User-Driven Site Hides Nothing

In concurrence with our underground news roots, it is our pleasure to report on a similar, yet much more prevalent and well-developed idea. If you have not already heard of the site Wikileaks (wikileaks.org), I encourage you to check it out (albeit not this second as they have temporarily suspended operation pending fundraising). Wikileaks is a privately run, publically-accessible website created for the sole purpose of anonymously providing leaked government documents and items of a sensitive nature via user submission. This website remains legal as the documents published are, by nature, uncopyrighted. While The Pentagon has seen the site as a national security threat, it breaks no national nor international laws. It is simply a site for those interested in more governmental transparency to investigate some of the inner workings of the government. The site has reported on such incidents as the Peru oil scandal, toxic dumping and even Guantanamo Bay procedures. In an ironic twist, a list of anonymous donors to the site was revealed on the site itself, but in accordance with their impartiality, the site refused to take down the list. If the concept of this site still seems mildly confusing, I encourage you to check it out for yourself and investigate what exactly it is “they” don’t want you to know.