Xeni on Madeleine Brand radio show: "Wikileaks struggles to survive financial blocks"

Xeni Jardin 11:27 am Tue Oct 25, 2011

I joined the Madeleine Brand Show today for a discussion about the latest Wikileaks news. On Monday, Julian Assange said—for the second time in as many years—that the organization known for leaking government secrets will stop publishing because it is broke.

Download the MP3 here.

Wikileaks struggles to survive financial blocks | 89.3 KPCC.

Related coverage: Wired, WaPo, NYT, Knight Center, WSJ, Reuters.

Photo: Assange speaks during a news conference at the Frontline Club in London October 24, 2011. He said the whistle-blowing website would soon cease to exist unless it was able to end a financial "blockade" by U.S. firms such as Visa and MasterCard. (REUTERS/Luke MacGregor)

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