• WikiLeaks to apply for Swedish whistleblower protection laws
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[B]WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has revealed that he will submit a formal application this week for a Swedish publishing licence (utgivningsbevis) in order to guarantee that the website is covered by Swedish whistleblower protection laws. [/B][URL="http://www.thelocal.se/28380/20100815/"]Source[/URL] [quote=The Local]Legal experts have speculated that the site may not be covered by Swedish legislation shielding journalists' sources unless it obtains a licence. Assange said WikiLeaks had already been offered protection by two Swedish newspapers but would still press ahead with obtaining a licence, though he also suggested that the safeguard might not prove sufficient. "We're dealing with organizations that don't obey the law. We're dealing with intelligence agencies," he told news agency TT. Assange highlighted the importance of Sweden to WikiLeaks' work during his stay in the country as a guest of the Swedish Association of Christian Social Democrats. "Sweden is vital for our work. We have had long-term support from the Swedish people and the Swedish legal system. Our servers were initially based in the United States and moved to Sweden early on in 2007," he said. Assange also indicated that WikiLeaks was not alone in benefiting from Swedish freedom of expression laws. "There's actually a small industry in Sweden; a new sort of refugee exists in the world, which is publishers. It is I think something for Swedes to be quite proud of: that they are facilitating a strong and free press," he said. The pentagon recently called on WikiLeaks to halt the publication 70,000 leaked classified documents from the US-led war in Afghanistan. But Assange has instead vowed to press ahead with the publication of a further 15,000 secret documents- "We understand that there are no easy choices for this organization. We have a duty to get the truth out to the world, the truth out to the Afhani people. We have a duty to people who are mentioned in the material. We have a duty to our sources, and it has hard to balance all those duties. It is a very expensive and difficult process." Assange said he was aware of foreign minster Carl Bildt's assertion that Sweden and the United States were not engaged in formal talks over the leaks. But he added that informal talks surrounding WikiLeaks were "standard procedure" in other countries. "I would imagine that informal talks have been established in Sweden but we're waiting for proof of that." [/quote] Sweden is amazing, once again. [editline]07:10PM[/editline] [highlight] Since people seem to FORGET, the 2nd batch of documents are [U]CENSORED[/U][/highlight]
Good.
Sweden is the only place that still got freedom, until america started to fuck with us. :sweden:
Good job Sweden. Good job WikiLeaks.
Brilliant. If the fucking USA didn't commit so many war crimes there'd be no reason for any of this, might as well "pull off the band aid" and expose the wound that is the USA's military.
No one can tell the difference between the words apply and accept.
[QUOTE=Legend286;24085478]Brilliant. If the fucking USA didn't commit so many war crimes there'd be no reason for any of this, might as well "pull off the band aid" and expose the wound that is the USA's military.[/QUOTE] Funny thing is that the US has the greatest Military and general Armed Forces in the world.
[QUOTE=Steak;24085500]Funny thing is that the US has the [del]greatest[/del] largest Military and general Armed Forces in the world.[/QUOTE] Fixed that for you.
[QUOTE=Steak;24085500]Funny thing is that the US has the greatest Military and general Armed Forces in the world.[/QUOTE] :downs:
[QUOTE=Steak;24085500]Funny thing is that the US has the greatest Military and general Armed Forces in the world.[/QUOTE] Yeah, alright, because 75% of the USA's total population is military personnel, oh wait no it isn't, that's China. [editline]05:22PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;24085523]Fixed that for you.[/QUOTE] Still incorrect.
[QUOTE=Steak;24085500]Funny thing is that the US has the greatest Military and general Armed Forces in the world.[/QUOTE] So that automatically justifies all the war crimes right?
[QUOTE=Brage Nyman;24085422]Sweden is the only place that still got freedom, until america started to fuck with us. :sweden:[/QUOTE] Partially true, but with the massive muslimization, in a few decades,if the [B]fundementalists [/B]keeps taking advantage of our hospitality, and freedom, we might just loose that too.
Same for Denmark
In before America bombs Sweden :sweden: [editline]06:26PM[/editline] Nah just kidding :v:
Because America is so evil, I love how everyone is saying that this is going to end the war. It isn't all it is showing is that war is hell and people die, nothing more, nothing less.
[QUOTE=Vinze;24085592]Partially true, but with the massive muslimization, in a few decades,if the [B]fundementalists [/B]keeps taking advantage of our hospitality, and freedom, we might just loose that too.[/QUOTE] Explains why you were against the Mosque near Ground Zero. Muslims are going to take over the world, relax.
Lovin' the American bashing. Just because of what some soldiers do does not mean that they represent the entire country. Also, these war crimes are nothing compared to the Talibans. Thank you, good morning.
