Is WikiLeaks Nearing its Death Bed?
By siliconindia   |   Monday, 07 November 2011, 23:52 IST   |    8 Comments
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Bangalore: The days are numbered for the historical website that changed the face of journalism and the way information is obtained and disseminated. An end of WikiLeaks would mean nothing less than a dark spot on the face of freedom, a serious blow to the whistleblowers and to the cult of truth seekers.
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The 10-month-old 'financial blockade' on the WikiLeaks Foundation has left it crippled with serious fund raising crisis which has reportedly purged nearly 95 percent of the website's revenues. "If WikiLeaks does not find a way to remove this blockade we will simply not be able to continue by the turn of the new year," its Founder Julian Assange had warned recently. "I can imagine that it is bad for WikiLeaks. However, I have been concerned that most whistleblowers have better options for raising their concerns than WikiLeaks. I have not seen WikiLeaks do much to protect its sources. At the National Whistleblowers Center, our advice to whistleblowers is to get a lawyer. Experienced whistleblower attorneys can help someone assess the best routes for raising their concerns. Such attorneys would consider the likelihood that a particular avenue would result in the desired corrective action, payment of a reward for disclosures that result in the recovery of money by the government, or in legal protection against retaliation. To my knowledge, WikiLeaks does not do that," said Richard R. Renner, Legal Director of National Whistleblowers Center.

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