<story><title>CIA vs. Wikileaks [video]</title><url>https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-11512-cia_vs_wikileaks</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>for_i_in_range</author><text>He makes an important point early on in outlining the mission of Wikileaks centering on making Data and Information freely accessible to all (the concept of Dataism, for those who have read Yuval Harrari’s &lt;i&gt;HOMO DEUS&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;p&gt;However, the &lt;i&gt;processing&lt;/i&gt; of Information into &lt;i&gt;Intelligence&lt;/i&gt; that can be acted upon is what characterizes Intelligence agencies. Wikileaks does not concern itself with this phase. Yet, the CIA’s Pompeo is trying to paint a narrative that Wikileaks &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; doing this by labeling them a “non-state intelligence agency”, thereby justifying the CIA’s actions to attack Wikileaks.&lt;p&gt;In brief:&lt;p&gt;Narrative #1 - the CIA attacking an “Idealistic Free Information Publisher”.&lt;p&gt;Narrative #2 - the CIA attacking a “Non-state Dark Intelligence Agency”&lt;p&gt;The CIA is actively trying to create Narrative #2, which is a bit concerning.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>woodruffw</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m normally loathe to defend any aspect of the US MIC, but I &lt;i&gt;think&lt;/i&gt; Pompeo&amp;#x27;s point is that Wikileaks &lt;i&gt;knowingly&lt;/i&gt; publicizes information that has already been processed into &lt;i&gt;Intelligence&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;willfully&lt;/i&gt; turns a blind eye to its role as a laundromat for hostile powers under the guise of an ideology of totally free data.&lt;p&gt;I, for one, think that all information should be free. I think Pompeo&amp;#x27;s motivations are suspect and geopolitical and I don&amp;#x27;t trust &lt;i&gt;him&lt;/i&gt; personally. However, I &lt;i&gt;also&lt;/i&gt; think that Wikileaks has a myopic view of information freedom that chiefly benefits powers whose &lt;i&gt;long term&lt;/i&gt; vision is the decline of liberal democracy.</text></comment>
<story><title>CIA vs. Wikileaks [video]</title><url>https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-11512-cia_vs_wikileaks</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>for_i_in_range</author><text>He makes an important point early on in outlining the mission of Wikileaks centering on making Data and Information freely accessible to all (the concept of Dataism, for those who have read Yuval Harrari’s &lt;i&gt;HOMO DEUS&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;p&gt;However, the &lt;i&gt;processing&lt;/i&gt; of Information into &lt;i&gt;Intelligence&lt;/i&gt; that can be acted upon is what characterizes Intelligence agencies. Wikileaks does not concern itself with this phase. Yet, the CIA’s Pompeo is trying to paint a narrative that Wikileaks &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; doing this by labeling them a “non-state intelligence agency”, thereby justifying the CIA’s actions to attack Wikileaks.&lt;p&gt;In brief:&lt;p&gt;Narrative #1 - the CIA attacking an “Idealistic Free Information Publisher”.&lt;p&gt;Narrative #2 - the CIA attacking a “Non-state Dark Intelligence Agency”&lt;p&gt;The CIA is actively trying to create Narrative #2, which is a bit concerning.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cochne</author><text>I think the true narrative is probably somewhere in the middle of those.  Did WikiLeaks not strategically publish information for their desired political outcome?</text></comment>