[QUOTE=Sottalytober;24085964]Lovin' the American bashing. Just because of what some soldiers do does not mean that they represent the entire country. Also, these war crimes are nothing compared to the Talibans. Thank you, good morning.[/QUOTE] Haha what. As if we're pro Taliban right?
[QUOTE=starpluck;24086008]Haha what. As if we're pro Taliban right?[/QUOTE] Never said any of you are. My point is America isn't the greater of two evil's there.
[QUOTE=Sottalytober;24085964]Lovin' the American bashing. Just because of what some soldiers do does not mean that they represent the entire country. Also, these war crimes are nothing compared to the Talibans. Thank you, good morning.[/QUOTE] Terrorist forces do not have to obied by the Geneva Conventions / Protocol. The USA does however, and yet innocent civilians are still being killed by US armed forces.
[QUOTE=Sottalytober;24085964]Lovin' the American bashing. Just because of what some soldiers do does not mean that they represent the entire country. Also, these war crimes are nothing compared to the Talibans. Thank you, good morning.[/QUOTE] If I hit someone with a bat, and you hit 2 people with a bat, does that justify what I did? No, we both should get punished for that, what you're doing now is blaming someone else because he did something worse. Also, you're right about a few wrong soldiers not representing the entire country, but what is America really doing to punish these soldiers that actually do something wrong?
[QUOTE=Sottalytober;24086024]Never said any of you are. My point is America isn't the greater of two evil's there.[/QUOTE] We don't care about the Taliban we know they're worse.
[QUOTE=omarcam;24085586]So that automatically justifies all the war crimes right?[/QUOTE] Which war crimes in particular are we talking about
[QUOTE=omarcam;24086054]If I hit someone with a bat, and you hit 2 people with a bat, does that justify what I did? No, we both should get punished for that, what you're doing now is blaming someone else because he did something worse. [b]You should both get punished, but the one who hit twice should get more.[/b] Also, you're right about a few wrong soldiers not representing the entire country, but what is America really doing to punish these soldiers that actually do something wrong? [b]They're punished as the country see's fit. Sometimes people get off for what they did, it's common. Happens in most countries with law systems. It's not excusable though.[/b][/QUOTE]
itt HERP DERP I WANT DA INFORMASHUN TO BE RELEESED EVEN THOH I WON'T EVEN READ THE GOD DAMN ARTICLES AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE PUBLISHED FOR THE SAKE OF FUCKING OVER MILITARY OPERATIONS :downs:
[QUOTE=Red Toaster;24086137]itt HERP DERP I WANT DA INFORMASHUN TO BE RELEESED EVEN THOH I WON'T EVEN READ THE GOD DAMN ARTICLES AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE PUBLISHED FOR THE SAKE OF FUCKING OVER MILITARY OPERATIONS :downs:[/QUOTE] The other argument in this thread. HERP DERP I DUN WANT DA INFORMASHUN TO BE RELEESED EVEN THOH I WON'T EVEN READ THE GOD DAMN ARTICLES AND I JUST DUN WANT IT TO BE PUBLISHED CAUSE IT MAKE THE MILITARY LOOK DUMB :downs:
[QUOTE=Red Toaster;24086137]itt HERP DERP I WANT DA INFORMASHUN TO BE RELEESED EVEN THOH I WON'T EVEN READ THE GOD DAMN ARTICLES AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE PUBLISHED FOR THE SAKE OF FUCKING OVER MILITARY OPERATIONS :downs:[/QUOTE] Stop spamming the News board. [QUOTE=Red Toaster;24086382]"i'm not going to read the documents, i just want to fuck over american military operations possibly because my country was involved with or against america in a previous conflict and i'm butthurt about them saving/kicking our asses or i just want to jump on the AMERICANS ARE FAT REDNECKS HURR bandwagon :downs:"[/QUOTE]
This is one of the reasons I'm proud to be Swedish. But on the other hand, there is not that much else that makes me proud for being swedish :v:.
[QUOTE=Sottalytober;24085964]Lovin' the American bashing. Just because of what some soldiers do does not mean that they represent the entire country. Also, these war crimes are nothing compared to the Talibans. Thank you, good morning.[/QUOTE] No i bash america for fucking with our freedom. White house commanded the closure och TPB and then MPAA fucked with our court system. Stay in fucking america with you big brother bullshit.
[QUOTE=IAmAnooB;24086542]This is one of the reasons I'm proud to be Swedish. But on the other hand, there is not that much else that makes me proud for being swedish :v:.[/QUOTE] Natural beauty is another thing, or so they say.
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