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Secret power : WikiLeaks and its enemies / Stefania Maurizi ; foreword by Ken Loach ; translated by Lesli Cavanaugh-Bardelli.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: London : Las Vegas, NV : Pluto Press ; PLuto Press Inc., 2022Description: xii, 346 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0745347614 (paperback)
  • 9780745347615 (paperback)
Uniform titles:
  • Potere segreto. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 352.3/79
LOC classification:
  • JF 1525 M456s 2022
Contents:
Introduction: The man who stood up to secret power The Wikileaks revolution The exceptional courage of Chelsea Manning Afghanistan: the faraway war The cypherpunk A database from hell: the Iraq War Logs Cablegate: rattling power at the highest levels Guantanamo: the black hole of civilization The Huffington Post gang is driving me nuts From Sweden to Ecuador No place for protection My trench warfare to unearth the truth Arbitrarily detained A Russian connection? The fury of the CIA Under siege The final attempts In the would-be Guantanamo 175 years for the crime of journalism Only Kafta A monstrous injustice Secret power
Summary: An uncovering of the terrifying depths of authoritarian power that hide behind the infamous story of WikiLeaks* 'I want to live in a society where secret power is accountable to the law and to public opinion for its atrocities, where it is the war criminals who go to jail, not those who have the conscience and courage to expose them.' It is 2008, and Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist with a growing interest in cryptography, starts looking into the little-known organization WikiLeaks. Through hushed meetings, encrypted files, and explosive documents, what she discovers sets her on a life-long journey that takes her deep into the realm of secret power. Working closely with WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange and his organization for her newspaper, Maurizi has spent over a decade investigating state criminality protected by thick layers of secrecy, while also embarking on a solitary trench warfare to unearth the facts underpinning the cruel persecution of Assange and WikiLeaks. With complex and disturbing insights, Maurizi's tireless journalism exposes atrocities, the shameful treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, on up to the present persecution of WikiLeaks: a terrifying web of impunity and cover-ups. At the heart of the book is the brutality of secret power and the unbearable price paid by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and truthtellers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The man who stood up to secret power
The Wikileaks revolution
The exceptional courage of Chelsea Manning
Afghanistan: the faraway war
The cypherpunk
A database from hell: the Iraq War Logs
Cablegate: rattling power at the highest levels
Guantanamo: the black hole of civilization
The Huffington Post gang is driving me nuts
From Sweden to Ecuador
No place for protection
My trench warfare to unearth the truth
Arbitrarily detained
A Russian connection?
The fury of the CIA
Under siege
The final attempts
In the would-be Guantanamo
175 years for the crime of journalism
Only Kafta
A monstrous injustice
Secret power

An uncovering of the terrifying depths of authoritarian power that hide behind the infamous story of WikiLeaks* 'I want to live in a society where secret power is accountable to the law and to public opinion for its atrocities, where it is the war criminals who go to jail, not those who have the conscience and courage to expose them.' It is 2008, and Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist with a growing interest in cryptography, starts looking into the little-known organization WikiLeaks. Through hushed meetings, encrypted files, and explosive documents, what she discovers sets her on a life-long journey that takes her deep into the realm of secret power. Working closely with WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange and his organization for her newspaper, Maurizi has spent over a decade investigating state criminality protected by thick layers of secrecy, while also embarking on a solitary trench warfare to unearth the facts underpinning the cruel persecution of Assange and WikiLeaks. With complex and disturbing insights, Maurizi's tireless journalism exposes atrocities, the shameful treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, on up to the present persecution of WikiLeaks: a terrifying web of impunity and cover-ups. At the heart of the book is the brutality of secret power and the unbearable price paid by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and truthtellers.

Translated from the Italian.

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