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Gosztola on FDL …

Overall, the film makes the choice to be about the personalities of Assange and Manning rather than a film that truly explores what it has been like for those involved in the release of over a half million documents to be targeted by the most powerful country in the world. WikiLeaks forced state secrets revealing corruption, crimes, fraud, misconduct, etc, into the open for the world to see, but, rather than telling a lesser known story about the backlash led by the US government against the organization, Gibney opts to highlight Manning’s struggle with his gender identity and how Assange’s egotistical personal battles have been a drag on WikiLeaks, which have been covered extensively by establishment media

and in a related story, see “WikiLeaks Leaks Transcript of “Anti-WikiLeaks Documentary” @ Common Dreams – i haven’t seen Gibney’s other film “Taxi to the Dark Side” but can only imagine that among its tepid, hand-wringing criticism of torture that it narrows the debate with the typical “but Teh Terrorists attacked us” line of bullshittery .. read more