Twelve theses on WikiLeaks

[jose v]

Twelve theses on WikiLeaks
Vindictive, politicised, conspirational, reckless: one need not agree with WikiLeaks' modus operandi to acknowlege its service to democracy. A new culture of exposure is emerging which operates above and beyond the safe traditional politics of openness and transparency.

WikiLeaks has skyrocketed itself into the realm of high-level international politics. Out of the blue, WikiLeaks has become a full-blown player on the world scene as well as in the national spheres of many countries. Small player as it is, WikiLeaks, by virtue of its disclosures, appears to be on a par with governments or big corporations in the domain of information-gathering and publication. Fomenting a world-wide movement of élite mass leaking is a very cost-effective political intervention.

WikiLeaks has decisively entered the world stage as the public interest slayer of the soft target. In 2010 and 2011, no target is softer than the US in its final corrupt, chaotic and bankrupt decline.