Carne Ross

Micah Sifry, one of the two political-tech gurus behind the Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) (the other is Andrew Rasiej), has kindly posted my remarks to the #PDFLeaks “flash” conference last Saturday in New York City.  It was a great discussion, with a lot of smart people, including Arianna Huffington and Charles Ferguson, trying to grapple with the implications of the Wiki-drama.  You can see it all Continue reading WikiLeaks and Terrorism (Personal Democracy Forum, 12 December, 2010, NYC)→

I did an interview on the BBC yesterday on Wikileaks, along with Bill Keller, the Executive Editor of the venerable New York Times, which has published a few of the leaked diplomatic cables.  Keller made a startling admission – the New York Times took all the cables it intended to publish to the US government to get their permission and edits before the Times published.  Extraordinary! Continue reading #cablegate Wikileaks and the Press→

Too much to say about this story right now.  I’ve been tweeting about it all day (@carneross) as I read each telegram on the Wikileaks site.  It’s like being back at work at the Foreign Office reading the daily folder of telegrams.  I miss it! Continue reading Wikileaks (#cablegate) – Crikey, what a story→

A week ago, it appears that Moroccan forces violently shut down the protest camps of unarmed Sahrawis outside the occupied territory’s capital, Laayoune.  The Sahrawis, who numbered approximately 20,000, were unarmed and protesting peacefully. This incident highlights the reality of occupation for Sahrawis in the territory and puts paid to the claims of Morocco’s propagandists that all is well under Moroccan rule. Continue reading The Western Sahara – The Reality of Occupation→