Council of Europe criticizes U.S. ‘cult of secrecy’

The inter-parliamentary  Council of Europe has issued a draft resolution blasting the U.S. for its “cult of secrecy” and said whistleblowers played a vital tole in challenging government secrecy. The resolution pointed up the ill effects of secrecy, “In some countries, in particular the United States, the notion of state secrecy is used to shield [...]

Pentagon urges media not to publish WikiLeaks documents from Iraq war

The Pentagon says it is reviewing 400,000 documents from the Iraq war to release for publication and asked the media not to legitimize WikiLeaks by publishing information obtained illegally. -db USA TODAY October 18, 2010 By Tom Vanden Brook WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Pentagon task force was bracing Monday for the unauthorized release of perhaps [...]

Gawker opens site to probe WikiLeaks

Citing Wikileaks secretive mode of operation, Gawker announced a new website, Wikileakileaks.org, to provide the public details of the organization’s operation. -db ValleyWag Commentary August 31, 2010 Secret-sharing website Wikileaks.org’s tagline is “We open governments.” But the organization itself is about as open as North Korea. That’s why we’ve launched Wikileakileaks.org: your source for Wikileaks-related [...]

Report card on government secrecy now available

Openthegovernment.org has released a “secrecy report card” that shows only limited changes in operations over the last year to withhold government information from the public. -DB Secrecy News Federation of American Scientists September 8, 2009 By Steven Aftergood The vast apparatus of government secrecy persisted through the last year with only limited changes in the contours [...]