“Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform.” ActionInformationAmountFlowReformMechanismReformationWikileaks Author:Julian Assange
“We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is sometimes something that's quite hard to do, when you're talking about giant databases of information - release it to the public and then defend ourselves against the inevitable legal and political attacks.” SometimesHardPoliticalTalkingInformationNewsOrganizationReleaseInevitableGiantsMailFormatVetsDatabases Author:Julian Assange
“That's a problem. I mean, like any sort of growing startup organization, we are sort of overwhelmed by our growth, and that means we're getting enormous quantity of whistleblower disclosures of a very high caliber but don't have enough people to actually process and vet this information.” PeopleMeanEnoughProblemProcessGrowthGrowingInformationOrganizationEnormousQuantityOverwhelmedGetting HighDisclosureVetsCaliberWhistleblowersEnormous Quantities Author:Julian Assange
“We have a way of dealing with information that has sort of personal - personally identifying information in it. But there are legitimate secrets - you know, your records with your doctor; that's a legitimate secret. But we deal with whistleblowers that are coming forward that are really sort of well motivated.” KnowsWayWellsDealsSecretRecordsInformationDoctorsMotivatedIdentifyingWhistleblowers Author:Julian Assange
“Well, there's a question as to what sort of information is important in the world, what sort of information can achieve reform. And there's a lot of information. So information that organizations are spending economic effort into concealing, that's a really good signal that when the information gets out, there's a hope of it doing some good...” WorldWellsImportantEffortEconomicAchieveInformationOrganizationSpendingReformSignalsConcealing Author:Julian Assange
“I saw that publishing all over the world was deeply constrained by self-censorship, economics and political censorship, while the military-industrial complex was growing at a tremendous rate, and the amount of information that it was collecting about all of us vastly exceeded the public imagination.” WorldSelfPoliticalImaginationSawsGrowingMilitaryInformationAmountEconomicsComplexesRateCensorshipPublishingCollectingMilitary Industrial ComplexSelf Censorship Author:Julian Assange
“The FBI demonstrated this by taking down the former head of the CIA [General David Petraeus] over classified information given to his mistress. Almost no-one is untouchable. The FBI is always trying to demonstrate that no-one can resist us. But Hillary Clinton very conspicuously resisted the FBI's investigation, so there's anger within the FBI because it made the FBI look weak. We've published about 33,000 of Clinton's emails when she was Secretary of State.” TryingLooksMadeStatesGivenInformationWeakClintonFormerInvestigationSecretaryEmailMistressAlways TryingCiaFbiUntouchablesClassified Information Author:Julian Assange
“That was a brave and principled thing for Ecuador to do [give me asylum application]. Now we have the U.S. election [campaign], the Ecuadorian election is in February next year, and you have the White House feeling the political heat as a result of the true information that we have been publishing.” GivingYearsHas BeensFeelingsPoliticalNextHouseWhiteResultsInformationGive MeElectionBraveCampaignsHeatWhite HouseApplicationPublishingNext YearAsylumsFebruaryPrincipledEcuador Author:Julian Assange
“WikiLeaks does not publish from the jurisdiction of Ecuador, from this embassy or in the territory of Ecuador; we publish from France, we publish from, from Germany, we publish from The Netherlands and from a number of other countries, so that the attempted squeeze on WikiLeaks is through my refugee status; and this is, this is really intolerable. [It means] that [they] are trying to get at a publishing organisation; [they] try and prevent it from publishing true information that is of intense interest to the American people and others about an election.” PeopleTryingMeanDoeCountryInterestNumbersInformationElectionIntenseFranceGermanyTerritoryPublishingOther CountriesRefugeePublishOrganisationWikileaksJurisdictionNetherlandsEmbassyEcuador Author:Julian Assange
“WikiLeaks has been a very strong proponent of the Freedom of Information Act. This is probably, actually, if you think about it, probably against our interests as - as a publisher. But we believe that people have the right to know true information about what their government is doing.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsBelieveHas BeensGovernmentStrongInterestInformationVery StrongPublishersWikileaks Author:Julian Assange
“My motivation for 20 years, for 10 years with WikiLeaks, has been to publish true information that is otherwise unsayable. So we're not in competition, if you like.” IfsYearsHas BeensMotivationInformationCompetitionPublishWikileaks Author:Julian Assange
“The best type of government comes from a government that is scrutinized by the people when they have true information about our governments, major corporations, other power actors in society.” PeopleGovernmentActorsInformationTypeMajorsCorporations Author:Julian Assange
“Don’t damage computer systems you break into (including crashing them); don’t change the information in those systems (except for altering logs to cover your tracks); and share information.” BreakShareInformationComputerIncludingTrackDamageOver YouDon't ChangeComputer Systems Book:Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier Source: Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier
“What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private information on corporations to you for free, and I'm a villain. Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he’s Man of the Year.” MenGivingYearsDifferencesMoneyInformationMarkCriminalsCorporationsVillainGoogleScoundrelsZuckerbergInformants Author:Julian Assange
