"Amid criticism, WikiLeaks shifts focus"

[unixronin]

Or, to put it more bluntly, Julian Assange is a giant asshat who has completely subverted Wikileaks into a single-cause mouthpiece for his personal anti-war, anti-US activism.

The group's focus also has changed.  At its inception, WikiLeaks announced that "our primary interests are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East."  Since the summer, the group has focused exclusively on the United States — in particular, its controversial military adventures abroad.

Also, all documents not related to the Iraq war files have been removed from WikiLeaks.org, and no submissions are currently accepted.  And instead of continuing the Wiki-based approach that allows "the entire global community" to participate, WikiLeaks has given exclusives to a handful of mainstream media organizations and no longer allows the public to comment on documents.

All this to release documents that, in the vast majority of cases, were no more revelatory or significant than MPs reporting on the destruction of an IED by an explosive-ordnance-disposal tech, or a US patrol finding the body of a civilian murdered by a Shiite death squad.

Wikileaks used to provide a valuable service to the world.  Julian Assange has singlehandedly destroyed and discredited it forever, just to beat on his personal tin drum and feed his own ego.

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on, Julian.