As all good journalism should:Former MI6 Chief Credits WikiLeaks With Helping Spark Revolutions
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| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @00:02 (Censorship)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0339232/Former-MI6-Chief-Credits-WikiLeaks-With-Helping-Spark-Revolutions?from=newsletter
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[0]EnergyScholar writes "Sir Richard Dearlove, former Intelligence Chief
of MI6, [1]credits WikiLeaks with helping spark revolutions in the Middle
East, in (what was supposed to be) an off-the-record speech. 'I would
definitely draw parallels at the moment between the wave of political
unrest which is sweeping through the Middle East in a very exciting and
rather extraordinary fashion and also the WikiLeaks phenomenon. Really,
what ties these two events together, and of course a number of other
events, is the diffusion of power, away from the states and the
empowerment of individuals, and small groups of individuals, by
technology,' he said."

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1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/mi6_dearlove_wikileaks/