[LINK] CIA honeypot WikiLeaks mirror - retracted
Rick Welykochy
rick at praxis.com.au
Sun Dec 12 11:04:23 AEDT 2010
Linkers,
I certainly jumped on the bandwagon with this one, sans any further
research. I guess I fail journalism 101 :(
The viral nature of this probably unintentional misinformation means
that it will take a while before the truth about this allegation becomes
widepsread.
And it has probably given the CIA and parties interested in monitoring
the leaks a great idea or two.
. . .
Rick Welykochy wrote:
> The CIA has been identified as being responsible for one of
> the WikiLeaks mirrors,
>
> http://wikileaks.psytek.net/
>
> presumabley so they can monitor who is downloading the leaks.
The analysis:
<http://breakingthecalm.blogspot.com/2010/12/musing-on-misinformation-morons.html>
Musing on Misinformation & Morons
The net is abuzz with a rumor claiming that the CIA is behind a Wikileaks
mirror that was hosted at http://wikileaks.psytek.net. This rumor lacked
any real evidence, yet was reported by many in the hacker/hacktivist
community as fact.
...
I don't believe that this was an intentional or malicious misinformation
campaign. But I do believe that the poor judgment of Len Sassaman, Jacob
Appelbaum, and the boingboing editorial team is responsible for this
perversion of truth.
I know that some Wikileaks supporters may think that even if untrue, this
misinformation is positive, as it makes the CIA look bad. I would argue that
Wikileaks is a platform based on truth, not deception. Lets leave the lying
to the government and focus on the real facts that are being disclosed in
the cables.
cheers
rickw
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