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WikiLeaks; medium or conspiracy?Ballesteros, NicholeBraga, Henni RaeDel Rosario, ChristaDizon, SamMansilungan, Bren

I. Establish an investigation

strategy.A. Conduct preliminary research for an

overview of the topic.B. List down questions that your

investigation will seek to answer.C. Examine the sources previously cited

and explore further.D. Provide answers to the questions raised.II. Tabulate the answers to the

questions and other data

gathered.

III. Arrive to a conclusion.

A. Conduct preliminary research for an overview and

background of the topic.

1. Visit the website itselfa) WikiLeaks Homepage

http://wikileaks.org

b) WikiLeaks Mirror Links

http://wikileaks.info



2. Read articles concerning the recent controversy.



3. Start jotting down the useful sources encountered.a) At a glance: WikiLeaks cables

b) PressTV – Karzai doubts credibility of WikiLeaks

c) Is there any hidden political motive behind WikiLeaks?

d) The Purpose and People of WikiLeaks

B. List down questions that your investigation

will seek to answer.1. How long has the website been running?

2. What are the website’s sources of information?

3. What are the website’s techniques in gathering data? How are these informationverified?

4. After submission, is the text edited before it is posted online on the website?

5. Who are the people involved in creating and facilitating the website?

6. Are there any hidden motives behind the website?

7. What was the outcome of other similar cases?

C. Examine the sources previously cited and

explore further.

D. Provide answers to the questions raised.

1. How long has the website been running?

“We are a young organisation that has grown very quickly, relying on a network of dedicated volunteers around the globe. Since 2007, when the organisation was officially launched, WikiLeaks has worked to report on and publish important information.”

(About WikiLeaks, 2010)

http://213.251.145.96/about.html


2. What are the website’s sources of information?

“Like other media outlets conducting investigative journalism, we accept (but do not solicit) anonymous sources of information. Unlike other outlets, we provide a high security anonymous drop box fortified by cutting-edge cryptographic information technologies. This provides maximum protection to our sources.”

(How WikiLeaks works, 2010)



3. How is the information verified?

“When information comes in, our journalists analyse the material, verify it and write a news piece about it describing its significance to society. We then publish both the news story and the original material in order to enable readers to analyse the story in the context of the original source material themselves. Our news stories are in the comfortable presentation style of Wikipedia…”




4. Is the text edited before it is posted online?

“We then publish both the news story and the original material in order to enable readers to analyse the story in the context of the original source material themselves. Our news stories are in the comfortable presentation style of Wikipedia, although the two organisations are not otherwise related. Unlike Wikipedia, random readers can not edit our source documents.”




5. Who are the people involved?

It was the project of Julian Assange. “We also have a network of talented lawyers around the globe who are personally committed to the principles that WikiLeaks is based on, and who defend our media organisation… WikiLeaks is a project of the Sunshine Press… WikiLeaks is an independent global group of people with a long standing dedication to the idea of a free press and the improved transparency in society that comes from this. The group includes accredited journalists, software programmers, network engineers, mathematicians and others. ”

(The people behind WikiLeaks, 2010)



6. Are there any hidden motives behind the website?

a. It's probably pretty clear by now that WikiLeaks is not a front for any intelligence agency or government despite a rumour to that effect.”

(The people behind WikiLeaks, 2010)


D. Provide answers to the questions raised.b. “It may be noted that among the over 92000 secret documents compiled in five years, there is not a single line written about India. The documents are silent about role of RAW, RAAM and Mossad in destabilizing Pakistan. Nobody in USA and entire western world has noticed these glaring oddities as to how come role of three principal players is missing from the radar screen and US documents are blank.”

(Wikileaks; an indo-zionist conspiracy? 2010: By Brig Asif Haroon Raja)

http://www.effedieffe.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24722:wikileaks-an-indo-zionist-conspiracy&catid=35:worldwide&Itemid=152


7. What was the outcome in other similar cases?

“The cases mostly involved people who worked for the government or had a direct connection, a key question about whether the WikiLeaks website or its founder Julian Assange could be prosecuted.”

a. Thomas Drake

b. Stephen Jin-Woo Kim

c. Stewart Nozette

d. Walter Kendall Myers

(Factbox: U.S. cases involving leaks of secret material,

2010: Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, editing by Philip Barbara)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B15PP20101202

II. Tabulate the answers to the

questions and other data gathered.

III. Arrive to a conclusion.1. Through the investigation strategy

that we formulated, we arrived to the conclusion that WikiLeaks, as a source of data, is credible (giving no consideration to the moral implications of its activity). Weighing out the two sides of its controversial function in society, the website has more sources in defense of its reliability and validity as ground for information dissemination.

III. Arrive to a conclusion.2. As students with limited

resources to fully investigate the credibility of WikiLeaks, we are open to any new information that may support or refute our current stand on the issue.

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