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New @Consortiumnews Series: The Revelations of @WikiLeaks: No. 1—The Video that Put #Assange (and #Manning) in US Crosshairs

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"Consortium News today begins a series of articles, “The Revelations of #WikiLeaks,” that will look back on the major works of the publication that have altered the world since its founding in 2006."
"This series is an effort to counter mainstream media coverage, which is ignoring #WikiLeaks’ work, and instead is focusing on #JulianAssange’s personality. It is the uncovering by WikiLeaks of governments’ crimes and corruption that set the U.S. after #Assange..."
"... and which ultimately led to his arrest on April 11. The “#CollateralMurder” video was just the first of many major #WikiLeaks revelations that made the journalist one of the world’s most wanted men, simply for the act of publishing."
Of potential interest: #Assange told @AlJazeera that the decision to name the footage "#CollateralMurder" hinged on the moment where the Apache helicopter pilots shot at the van and individuals who had stopped to aid the wounded. He said:

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