I stumbled upon the wikileaks site today, during research for a class presentation. Its a wiki that posts leaked documents from around the world, along with articles and analysis.In their about page they state:
"Wikileaks opens leaked documents up to stronger scrutiny than any media organization or intelligence agency can provide. Wikileaks provides a forum for the entire global community to relentlessly examine any document for its credibility, plausibility, veracity and validity. Communities can interpret leaked documents and explain their relevance to the public. If a document comes from the Chinese government, the entire Chinese dissident community and diaspora can freely scrutinize and discuss it; if a document arrives from Iran, the entire Farsi community can analyze it and put it in context."
Its an interesting example of a digital repository system. The page for each document gives a link to access the document, lists the document info, then links to related analysis, summary, or context provided by participants. In some cases the discussion about whether documents are real is almost as interesting as the documents.
Also, their submissions page is an interesting glimpse at what it takes to cover your tracks in a digital transmission.
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