Why the US Declared War on Wikileaks: The Origin Story

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Published 2024-07-09
The world’s most powerful government vs. the internet’s most influential whistleblower site. Is America’s war on Wikileaks an attack on journalism and free speech?

This episode of Cyberwar originally aired in 2017.

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All Comments (21)
  • @SALSN
    As a US citizen, supporting the US authorities against Assange is like saying you want to be kept in the dark and not know the shady stuff they do. Which is pretty much the opposite of democracy and freedom..?
  • @sierralvx
    Pompeo just sounds like a bully who's upset that the nerd showed his dirty texts. The US can't play fair when it comes to war and they don't want their citizens to see what they do with their military , but the us citizens deserve to know. It's the lack of transparency that angers me the most.
  • @joshlarck2742
    If you side with the government over this, you dont understand the 1st ammendment
  • @gumscape
    Assange is an international hero. So glad he’s free
  • @robertluvisia
    Basically government criminals don't like being exposed
  • @Numb_
    Another 2017 video with no update
  • @philuk2y
    What kind of national security does America have when it commits war crimes?
  • @sauce4137
    Ill save you 22 minutes: he poked the bear
  • @codaalive5076
    Hey Vice, why recycle this after seven years of silence? It makes no sense now.
  • @yashaouchan
    This is phrased against Wikileaks. This seems like propaganda.
  • 10:30 “has there ever been a dump that’s helped a free speech country?” Uhhh learning we were doing bad stuff (Manning, Snowden) IS GOOD
  • The fact that we get free videos on YouTube by VICE News is truly a gift. 👏👏👏
  • @nolos5102
    NGL seems kind of lazy to repost this with no update. At least put in the title this videos 7 years old.
  • Like Assange or not you can't jail people for publishing documents that are in the public interest to release
  • @nickmagrick7702
    Why? To cover up their illegal activity. There is no mystery here, corruption plain and simple
  • "If you take on the intelligence community they have 6 ways from Sunday to get back at you" ~Upchuck Shumer