 1995 Sunday Times story about the disappearance of ‘defecting Iraqi nuclear scientist.’ Even though the story was debunked, it was widely repeated across the mainstream press, creating the false – and deadly – narrative of Iraqi WMD that eventually led to war
