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Secret power : WikiLeaks and its enemies / Stefania Maurizi ; foreword by Ken Loach ; translated by Lesli Cavanaugh-Bardelli.

London : Pluto Press ; Las Vegas, NV : Pluto Press Inc., 2022.

©2022

xii, 346 pages ; 22 cm

Translated from the Italian.

An uncovering of the depths of authoritarian power that hide behind the infamous story of WikiLeaks. It is 2008, and Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist with a growing interest in cryptography, starts looking into the little-known organization WikiLeaks. Through hushed meetings, encrypted files, and explosive documents, what she discovers sets her on a life-long journey that takes her deep into the realm of secret power. Working closely with WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange and his organization for her newspaper, Maurizi has spent over a decade investigating state criminality protected by thick layers of secrecy, while also embarking on a solitary trench warfare to unearth the facts underpinning the cruel persecution of Assange and WikiLeaks. With complex and disturbing insights, Maurizi's journalism exposes atrocities, the shameful treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, on up to the present persecution of WikiLeaks: a web of impunity and cover-ups. At the heart of the book is the brutality of secret power and the unbearable price paid by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and truthtellers. --From publisher's description.

WikiLeaks and its enemies

ebook version :

English

April 19, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.