WikiLeaks

by Tamara Thompson (Editor)

Overview

Greenhaven Press's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspective-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737762204
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	09/22/2012
Series:	At Issue Series: Mass Media
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 WikiLeaks Practices Highly Principled Investigative Journalism WikiLeaks.org 11

2 WikiLeaks Is Not Journalism of Any Sort Susan Milligan 24

3 The Media Has an Uncomfortable but Necessary Relationship with WikiLeaks Bill Keller 28

4 WikiLeaks Is an Abuse of Internet Freedom Pablo Garcia-Mexia 50

5 WikiLeaks Is Not a Threat to National Security Mark Stephens Emily Badger

6 WikiLeaks Ensures Government Transparency Julian Assange 64

7 WikiLeaks Is a Terrorist Organization Declan McCullagh 70

8 WikiLeaks Should Be Prosecuted Under the Espionage Act Dianne Feinstein 77

9 WikiLeaks Should Be Protected by Narrowing the Espionage Act Laura Murphy Michael Macleod-Ball 81

10 WikiLeaks's Prosecution Would Imperil Freedom of the Press James Goodale 91

11 WikiLeaks Shows the Need for a New Kind of "Watchdog" Protection Jonathan Peters 96

Organizations to Contact 101

Bibliography 107

Index 114