The WikiLeaks founder and once-fugitive Julian Assange lands in Canberra after a plea deal gives him "time-served" on a conspiracy charge for leaking US intelligence 15 years ago.
That’s true, but Wikileaks does share at least some of the blame for making the encrypted documents accessible. They’re not immune to leaks themselves and should handle these incredibly sensitive documents accordingly. In this case, they failed to do so and an external party triggered a leak. Wikileaks should probably have deleted the documents alltogether.
That was an editor at The Guardian, David Leigh.
Can anyone verify if this exchange is factually correct?
You could read David Leigh’s book, in which he published the full decryption key: https://www.amazon.com/WikiLeaks-Inside-Julian-Assanges-Secrecy/dp/161039061X
That’s literally how he leaked it.
The wikipedia article on it has the whole “he said - she said”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks:_Inside_Julian_Assange’s_War_on_Secrecy
Including the lie that is frequently parroted about Assange not caring about people dying.
That’s true, but Wikileaks does share at least some of the blame for making the encrypted documents accessible. They’re not immune to leaks themselves and should handle these incredibly sensitive documents accordingly. In this case, they failed to do so and an external party triggered a leak. Wikileaks should probably have deleted the documents alltogether.